Berwyn Police Blotter
Assault, battery
Friday, September 05, 2008
Underage drinker at Italian fest exhibits profanity, bad attitude, to police; weapon recovered
August 31, 2008, 10:40 PM
A tipster told police two males at the Italian fest, Harlem and 24th, appeared to be breaking into a red car. When an officer approached, he saw the pair attempt to hide a half-full 750 ML bottle of Silver Patron Tequila. Both were intoxicated and verbally combative. One was Hector J. Ruiz, 18, of the 6700 block of 16th. The second told police he had no ID, but gave his name as Ariel A. Mijangos, 19, of the 2500 block of Elmwood. Mijangos spontaneously stated, “Berwyn police are a bunch of punk-ass n_____s, messin with a n____ just trying to have a good time and drink.” Because he appeared so intoxicated, paramedics were summoned. Mijango continued to be verbally combative and uncooperative. Although the officer told him multiple times to place his hands on the squad car, Mijango pulled away and appeared to be reaching for a weapon, forcing the officer to place him on the ground. The officer recovered a heavy black metal pipe, 10 inches long, after it fell from Mijango’s waist area. The tequila was also recovered. Ruiz was arrested without incident, reportedly saying, “You won’t have anything like that with me. I’ll be cool.”
During the ride to the police station, Mijango continued in the same vein, making several threats to harm the officer and other gang-related comments; he also spit multiple times inside the squad car.
Ruiz was cited on a local ordinance for possession of alcohol by a minor, then released. Mijango was charged with consumption of alcohol by a minor, possession of alcohol by a minor, unlawful use of a weapon, and resisting a peace officer.
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Injured man reports battery
August 31, 2008, 9:30 PM
A 42-year-old man with facial injuries told police he was removing items from his car, parked in the 1500 block of Clinton, when a man ran up to him and began hitting him without a word of explanation. The victim said the man punched him in the face, head and chest several times, threw him to the ground, then fled southbound on Clinton. He described the offender as a male black, 17 to 18 years gold, 5’3”, wearing a baseball cap. The victim said he could identify his attacker and could assist in creating a composite image. Police photographed the victim’s injuries, which included wounds to his lip and left elbow, as well as a large bump on his forehead.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Wild threats
August 30, 2008, 1:55 PM
Police responded to a domestic dispute in the 1300 block of East spoke with a 19-year-old woman who said she and her 21-year-old husband had an argument; the husband reportedly picked up a glass bowl and threw it at the victim’s arm, threatened to kill everyone in the house, then fled northbound through the alley.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Blood on floor leads to domestic battery charge for man
August 20, 2008, 2:33 AM
Police responded to calls about suspicious noises in the 1300 block of Clinton. A 33-year old woman told police she and her boyfriend argued because the man was drunk. Police could see the left side of the woman’s face was red and swollen; her lips were swollen, cut and bleeding. When police asked the victim how she was injured, she said she fell the previous day. However, police saw there was blood on the floor of the bedroom in which the pair had argued. The 33-year-old man was charged with domestic battery, a complaint signed by police since the victim refused to sign. The offender has a prior conviction for domestic battery.
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Friday, August 22, 2008
Gangbanger-on-gangbanger battery
August 17, 2008, 4:24 PM
An intoxicated man from the 1500 block of Grove told police he was in the alley on his block when a white Ford Explorer appeared. The driver exited the SUV, then punched the victim in the eye. The victim said he knew the batterer, a former associate in a well-known street gang, who goes by the nickname “Coco”.
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Unwelcome for a reason
August 17, 2008, 12:15 PM
Officers came to the 1200 block of Maple on reports of a man with a gun. A man on the block told police he had told a young relative to get his things out of the house, or they would be moved to the garage. The younger man verbally abused the older, then reportedly pointed a black semiautomatic handgun at him and threatened to shoot. He fled when the victim called 911.
The offender was stopped in the 1500 block of Harlem in Forest Park, and initially claimed to be “Anthony Jones”, giving a 1400 block of Harvey address. His fingerprints, however, showed he was in fact Corey S. Fonville. The gun was not found on him. Fonville, 18, was charged with aggravated assault.
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Men from Chicago, Westchester stopped after battery at 26th and Ridgeland
August 16, 2008, 11:52 PM
A Chicago woman yelled for police to stop a green van fleeing the scene of a battery at 26th and Ridgeland. The victim, a 28-year-old man, lay on the sidewalk by the back door of a rented hall, bleeding from the head. The fleeing van was stopped in the 2600 block of Austin, and its three occupants were positively identified by witnesses as the offenders.
The victim refused to sign complaints against the offenders. Police cited for disorderly conduct Riguverto Rojas, 22, of Westchester; Octavio Villagrana, 24, of the 3000 block of south Troy, Chicago; and Pedro Villa-Rojas, 21, of the 2100 block of west 51st, Chicago.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Felony battery charge for attack on paramedic
August 16, 2008, 1:12 AM
Police found 53-year-old Adrienne M. Murphy, of the 7100 block of Windsor, lying on the ground screaming in the 7100 block of Stanley. She appeared highly intoxicated. When asked whether she was ok, Murphy reportedly answered, “NO! Go f--- yourself, you m-----f-----!” Police asked Murphy if she knew where she was; she said, “No, they kicked me out.” From where? “F-- you, I don’t know.” She then made statements about suicide.
Police spoke with her ex-boyfriend, who said they were drinking together until the woman, in his words, “flipped out.” When he told her to leave, he said, she picked up a knife, inspiring him to call police.
In the ambulance on the way to MacNeal hospital, Murphy took a swing at a paramedic, tried to kick him in the groin, and succeeded in kicking him in the chest. Police, paramedics and emergency room staff were all needed to secure her to a hospital bed because she continued to kick, punch and bite. Murphy was charged with felony aggravated battery and misdemeanor aggravated assault.
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Man charged in battery of pregnant woman
August 14, 2008, 3:36 PM
A woman in the 6800 block of 32nd, several months pregnant, signed a complaint of domestic battery against a 24-year-old man who fled the scene. Berwyn police contacted Chicago police in the 10th District in an effort to find and arrest the offender.
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
Bar battery caught on tape
August 14, 2008, 12:52 AM
A man at Lalo’s, 3011 Harlem, told police he had gotten up to leave when a man punched him in the face, prompting the bouncer to grab the offender. A security tape showed the incident. The victim stated he did not know why the offender hit him. Police charged Daniel Villasenor, 33, of the 1800 block of Grove, with battery.
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Banned from Bingo, accused of cig assault
August 13, 2008, 10:12 PM
A man previously kicked out of Bingo night at the Berwyn Eagles’ hall, 26th and Ridgeland, for aggressive behavior, was accused of flicking a cigarette at a woman’s face, striking her cheek. The manager of the hall told police the offender has been coming around for about five weeks. The manager and the victim described the offender as a male Hispanic, 5’9” and heavy, with short hair and a thin mustache, last seen dressed in a green and white shirt. The offender left headed west on 26th in an older light-color “boxy” 4-door vehicle.
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Too tired to drive
August 13, 2008, 3:45 PM
Police stopped a purple and white Dodge van at East and 16th for doing 35 MPH in a 20 MPH zone. Driver Manuel A. Guzman, 42, of the 1400 block of Gunderson, was neither licensed nor insured. His wife, a passenger, was properly licensed. When the officer asked the 36-year-old woman why she was not the one driving, since she was the only one licensed, she said, “I was tired”. Manuel Guzman was charged with speeding and with driving unlicensed and uninsured. Maria A. Guzman was charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive.
Bootlegs burglary
August 12, 2008, 10:37 PM
The owner of Bootlegs bar, 2717 Ridgeland, reported he found the bar’s back door with damage and pry marks, though no entry was made. However, a large stainless steel grill and a snowplow attachment for the front of a truck—both of which had been stored outdoors—were gone.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Laid low by booze, fellow boozer
August 10, 2008, 7 AM
A man in the 1400 block of Clinton struck up an acquaintance with a fellow from the next block north. The pair got along famously for a while as they spent several hours drinking at the 1300-block resident’s place, then moved on to the garage of the 1400-block resident for several more hours of imbibing. But when the garage-owner told his new-found buddy it was time for him to leave, things went sour. The guest punched the host in the face. When the victim fell to the ground, the offender kept punching. The victim’s mom saw the beating and followed the offender home, then called police.
Despite bleeding injuries to his right eye and nose, the victim—who refused to give his name to police or show any ID—would not sign a battery complaint, explaining that heavy drinking had led to the incident.
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Restaurant battery yields three arrests
August 10, 2008, 2:19 AM
Police sent to a disturbance inside Acapulco Mariscos restaurant, 6326 Cermak, found a Cicero man with a bloody, injured face. A Chicago man was arrested; as he was being escorted the squad car, a man near the door came at the officer and threw a punch that hit the prisoner in the face. The second man, 23-year-old Ever Ariaga of Cicero, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Alejandro Flores, 24, of the 2500 block of north Parkside, Chicago, was charged with battery. The victim, Omar Ariaga of Cicero, was wanted on a $20,000 warrant out of DuPage County for driving with a suspended license.
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