Berwyn Police Blotter
Assault, battery
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Smacked over the head with a cooking pot
May 17, 2008, 2:12 PM
Police intervened in an altercation between a man and a woman in the 2600 block of Ridgeland. The victim, a 23-year-old man, said his girlfriend got mad, hit him in the back of the head, then struck his in the forehead with a cooking pot. There was quite a bit of blood on the floor. The woman was charged with domestic battery.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Hair-pulling fight over kitchen implements
May 11, 2008, 10:56 PM
Police were sent to the 1600 block of Ridgeland on reports of a dispute involving a baseball bat. They found two women yelling at each other in the stairway of an apartment, as an unaggressive man stood by harmlessly holding a baseball bat. Police recovered the bat, separated the combatants and interviewed everyone. The women apparently have an ongoing disagreement over the ownership of some pots, pans, etc. One woman told police she came home and found her radio missing, so she immediately went to the other apartment, kicked in the door and confronted the other woman. Thus began the struggle. At one point, the angry woman fetched a baseball bat, which induced the other woman to call 911. The second woman appeared to be the victim, with bite marks on her arms and clumps of her hair lying on the floor. The door-kicker was charged with domestic battery.
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Gang-related fight on Harlem
May 10, 2008, 9:28 PM
Police sent to check out a disturbance in the 3300 block of Harlem met with an 18-year-old woman from that block, and a 23-year-old man from the 2300 block of Euclid. The man had a bloody nose. He said while he and the woman were entering her residence two unknown males made suggestive statements to the woman. The man said he talked back aggressively to the two. He said he knew the two men were active members of a Chicago street gang, and said they mistakenly believed him to be a member of a well-known rival gang. After the ritual exchange of gang slogans was completed, the two men attacked him before they fled southbound in the Harlem/Maple alley. Later, the victim said one of the men was named “Victor” and lived somewhere in north Berwyn.
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Domestic disputes
May 9, 2008, 7:52 PM
A woman in the 2400 block of Clarence said her husband, from whom she is separated, punched her in the chest and face, then choked her and fled. She signed a complaint of domestic battery against the man, who is reportedly living in the 3500 block of west 12th Place, Chicago.
11:15 PM
A man in the 1600 block of Ridgeland was charged with two counts of domestic battery. One female victim said he dragged her around the apartment slamming her head into furniture and walls. The other said he grabbed her and twisted her arms, leaving scratches.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
TV channel-changing dispute ends in arrest
May 4, 2008, 11:47 PM
A woman in the 1500 block of Gunderson told police her boyfriend got mad at her for changing the channel on the TV, so he grabbed the remote and pushed her. They began to argue and the next thing she knew, her cousin—a man from the 2700 block of Clarence—was pounding on their front door. The door was damaged during the incident. The boyfriend’s version: the woman started the argument and threatened to damage his TV. The cousin’s take: he heard the argument and tried to force his way in to protect the woman. A check of the 29-year-old boyfriend’s name revealed an active Melrose Park police department warrant for battery; he was arrested for both offenses.
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Battery charge for wanted man
May 4, 2008, 1:12 AM
One man reportedly punched the other in the face multiple times at La Aduana tavern, 6736 Cermak; police charged Javier A. Buinfil, 29, of Cicero, with battery. Cicero police also had an active arrest warrant for Buinfil. A second man was accused of punching a bouncer, but was released when the bouncer did not sign a complaint.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Bouncers from 26th St. bars assist in roundup of disorderly folk
May 3, 2008, 2:27 AM
An officer patrolling near 26th and Highland heard a bottle break, then another. Next, he saw someone run past his car. The officer ordered the person to stop but the man fled on foot southbound across 26th. After a brief chase, the officer caught him. As he arrested the man, a bouncer from El Corral bar offered his assistance and detained a second man trying to flee. A male victim, who was bleeding from the head, appeared and told the officer the two detainees hit him with a bottle for no apparent reason. The victim said he was standing outside with a family member when the two men walked by. The taller one, he said, hit him across the side of the head with a bottle; he positively identified one of the detainees as his attacker. As he fell, the victim said, the other man threw a beer bottle at him. A bouncer from La Ultima Copa bar told police the two offenders had been ejected from that bar after proving troublesome and aggressive. The bouncer from El Corral witnessed the bottle incident. Police charged Emmanuel Granados Rangel, 24, of Cicero with battery and obstruction. The second man was charged with disorderly conduct.
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Block disturbance stems from elaborate domestic dispute, battery accusation
April 21, 2008, 9:17 PM
A woman in the 2700 block of Clarence flagged down police to complain that a Cicero woman of her acquaintance came over wanting money for cigarettes. When the victim refused, she said, the Cicero woman attacked her and pulled her hair. Police spoke with the accused woman, who appeared to be under the influence of narcotics. The accused also claimed the victim’s daughter owed her money for a vehicle. The victim wished to sign a battery complaint. When asked for some ID, the Cicero woman displayed a debit MasterCard in the name of a Forest Park woman. Police reached the owner of the card, who said she did not give permission for the Cicero woman to have the card in her possession.
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Posen man charged with battery, resisting, property damage after street fight
April 20, 2008, 3:01 AM
Officers patrolling Cermak noticed one man apparently trying to hit two other men simultaneously as the three stood on the northeast corner of Scoville and Cermak. The apparent aggressor would not stop hitting when ordered to, and police were obliged to use a Taser to separate the men. Once the men were apart, however, the aggressor began to hit an officer in the arms and chest. The offender fled west, then north, but backup officers arrived. The fleeing man was Tased again; he fell down and was handcuffed despite resistance. During the tussle, one sergeant sustained rips in both his shirts, in his pants, and damage to equipment on his belt. One of the offender’s victims was too drunk to explain what went down. The other victim explained that he and his intoxicated amigo were walking back to their cars after leaving LaQuinta restaurant, when the offender offered them a ride. The victim said they declined the offer because it was made by a stranger. That, he said, was when the hitting started. Police charged Adrian Pinon, 30, of Posen, with battery, criminal damage to property and resisting arrest.
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Bloody bar battery involved pool cue
April 20, 2008, 12:59 AM
Police responding to a disturbance at Selena’s bar, 6320 26th, were met by bouncers who said the three offenders had just fled the scene. Still present was a 22-year-old Cicero man, bleeding badly from the back of the head after being struck with a pool cue. The victim told police he could identify his attacker. Police located a man just a few doors away from the bar; he was positively identified as the offender, both by the victim and by bar bouncers. During the arrest, police noticed the alleged offender try several times to make gestures toward the victim and the bouncers. While being handcuffed, the man spontaneously said, “You wanna know why he got smacked? He’s the guy that split my head open a few months ago. That’s why he got smacked!” Then, while being placed in the squad car, the offender said to the victim, in Spanish, “When I see you again, I’m going to kill you.” This remarks was witnessed and noted by a Spanish-speaking officer. Police charged a 33-year-old man from the 6500 block of 28th Place with battery. Another man, age 26, was charged with aggravated battery.
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Polite motorist beaten, robbed
April 20, 2008, 12:15 AM
A man with many cuts, bruises, and a black eye told police he was driving home from his job in the western suburbs when he saw four strangers fighting on the street in the 2100 block of Euclid, south of Vacin. The victim was unable to drive through to reach his home because of the fight, so he pulled over to wait it out. When he pulled over, another strange man emerged from a parked Lincoln Town Car, approached him and asked what he was doing. The victim said, “I live over here.” The stranger pulled the victim out of his own vehicle, beat him and robbed him of his wallet. The victim’s father found him later, lying on the ground, and took him to MacNeal Hospital for treatment. He remained in the hospital until 4 PM, when he reported the crime to police.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Punch a security guard, visit our jail!
April 17, 2008, 3:06 AM
A MacNeal Hospital security guard told police he had asked a 34-year-old man to leave the hospital’s lobby, but the man refused. Cops gave it a go, but the man only responded, “F@#$ you!” An officer advised the man that, if he did not leave, he could be charged with criminal trespass. The man said nothing and began to roll a cigarette, until the guard moved the cigarette package away from him. At that, the man stood up and punched the guard in the face, right in front of police. Robert Hull, of the 1300 block of Ridgeland, was arrested and charged with battery and criminal trespass.
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Sauk Village pair stages fight at major intersection
April 16, 2008, 11:41 PM
A man and woman, residents of Sauk Village, argued in the street at Cermak and Oak Park Avenue. Police responding to the disturbance saw the 28-year-old man’s face was covered with bleeding scratches. The victim told police he and the woman argued over his drinking, and she slapped and scratched him. The 25-year-old woman was charged with domestic battery.
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Oak Park man charged with battery after auto accident in Berwyn
April 16, 2008, 9:38 PM
A red Volkswagen Jetta and a white Ford van were involved in an accident at Harlem and Riverside Drive. Witnesses told police they saw the van push the Jetta up onto the parkway. The complainant, a 32-year-old Cicero man, reported the other driver punched him twice in the head. Police charged Edward W. Sell, 50, of the 700 block of north Humphrey, Oak Park, with battery, as well as with making an improper turn and driving uninsured.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Aggravated assault, marijuana arrest of man described by police as “erratic”
April 15, 2008, 12:00 AM
An officer at Cermak and Ridgeland saw a man dressed in black jeans, a black hoodie and with a black bandanna on his head, walking westbound on Cermak. The man had his hand inside his pocket, appeared nervous and repeatedly crossed Cermak between Elmwood and Ridgeland where no crosswalk exists. Because of this erratic behavior , the officer decided to ask the man if he needed help. But before the officer could even get out of his squad car to do so, the man removed his sweatshirt, threw it into a City of Berwyn planter, then ran southbound across Cermak toward McDonald’s, in the middle of moving traffic. The man tried the door of the restaurant but found it locked. He tried a second door with the same result. The officer approached the man, who began walking slowly backwards. The officer advised him to stop walking and come over to the squad car. In response, the man reportedly threw his hands in the air and yelled, ‘What do you want? Why are you trying to stop me?” The officer made the request twice. The man did not comply, but ran away. Another officer arrived. By this time, the man was walking southbound in the parking lot of Hollywood Video. The street at that location was under construction, with large pieces of broken pavement lying about. Police saw the man was walking and holding a chunk of pavement about a foot long. The man ran in front of one squad car and raised his arm as if to throw the concrete chunk onto the car. Police yelled to him to drop it. The man then reportedly made as if to throw the concrete chunk at the officers. One officer used a Taser on the man, who fell and dropped the concrete. The man identified himself as Benjamin Lugo, 36, of Cicero. After he was handcuffed and placed in the squad car, Lugo reportedly swore and banged his head against the window. Fearing that Lugo might be under the influence of narcotics, police summoned an ambulance. Because Lugo kicked and spit, he was handcuffed to the stretcher and taken to the emergency room. There, his blood alcohol level was determined to be .160—double the legal limit. He was charged with reckless conduct and two counts of aggravated assault. After being read his Miranda rights, Lugo told police he had drunk about 18 “Ice House” beers and smoked some weed. Because 2.3 grams of marijuana were recovered from his pocket, Lugo was also cited for marijuana possession.
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