Berwyn Police Blotter
Assault, battery
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Joggers shot with paintball gun
July 22, 2010, 8:52 PM
Two joggers flagged down an officer at 27th and Kenilworth to report they were shot multiple times by someone in a dark older vehicle occupied by several men. Red/orange paintball marks stained the victims’ clothing. After a car, answering the victims’ description, was seen blowing the stop sign at 27th and Wenonah, it was curbed by police. It was occupied by four men—one with red/orange paint stains on his face and hands. The driver consented to a search of the trunk, in which police found a paintball gun with red/orange paint residue. Police arrested driver David E. Maisonet, 19, of the 1400 block of Ridgeland; Noel Rivera, 19, of Lyons; Daniel Martinez, 19, of the 2700 block of Lombard, and Jose Rivera, 18, of the 2700 block of Grove. The car, a Corolla, was impounded.
After the arrestees were placed in cells, booking officers reported hearing the men laughing and joking about shooting the victims. All four men were charged with two counts of battery, two counts of criminal damage to property, and reckless conduct. In addition, the driver was charged with disregarding a stop sign. Police photographed the victims’ injuries.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Accused of cheating, wife responds with butcher knife
July 18, 2010, 10:03 PM
A 37-year-old man in the 2700 block of Clarence told police his wife had threatened to kill him. But his wife, age 43, told officers the husband began it by accusing her of cheating, then grabbing her arms and neck. The woman said she held a butcher knife to his throat, then threw it at him. The man refused to sign a complaint, but because of the injury he received on his finger, police charged the wife with domestic battery.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Felony charge answers the question “What, I can’t kill my own dog?”
June 20, 2010, 8:05 AM
Shocked anonymous callers told police a man had just shot his dog and dumped it in a trash can in the 6600 block of 34th. Police spoke with witnesses who said the offender had been drinking alcohol at a neighbor’s house. They said he then walked home, killed his own dog, threw its body in a garbage can in the alley and announced the deed to neighbors.
The offender’s female roommate told police he had a gun and led them to the basement, where they recovered a .177 pellet-shooting air rifle. When tactical cops asked the offender if he had other guns, he reportedly said, ‘Yeah, I got a shotgun in pieces upstairs, but I didn’t shoot my dog. I killed it with a bat. I hit it in the head with a f@&#ing bat.”
Police recovered the body of the dog—a black 14-year-old female named “Shakes”—from the trash can in the rear of 3329 Wesley. When police handcuffed Paul A. Canlas, 43, of 3333 Wesley, he reportedly said, “It was my dog. What, I can’t kill my own dog?”
Canlas had a valid FOID card, but his roommate did not. She told police she did not intend to allow him to return and wished the guns removed from the premises. Police recovered the air rifle and a Norinco 12-gauge shotgun, along with the wooden baseball bat.
Canlas waived his Miranda rights; he reportedly told detectives he had been out of work for nine months and had been drinking at a friend’s place when he decided to kill the dog because it was “old and sick”. He allegedly said he went home, led his dog into his garage and smashed her over the head with a baseball bat. Canlas reportedly stated he thought the first blow killed the dog, but he delivered a second blow to make sure.
The assistant state’s attorney gave felony approval at 10:18 PM. Canlas was charged with one felony count of aggravated cruelty to an animal, with a court date of Wednesday, June 23rd at 9:00 AM in courtroom #103 at Maybrook courthouse. The charge is a Class 4 felony.*
*
<< IL ST CH 510 § 70/3.02 >>
[§ 3.02. Aggravated cruelty.
(a) No person may intentionally commit an act that causes a companion animal to suffer serious injury or death. Aggravated cruelty does not include euthanasia of a companion animal through recognized methods approved by the Department of Agriculture unless prohibited under subsection (b).
(b) No individual, except a licensed veterinarian as exempted under Section 3.09, may knowingly or intentionally euthanize or authorize the euthanasia of a companion animal by use of carbon monoxide.
(c) A person convicted of violating Section 3.02 is guilty of a Class 4 felony. A second or subsequent violation is a Class 3 felony. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon conviction for violating this Section, the court may order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and to undergo any treatment at the convicted person’s expense that the court determines to be appropriate after due consideration of the evaluation. If the convicted person is a juvenile or a companion animal hoarder, the court must order the convicted person to undergo a psychological or psychiatric evaluation and to undergo treatment that the court determines to be appropriate after due consideration of the evaluation.
(Source: P.A. 92-650, eff. 7-11-02.)
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Hairbrush-as-weapon, three arrests
June 11, 2010, 9:24 PM
A young Western Springs woman told police she was battered by her boyfriend’s mother and sisters in the 2600 block of Clarence. The 20-year-old boyfriend confirmed the victim’s story, saying he witnessed the entire incident and tried to break it up. The victim said she was holding her baby on her lap when Amanda D. Neuman, 22, of the 1900 block of Euclid, removed the child from her and told her sister to “kick her ass now”. Neuman allegedly handed the child to someone else and began to choke the victim and punch her in the face. She was charged with battery.
The victim said her boyfriend’s other sister struck her in the face with a hairbrush, cutting her in the forehead. When the victim fought back, she said, the boyfriend’s mother joined in the fight, which resulted in a laceration of the victim’s ear. Nicole M. Neuman, 25, and Candy C. Neuman, 55, were each charged with domestic battery. Police reported the three women charged appear to be unharmed, but the victim had visible injuries, including a bite mark, and had to be treated at MacNeal Hospital.
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Felony DUI charges: multi-vehicle crash featured gang signs, flailing and inappropriate peeing
April 24, 2010, 11:04 PM
After a multi-vehicle crash, with injuries, at Oak Park and Cermak; police took the driver of the offending vehicle into custody. Driver Jose L. Aguilar, 24, of Cicero, was described in the report as verbally and physically aggressive, allegedly shouting, “I’m going to get paid!”, “I’m videotaping this and I’m going to get paid” and “I’m going to kill all you bitches”, followed by the exhibition of certain gang signs. With difficulty, officers got him inside the squad car, where he reportedly kicked the windows; an officer who reached in to stop him got kicked in the abdomen and legs for his trouble. As other officers assisted in pulling him back out of the squad, they reported smelling alcohol on is breath. At that point, according to the report, Aguilar attempted to headbutt an officer and was placed on the ground. One officer’s finger was injured in the process.
The report stated that, while restrained to a bed at MacNeal Hospital, Aguilar twice took out his genitals and screamed while urinating on the walls of the emergency room. Aguilar’s blood alcohol level was measured at .228; the legal limit for driving under the influence is .08. Aguilar was charged with driving on a revoked license, DUI over .08, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident; driving too fast for conditions, resisting arrest, battery and driving uninsured. He was also charged withe felony aggravated DUI and felony aggravated driving on a revoked license.
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Threats to umpires and their families result in charges, banishment
April 18, 2010, 11:51 AM
Two umpires from a baseball game at Morton West high school, 26th and Harlem, told police a man at the game argued with them about a call. The victims said the man told them, “I’m going to get a gun and come get you” and “I’m going to get you in your house”. The umps ejected the man from the game, whereupon, they said, he struck one ump twice while screaming and swearing. He then jumped the 26th-St. fence and fled on foot. Police located the man at 26th and Oak Park. The director of security at Morton West banned Henry Peters, 27, of Orland Hills, from being anywhere on school property. Peters was charged with aggravated assault, battery and diosrderly conduct.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
March 28-31, 2010
Brick through window
March 31, 2010, 3:00 AM
A landscaping brick—matching those in the neighbor’s yard—was found inside a house in the 3700 block of Home, following a loud noise and the sound of the living room window shattering.
Graffiti Roundup
March 31, 2010, 6:19 AM; 9:51 AM
Graffiti in green spray paint was found in the 6400 block of Cermak. A bathroom door at Janura Park was vandalized with blue marker.
Representin’
March 31, 2010, 2:59 PM
Known gang member Antonio Lemus, 18, was arrested for loitering at Home and Vacin Parkway and warned to stay away from Morton High School at dismissal time, especially when decked out in gang colors with his hat brim tilted to the right.
Stray cat
March 31, 2010, 6:51 PM
A black and white cat with no collar or tags was picked up in the 3800 block of Clinton and taken to A-American for safekeeping.
Jewelry theft
March 31, 2010, 9:39 PM
A woman told police she noticed while cleaning a week earlier that her door frame was “loose” in the 6200 block of 21st. St. When rings and necklaces disappeared a few days later, she realized that she had been burglarized.
Apartment laundry room ransacked
March 30, 2010, 9:11 AM
A landlord contacted police after he found dryers turned upside down in his apartment building in the 2100 block of Grove. Thieves had attempted to pry coin boxes from the machines.
Forgetful 70-year-old leaves purse in laundromat; loses $800
March 30, 2010, 11:06 AM
A woman told police she accidently left her purse in the Windsor Coin Laundry in the 6900 block of Windsor and walked home. When she returned, the purse was gone. She later contacted police to report that the purse had made its way to her front doorway. Everything was inside, except $800 cash.
Garage burglary
March 30, 2010
A lawn mower and printer were taken from a garage in the 1200 block of Lombard. The service door had been pried open.
Pot-on-the-streets roundup
March 30, 2010, 12:38 AM; 2:48 PM; 5:00 PM
Ricardo Flores, 34, of the 3800 block of East, was charged with possession of 2.6 grams of cannabis and a pipe after a watchful neighbor saw him smoking in his parked car in the 2200 block of Scoville. Police asking him to exit the vehicle “noticed he had his hands covering up a bulge in the groin area just below the belt.” The officer asked Flores to put his hands on his 2003 gray Hyundai Elantra and asked “what was in [his] pants?” A patdown uncovered a bag of pot and a pipe. Flores was fined $175.
Anthony Searcy, 23, of the 2500 block of Grove, was stopped on the street at 21st and Wisconsin. Police reported his red jacket matched the description of an offender from the previous day. When he saw officers, he “immediately stopped and shoved his left hand into his pants pocket.” When officers performed a pat-down, he admitted he had a “roach” in his left pocket. Searcy was charged with possession of fewer than 2.5 grams of cannabis and fined $100.
Reginald Willis, 20, of the 1800 block of Grove, was also charged with possession of cannabis and fined $100 after police noticed his red 2000 Saturn parked illegally in the 2100 block of Grove. Willis told police he was “waiting for his brother,” but when they performed a patdown, police discovered a small amount of pot (less than 2.6 grams).
Graffiti
March 30, 1020, 4:22 PM
The overhead door of a garage in the 1600 block of Wesley was graffitied with blue marker.
Cat nabbed after owner dies
March 30, 2010
A neighbor called police after noticing that her recently deceased neighbor’s black and white cat with no collar or tags was lingering around the building. Cops took the stray to A-American for safekeeping.
Preseason batting practice parts I and II
March 30, 2010, 5:20 PM
I. Police noticed that pedestrians were crossing the street to avoid known member of a well-known criminal gang—Juan Ruiz, 28, of the 2500 block of Euclid—because he was “standing on the public way, swinging a baseball bat.” The officers observed Ruiz “throwing up gang signs at pedestrian traffic” and saw “pedestrian traffic, fearing for their safety, cross street to avoid [Ruiz] on sidewalk with baseball bat, then re-enter the sidewalk down the street.” Ruiz was arrested and charged with reckless conduct.
March 30, 2010, 6:20 PM
II. A friend’s cell phone recorded video of an unexpected visit from an unfriendly female neighbor wielding a baseball bat in the 1200 block of Maple. A woman told police she answered knocking at the door to see her neighbor, Denise Conley, 51, and Ruby Padilla, 41, of Homer Glen, brandishing a bat and taunting her to come outside, threatening to “kick her ass.” After reviewing the video, police charged Conley with assault and Padilla with aggravated assault.
Shoplifting
March 30, 2010, 4:56 PM
Three juveniles in Morton High School uniforms of white polo shirts and tan pants were seen shoplifting in Auto Zone in the 6700 block of Ogden. A store manager told police she witnessed the three removing items from their packaging, concealing them on their persons, and exiting the store without paying. The three—two males and a female—fled in a 1998 blue Ford SUV registered in Cicero.
Wherein we learn what a “bladed stance” is
March 30, 2010, 5:48 PM
Police stopped 51-year-old Charles Fisher, of the 2700 block of Clarence, while he was walking in the 2700 block of Wesley, because they suspected him of carrying a gun. Fisher, who was wearing a loose–fitting coat and appeared to be carrying a hand-held radio, had a “brown-black item partially visible” on his right side, sticking out from the coat. When Fisher saw police, he allegedly “altered his stride and placed an arm over the partially visible item, blocking it from view.” Police announced their presence and asked him to stop. According to reports, Fisher “took a bladed stance* and placed his right hand behind his back” and over the mysterious item. Officers demanded to see Fisher’s hand and he refused to show it to them, “keeping the hand out of sight.” He allegedly said, “I don’t have to show you my hands.” Then Fisher began to “alternate[ly] place his hands behind his back.” When he finally showed both hands to officers, they promptly handcuffed him. The mystery item turned out to be a flashlight looped through a worn brown leather multi-tool carrier belt. Police took him to Berwyn Police Department, where they asked him why he was uncooperative. He allegedly stated he “does not like” the Berwyn Police Department because of a previous incident, and that his grandstanding over the flashlight was “exercising his own form of civil disobedience.” Police warned him that he could have been hurt inadvertently by officers fearing for their safety. He was charged with disorderly conduct.
*http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/citations/bladed_stance_1/
Bike gone
March 30, 2010, 9:01 PM
A green Raleigh Comfort 21-speed bicycle disappeared from a bike rack in the 3200 block of Grove. The owner found the severed bike lock on the ground.
Suspicious garage fire
March 30, 2010, 9:29 PM
The southeast corner of a garage in the 2400 block of Clarence was discovered in flames after neighbors saw a tan sedan (possibly a Buick) circle through the alley several times and stop in front of the garage. The owner told police he is embroiled in a child custody dispute with his ex-wife.
Car window broken
March 30, 2010, 10:53 PM
Nothing was reported missing from a green Dodge Neon with a broken window, parked in the 2700 block of Euclid.
Broken window in vacant house
March 29, 2010, 8:29 AM
Neighbors reported a shattered 3’ x 3’ porch window in the 2800 block of Cuyler. Police entered the vacant house through the broken window and found nothing disturbed. The window was boarded and the bank-owners were notified.
Here comes Homie Cottontail
March 29, 2010, 7:08 AM, 7:10 AM
Overhead garage doors in the 3600 block of Ridgeland were vandalized with spray-painted gang slogans. One graffiti artist rendered a picture of a “bunny with sunglasses and a tear in one eye.” The rear door of a building in the 7100 block of Cermak was marked with black spray paint. Black graffiti was found in an alley in the 3200 block of Harvey that read, “F%^&! Bick! Suck!”
“Get out of my house!” 81-year-old scares off would-be burglars
March 29, 2010, 2:00 PM
An elderly woman in the 1900 block of Home thwarted a mid-day home-burglary by three overweight men in their 30s, one of whom falsely identified himself as “Tim from the Electric Company.” “Tim” showed up in the woman’s back yard as she was taking out the trash and told the woman that he needed to look at her electric meter because “they were cutting tree branches nearby.” She informed him that “she did not want him in her back yard.” The imposter grabbed her sleeve and prevented her from returning to her house, engaging her in conversation. When the 81-year-old attempted to enter her home through the back door, the man held her coat and tried to prevent her from walking into her home. She told police she elbowed him in the stomach—releasing his grip—and got away. When she walked inside, she saw two other overweight men, wearing gardening gloves, inside her home, near the front door closet. She told police she yelled at the men to “get out of my house!” and tried to call 911, but one of the men hung up the phone. At that point, “Tim” ran out the back door and the other men also fled. A neighbor saw the two fatties enter a newer-model silver SUV parked in front of the woman’s home and drive away. They were described as male white or Hispanic in their late-30s, 5’ 10” weighing around 240 pounds. One had a small mustache. “Tim” was described as 5’ 8” tall, heavy-set wearing a navy blue hat and with small rectangular glasses. Police found pry marks on the closet door, but nothing was immediately reported missing.
Backyard theft roundup
March 29, 2010, 2:16 PM, 9:35 PM
A woman told police that a Moroccan decorative metal-and-goatskin hennaed lamp and a metal planter had been removed from her back porch in the 3400 block of Grove. A backyard statue of the Virgin Mary of “great sentimental value” was lifted from a backyard in the 1400 block of Elmwood.
Garage burglarized
March 29, 2010, 3:12 PM
Police advised a woman in the 1400 block of Kenilworth to henceforth lock her garage service door after burglars cleaned out her garage. Reported stolen was: a Pioneer CD player, one television, a toolbox containing $250 worth of tools, an electric wall sander and 12 pairs of leather work gloves.
Everything but the kitchen sink
March 29, 2010, 6:33 PM
A landlord of a building in the 3400 block of Cuyler told police he suspected his recently evicted tenants had broken windows in his building, as well as stealing the refrigerator and stove.
Car windows smashed
March 28, 2010, 1:45 AM
A man in the 3200 block of Gunderson told police he suspected the person who smashed the windows of his parked 1994 Chevy Cavalier was possibly his rival for a woman’s affections.
There goes the party
March 28, 2010, 1:38 PM
A family returning from mid-day shopping heard their garage alarm sounding in the 1500 block of Cuyler and saw a car speeding off with their 10’ x 10’ party tent. The service door had been pried open.
-J. LeHane
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Hidden in plain sight
March 4, 2010, 12:58 PM
Berwyn police were informed that a wanted fugitive was attending class at Morton West High School. Police arrived at the school, 2400 Home Avenue, to pick up Steven Mansfield, 19, of 1848 Gunderson. Mansfield reportedly fled on foot but was captured at 23rd and Clinton after a brief chase. The warrant for his arrest for aggravated assault was out of Forest Park.
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Monday, March 01, 2010
Get me back my jewelry
February 24, 2010
A Cicero man reported an incident he said occurred on February 13 at Bootlegs bar, 2717 Ridgeland. He said a man known to him only as “Tattoo Pete” approached him in the bar and accused him of having an affair with his wife. The victim said the offender slashed his tires and threw a beer bottle at him; he also stated the offender fought with him, pulled a knife, and yanked off the victim’s gold chain.
Asked why he waited so long to report the incident, the victim said he had wanted the bar owner to “handle” the situation, but now he wants the return of his gold chain, which featured a 2-inch long Jesus pendant.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Not THAT lonely
february 19, 2010, 7:20 AM
A 53-year-old woman in the 6600 block of Windsor told police that, at 6:50 AM, a male neighbor, known to her only by his first name, knocked at her front door. When the woman answered the door, the man asked her whether she had a small stand for his TV. As the woman looked around for something to give him to use as a TV stand, she noticed the man—clad in naught but a T-shirt and boxer shorts—had his penis protruding through the slit in the boxers. When the victim pointed out his exposure, the man told her it was an accident, then put his arms around her and stated “We are two lonely people.” After the man left, the woman complained to the landlord, who told her to call police.
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“Irrational, aggressive and agitated”
February 18, 2010, 7:45 PM
Callers reported seeing an agitated man yelling as he walked down Cermak. Police in the area were flagged down by a citizen who said a man had just punched out the window of a business in the 6500 block of Cermak. Officers located the man in a yard in the 2100 block of Clarence as he headed for the door to go inside; instead of stopping when police asked him to, however, the man reportedly yelled at them and went inside, slamming the door. Police saw the man’s hand was bleeding. When officers knocked at the door, the man’s parents answered and explained their son was on parole and very drunk. They let police in to see 31-year-old Efrain Nava; he was reportedly lying in bed with his hands concealed by a blanket. Police ordered him to show his hands, and described him in the report as “irrational, agressive and agitated” as well as “yelling and making odd statements”. According to the report, Nava took a swing at an officer; police were obliged to handcuff him in order to get him outside so paramedics could tend to his injured hand. Throughout the incident, the report stated, Nava was noncompliant, pulling away from police and yelling “F@%$ You!” He also kneed one officer in the groin. He was charged with criminal damage to property; battery charges were pending at the time of the report.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Little bit of everything
Public intoxication at McDonald’s
January 28, 2010, 2:47 PM
Roger T. Dziadkowiec, 56, of Chicago, was expelled from McDonalds on Ridgeland and Cermak for intoxication. Police reportedly collected him on the sidewalk outside in possession of an open bottle of vodka.
Car stereo stolen
January 28, 2010, 4:11 PM
Someone broke a passenger-side window of a white Honda Civic in the 2400 block of Highland and helped himself to a Pioneer CD player.
Pry, but you can’t get in
January 28, 2010, 4:52 PM
Residents discovered pry marks on the front door of an apartment building in the 6500 block of 28th St.
Five-year-old calls 911 a bunch of times
January 29th, 2010, 8:57 AM
Police ended up breaking a window to enter a building in the 1800 block of Oak Park after a series of abandoned 911 emergency calls. When dispatchers returned the call, they heard only “heavy breathing.” A father told police his five-year-old was playing with the telephone.
Alley ordinance nets career criminal
January 29, 2010, 12:48 PM
Police observed a white Ford Econoline illegally traveling up and down the alleys near Oak Park and Cermak. “I’m just looking for wood to build a ramp. I’m a cripple,” the driver explained to police. Joseph Q. Decellis, 53, of the 1600 block of 16th St, was found to have an extensive criminal record with over 51 prior arrests for offenses involving sexual assault, burglary, weapons, larceny and dangerous drugs. He was charged with driving on a revoked license, uninsured vehicle and illegal alley traffic. His van was impounded.
Burglary attempted, abandoned
A woman in the 2100 block of Highland thought she was having a break-in when she heard a loud bang and footsteps on her back stairs. Police found no one, but the doorjamb was damaged.
“ComEd guy” scam
January 29-30, 2010, 2:43 PM; 8:06 PM,
Three elderly victims called police after a series of failed gypsy scams involving men in work-jackets masquerading as ComEd employees. In all three instances, the men – alone or in a pair—talked their way into the residence by saying electrical work was being done in the neighborhood. The scammers’ told the “customers” that they were “owed a $50 credit.” The phony employees then offered the refund immediately in cash saying, “I can give you a hundred dollar bill right now if you have $50 change.” The scams occurred in the 3800 block of Kenilworth, the 1200 block of Kenilworth and 1200 block of Oak Park. All victims were over 70 years old. The men were described as a male white 35-40 years old, medium build, with brown hair in a blue work jacket and skull cap and a heavy-set Hispanic male, with a goatee wearing a beige work coat and a dark knit cap.
New TV-free lifestyle not ok with roommate
January 29, 2010, 6:15 PM
Police were summoned for a domestic disturbance over a television in the 3600 block of Oak Park. A 50-year-old woman told her 47-year-old male roommate that her therapist had recommended that she limit the amount of TV she watched. According to police: “Because [her] therapist made such a recommendation to her, she attempted to limit her roommate’s viewing habits as well. Her attempt greatly upset [the roommate] who verbally threatened her and told her to get away before something happened.” No charges were filed.
Charity box stolen by job hopefuls
January 29, 2010, 6:37 PM
The Taco bell clerk remembered the man with the tear tattoos on his face—and his female accomplice—because they stole the plastic charity change box from the countertop in the 6900 block of Ogden. She told police the pairapplied for jobs there earlier in the week. She gave police their job applications, listing their address at a nearby hotel.
Neighbor beaten with baseball bats
January 30, 2010, 12:03 PM
Neighbors saw a man beaten by two men in ski masks in front of his home in the 1500 block of Wenonah and ran out to help. Despite the man’s requests to keep the incident quiet, the neighbors called police, who found him on his porch, bleeding from the head. The man allegedly would not allow the cops inside his home, citing dogs. When taken to MacNeal Hospital for treatment, he told police the assailants demanded the keys to his old Toyota T-100 pickup and then beat him and drove off in a newer model silver van. He allegedly told doctors he had “fallen down the stairs.”
Maintenance man fails to sell church’s stolen snow-blower
January 30, 2010
A woman at Berwyn Baptist Church called police after witnesses reported a man fitting the description of the church maintenance man walking down the 3400 block of Clinton with a large green auger-type snow blower. The LawnBoy 824e Electric Start had been removed from an unlocked storage shed at the church. Carmen Contreras, 47, of the 7100 block of Windsor, allegedly admitted to police that he had “sold the slow blower for $10 to a guy named Jose” whom he met at the nearby Connie’s restaurant. Police recovered the machine near the restaurant, where witnesses told them Jose had “left on a Pace bus.” The church did not press charges for burglary, but Contreras was charged with criminal trespass to property.
Pot in pocket
January 30, 2010, 5:15 PM
Police charged Jose Evans, 26, of the 2400 block of East Avenue in Berwyn, with alleged possession of a bag with 4.9 grams of cannabis. Evans paid a $175 fine.
DUI driver wets herself
February 1, 2010, 2:27 AM
Renee Terry, 40, of Fairbury, Ill. was charged with DUI after police allegedly saw her silver 2010 Ford Windstar veer across the yellow line on 16th St. She allegedly told police that she had been visiting her mother in the hospital and had left her drivers license at home. When she urinated in her pants during field sobriety tests, she explained that she was “nervous.” She was charged with driving with license suspended, DUI and driving with an open jug of beer in the car.
Loud car flees dangerously
February 1, 2010, 7:41 AM
Felipe Lira, 27, of Cicero, fled police after passing a squad car with radio blaring. Pursued by cop cars, he allegedly blew through stop signs at 25th St. and 61st Ct. then proceeded, “at a high rate of speed with no regard to school children walking in the area or the general public.” When stopped after speeding at more than 40 miles per hour, he allegedly told police, “I’m sorry. Did you stop me for my music?” He was charged with loud music, fleeing and attempting to elude arrest, reckless driving, speeding, and disregarding stop signs. His 2001 white Cadillac Deville was impounded.
Car radio gone
February 1, 2010
Neighbors saw three men break the window of a red 1994 Acura in the 2300 block of Lombard and take a stereo system. They allegedly told police the men fled into Cicero.
Clippin’ Critters vandalized
February 1, 2010, 7:35 AM
A picture window was shattered in a dog grooming business in the 6400 block of 34th St.
-- J. Lehane
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Boots & brain: store separately
January 6, 2010, 6:11 PM
A 34-yar-old beating victim told police that, on New Year’s Eve, he was playing pool at Guadalajara restaurant on Cermak with a man he knew only as “Flaco”. After the game, five friends of “Flaco” entered the bar and invited the victim to travel with them to a second bar in Cicero. The group traveled in a newer Cadillac SUV to a place called “Isabella’s” on Central. There they stayed until 1 AM, when they left in the SUV. “Flaco” got out of the SUV after a few blocks, leaving in a second vehicle. The victim and the five men remained in the Cadillac, headed for the victim’s home in the 1900 block of Clinton. An argument began, and at 21st and Clinton, the driver stopped the SUV and pulled the victim outside. The five men—all wearing cowboy or work boots—began to punch and kick the victim’s entire body. After the beating, the offenders fled in the Cadillac. The victim went to MacNeal hospital, where it was determined he had a brain injury; he was not released from the hospital until January 6th. He told police he can identify the offenders.
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Patio furniture dispute ends in battery
January 5, 2010, 5:21 PM
A 39-year-old man in the 7100 block of 36th St. told police he had taken out the trash and was walking back up the exterior stairs of his apartment when he was confronted by a fellow tenant. The other man accused the victim of damaging his patio furniture, sparking an argument. The victim said the offender then struck him in the genitals and punched him in the head. Police took five photos of the victim’s injuries. According to the report, the offender was 100 pounds heavier and eight inches taller than the victim. Police arrested Michael R. Gonzalez, 42, of 7121 1/2 36th, and charged him with battery.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
2009 turns into 2010 accompanied by the usual antics
January 1, 2010
Open the window—the messy way
12:55 AM
Juan Delatorre, 42, of the 3700 block of Ridgeland, broke a window so he could yell at people in front of his home, police said. He was treated at MacNeal for a cut hand.
Underage drinkers on Cermak
12:51 AM
Police charged the manager and bartender of Mateo’s tavern in the 6500 block of Cermak with serving alcohol to a minor. Luis Medina, 37, of Worth, and Heather Brasher, 31, of Chicago, were charged after police arrested 19-year-old Vedran Basic of LaGrange Park for public intoxication in front of the bar. Police reported that Medina locked the door of the tavern and delayed opening it, prompting speculation that other underage drinkers fled through the back door.
Incriminating hubcap
1:57 AM
Police stopped a damaged 1997 white BMW in the 2300 block of East; the car was limping along “low to the ground, emitting sparks and smoke from the passenger front tire.” Driver Anthony Martinez of the 1200 block of Cuyler told police he did not know how the fresh damage and red paint transfer had occurred on his vehicle, nor how his passenger tire had been bent off the rim. Coincidentally, police discovered a damaged red car in the 2400 block of Ridgeland with a BMW hubcap lying nearby. The BMW was impounded. Martinez was charged with DUI, driving uninsured, leaving an accident scene and unsafe tires.
Unwanted party guest from hell
12:33 AM
Police were summoned to help a hostess remove a party guest in the 1400 block of Cuyler. The 24-year-old man, whose phone number is listed in Bellwood, was found to be intoxicated, and when an ambulance arrived, he began “punching, kicking and fighting officers in the middle of the street.” He also, “bit an officer in the right forearm with his teeth in attempt to defeat arrest.” When the man was subdued, police found two bags of cannabis on his person each containing .2 grams with the words “stay high” on each bag. One police officer sustained a back injury and another ripped his trousers and suffered abrasions on his knee. Felony battery charges are pending.
Car on the lawn
3:12 AM
Police impounded a Toyota Camry after finding it in the front yard of a house in the 3000 block of Harlem, 40 feet from a crash site where it hit a parked Nissan Altima. Driver Lynn Van Buskirk of the 400 block of East in Oak Park, reportedly told police she did not know why her vehicle was off the roadway on a lawn. She was charged with DUI and driving on the sidewalk.
--J. LeHane
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