Berwyn Police Blotter
Assault, battery
Friday, September 21, 2007
Domestic battery citation for woman; boyfriend’s neck visibly injured
September 18, 2007, 6:15 PM
A man in the 1900 block of Oak Park called police and reported his girlfriend attacked him when he tried to leave after an argument. He said the woman grabbed his back and neck to keep him from going. Police saw several large cuts on the man’s neck. The woman told police he hit her first, but officers saw no visible injuries to the woman. The woman was charged with one count of domestic battery.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Unfriendly friends
September 16, 2007, 8:07 AM
Police were dispatched to the 1900 block of Scoville on a reported assault. They were met by a 33-year-old woman from that block who said a man punched her twice in the face; she also complained of pain in her shoulder. The woman said she and man from the 3000 block of Wesley were visiting a male friend, age 39, in the 1200 block of Kenilworth. Once inside, the woman said, her companion removed about $100 from her purse as it sat on a table. She said when she tried to prevent him from leaving, he slugged her twice and pushed her against a doorway. Police spoke to the companion, who denied the theft accusation, and said it was the 39-year-old man who “got physical” with the woman. When questioned a second time, the woman admitted it was really their host who hit her with his fist; she said she changed the story initially because she did not want to get him in trouble. She signed a complaint of battery against one man, and theft against the other.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Woman fights tooth and bag to avoid arrest
September 15, 2007, 12:43 AM
Police answered a call about a woman on the ground. In the alley of the 7100 block of Stanley, they found Brandy L. Miller, 31, of the 700 block of west Barry, Chicago. Her left pant leg was torn from the hip to the hem and police noticed the odor of alcohol on her breath. Asked why she was on the ground, the woman said she fell off a third-floor porch and her lungs were hurting her. She had no visible injuries.
An ambulance came. Miller grew uncooperative and began to say she did not fall. She told police she was not going anywhere in an ambulance, and if they tried to make her do so, they were “going to be boxing.”
Miller refused to answer paramedics’ questions and tried to get cigarettes from her handbag, which was placed on the hood of a squad car. An officer told her she could not smoke just now, but needed to let the paramedics do their job. Police said Miller grew combative, grabbing an officer’s hand and swinging her fists. She managed to grab her handbag off the car and tried to strike the officer with it. She also tried to bite his arm. Two officers were able to take her into custody. Miller was charged with resisting arrest and battery to a police officer.
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Woman finds husband in tavern, socks him, takes off with phone
September 14, 2007, 6:49 PM
A bartender from a tavern in the 6800 block of 16th called to report a domestic battery. The victim, a 32-year-old man living in the 3100 block of Oak Park, told officers his wife—who lives in the 1800 block of Kenilworth—walked up to him in the bar, punched him in the face, stole his Razr phone and left the scene. The bartender agreed with his story. Police went to the Kenilworth address and arrested the woman, who was charged with one count of domestic battery.
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Man accused of waking up wife by beating her
September 14, 2007, 1:34 AM
Police responding to a domestic disturbance in the 2200 block of Oak Park Ave. met with a woman who said she was sleeping when her husband came home, shoved her while she lay in bed, then punched her in the face. The woman sustained visible swelling, bruising and a black eye. She refused to sign a complaint, but officers signed it for her, charging the 37-year-old man with one count of domestic battery.
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
After many such disturbances, one grows blasé …
September 12, 2007, 6:43 PM
A caller reported a disturbance in the 1800 block of Gunderson: a woman screaming for help in a doorway, while someone behind her tried to drag her back inside. Police spoke with the woman, age 41, who said she heard a loud noise as she lay on her bed watching TV, and went to investigate.
Entering the kitchen, she found her ex-boyfriend at the window. She screamed, “What do you want?” The 51-year-old man yelled at her to open the door. She told him repeatedly to leave, but her grew angry and yelled, “Open the f------ door!”
The woman said she then ran out her front door and yelled for someone to call police, since she had no phone. She told police the ex-boyfriend then pushed into the flat, dragged her into the bedroom, choked and punched her, and ran out. Handprints were recovered at the scene. The victim described the man’s van: white with a black passenger door and a temporary plate; she thought police could find it at a location in Maywood.
Officers canvassed neighbors for information, but were told that since loud commotions at that address were such a common occurrence, the neighbors thought nothing of it.
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Summit man says he was quizzed, battered by trio
September 12, 2007, 1:30 PM
A police sergeant found a 19-year-old battery victim walking at 24th and Elmwood. According to the Summit resident, he was walking southbound on the 2200 block of Elmwood, west side, when he saw a group of males in front of a house. One asked him for a cigarette, to which he replied he had none. The man then asked the Summit man, “Who do you belong to?” and punched him in the face. At this, the Summit man knocked the stranger to the ground. Two other males began to punch the Summit man, then fled. The victim told police he has seen the same men standing in front of another house across the street in the same block. He described the attackers as male Hispanics; the one who asked for a smoke was 18 or 19, 5’8”, 140, with short black hair and a white T-shirt. The second was 16 or 17, same height and weight, in a black sweatshirt; the third appeared to be 16, only 5"6", with black hair and a white T-shirt.
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Trashpicker picks fight with cop
September 12, 2007, 8:27 AM
An officer driving westbound on 27th noticed a woman tipping over trashbins in the Grove/Kenilworth alley; she was taking beer cans and metal and placing them in a shopping cart. The officer recognized the man from many complaints over the summer. Residents objected to her opening the plastic trash bags in their bins, searching for items of interest, then leaving the bags open and trash lying in the alley or behind apartment buildings. The 60-year-old woman, a resident of the 2700 block of East, had been warned many times to cease and desist. At one point, she got a local ordinance ticket, but failed to appear in court. With this in mind, the officer approached the woman. She became belligerent and attempted to punch the officer in the face. He got her right hand cuffed but she pulled away and backup was required to subdue her. The woman was arrested for illegal garbage collecting and assault.
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Knife-toting woman charged with assault
September 9, 6:03 PM
Police responding to a domestic disturbance in the 2100 block of Harlem found a 54-year-old man who said his wife threatened him with a kitchen knife. Police asked the 44-year-old woman if the knife was in her car. She said yes, “I always keep one in the glove box.” An officer checked there and found a steak knife. The husband signed a complaint of domestic aggravated assault against the wife.
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Baby shower battery breaks bridge
September 9, 2007, 2:30 AM
An Oak Lawn police officer brought a 38-year-old Oak Lawn woman, along with her husband and son, to the Berwyn police station. The woman had called her local police from her home to report an incident that occurred at 11:30 the previous night at the Skyview restaurant, 6334 Ogden. The woman attended a baby shower at the Berwyn restaurant, when her 33-year-old husband arrived, punched her in the mouth and accused her of talking to men at the party. The punch broke the woman’s front upper bridge of teeth. Police spoke with the woman’s 13-year-old son, who witnessed the event; he stated his father swore, then hit his mother with his fist. The woman’s injuries were photographed. The husband was charged with domestic battery.
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Kiss Kiss Pow Pow
September 8, 2007, 2:48 PM
A 26-year-old Chicago woman walked into the police station to report an incident that occurred a couple of hours earlier in the 2800 block of East. She parked her car and spoke with her boyfriend, who accused her of infidelity. She broke up with him. She said he then took away her car keys and tried to kiss her. She pushed him away, upon which he threw her to the ground and punched her in the face multiple times. Police could see many scratches and red marks on the victim’s face. The woman signed a complaint of domestic battery against the man; the investigation continues pending his arrest.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Assault reported
September 7, 2007, 3:49 PM
A 69-year-old man from the 2700 block of Clinton said he was nearly in a collision with another vehicle at Ridgeland and Ogden. The man in the other vehicle threw an object, striking the victim’s window, then followed the victim’s car to the Walgreen’s lot at Oak Park and Ogden. The stranger got out of the truck, approached the victim aggressively and reportedly tried to start a fight. The victim described the offender as a male white, 6’1”, heavy, with a “close” haircut. The license plate noted by the victim registered to a Forest Park landscaping business.
Teen says mom’s boyfriend bloodied his nose
September 6, 2007, 8:15 PM
Police met with two brothers outside a residence in the 1900 block of Harvey. One, age 17, was bleeding profusely from his nose. The 22-year-old brother said their 48-year-old mom’s boyfriend had been drinking all day, told their mom he hated both the sons, then punched the teen in the face. The 24-year-old boyfriend was arrested. When police searched the prisoner, they found a black leather band studded with metal spikes; the victim identified it as the item used to hit him in the face. Puncture mark’s on the victim’s nose and cheek were consistent with the spikes. Charges were pending further investigation at the time of the report.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Neighbors alarmed by screams, hitting
September 6, 2007, 2:39 AM
Concerned callers reported a disturbance in the 1600 block of East. Police found a 21-year-old Berwyn woman there with visible injuries: scratches on her shoulder, and a large swollen bruise on her forehead. Two officers at the rear of the building noticed a man stagger into the back yard from the alley; he had scratches on his neck. The man told police he and his wife went for drinks at Lalo, came home, argued, and she choked him. He said she tried to stab him, and pulled up his shirt: police looked but saw no injuries. The wife agreed they went out, but only to discuss his financial support for her and the kids. She said when they returned to his place on East, he drank even more, then verbally abused her and grabbed her to prevent her from leaving. They struggled, she said, and fell onto the patio, where he choked her. The wife said she broke free, but her estranged husband tackled her, punched her and threw a chair at her head. Her screams induced a neighbor to call police; a witness confirmed the wife’s account. The wife signed a complaint for domestic battery against the man.
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Monday, September 10, 2007
Bodily harm escalates when woman tries calling cops
September 5, 2007, 8:22 PM
A 26-year-old woman in the 1200 block of Harvey told police her live-in boyfriend grabbed her arm and slapped her face the previous day when she told him she was leaving him; when she dialed police on her cell phone, he grabbed the phone away and damaged it so it could not be used. The woman fled. Today, she told police, she and some family members came to their apartment to get her things, but the 32-year-old man would not let her in. This time, when she called police, the man fled the scene. Responding officers could see a dark bruise on the victim’s arm. The woman signed a complaint against the offender for domestic battery. An officer also signed a complaint against the man, this one for unlawful interference with the reporting of domestic violence. The man will be arrested when he is found.
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