Berwyn Police Blotter
Theft
Friday, August 27, 2010
Firebird stolen
August 21, 2010, 4:33 PM
A silver 1997 Firebird, last seen parked on 21st between Elmwood and Ridgeland, was reported stolen.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Stolen Tahoe
August 19, 2010, 9 PM
A Chevy Tahoe, whose owner last saw it parked at 18th and Wesley, was reported stolen.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Agua picante
July 22, 2010, 5:09 PM
The clerk at a gas station store in the 1500 block of Lombard told police a man opened a jar of hot peppers, drank the liquid and walked out without paying for the item. The offender, a severely mentally-disabled man from that neighborhood, was taken to MacNeal Hospital for treatment.
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Broad-daylight theft of spare tire
July 21, 2010, 2:16 PM
Witnesses living nearby called police to report a theft in progress in the commuter parking area on the 6600 block of Windsor. The offenders were gone before police arrived. Callers said two male blacks crawled under a parked Ford Explorer, stole the spare tire, threw it into the back seat of an older maroon vehicle, and fled the scene. The truck is owned by a MacNeal employee.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Early-hours bike theft
July 16, 2010
A grey bike was reported stolen from the back yard of a residence in the 3400 block of Clinton, some time between 5:30 and 8:18 AM.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Hey! You don’t work for Red Bull!
June 17, 2010, 6:43 AM
The manager of Walgreen’s in Cermak Plaza detained a man he said he caught removing merchandise from the storage room. The manager said apparently entered the secured storage area somehow and removed three 24-pack cases of Red Bull, valued at $173.45. When the manager saw the stranger there, he said, “You don’t work for Red Bull! Who are you?” The man reportedly ran for the exit and shoved the manager, who detained him until police arrived. Eric Mercado, 25, of Cicero, was charged with battery and one count of felony retail theft.
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Friday, June 18, 2010
Beer dash
June 13, 2010, 10:04 PM
The clerk at the Shell station at Roosevelt and Harlem reported a beer theft to police. The clerk said a male white, 50-55 years old, 6’3”, with black/grey hair, snatched two 24-can cases of Miller Lite beer and fled eastbound on Roosevelt in a large older white sedan.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Lion stolen
May 12, 2010, 11:49 AM
A 30” tall concrete lion statue, weighing 100 pounds, was reported stolen overnight from the yard of a house in the 6900 block of Riverside Drive.
Guitar theft roundup
May 11, 2010, 4:28 PM
The back door of a house in the 2800 block of Highland was found pried open by crowbar. The resident told police missing items included an Apple IMac, a printer, external hard drive, IPod, subwoofer, headphones and an electric bass.
7:38 PM
Three guitars and a computer were reported stolen from an apartment in the 1500 block of Grove; the two victims suspect their roommate.
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Firepit theft
April 28, 2010, 1:54 Am
An officer in the 2800 block alley of Ridgeland saw a man walking northbound, toting a large firepit. When stopped, the man reportedly identified himself as Pedro Rivera, Jr., 19, of the 2400 block of Highland. According to the report, Rivera volunteer without being asked that he found the firepit—which police described as in very good condition—in the garbage behind a house on the block where he was stopped. Police perused the alley; only one gate was standing open. They contacted the resident, who said he has a firepit, which should be by the garage. The resident came outside and told police, “It’s gone”. Police took him to see the firepit found in the detainee’s possession; the resident identified it as his own. Rivera was charged with theft.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Miles away from paying for it
April 22, 2010, 6:05 AM
Someone broke an 8’ by 4’ window at the Berwyn Fruit Market, 3811 Harlem, enabling that someone to steal two 24-bottle cartons of Corona Beer.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
School sax stolen
April 19, 2010, 2:46 PM
A woman in the 1800 block of Euclid told police that, on April 13, her daughter left her school-owned saxophone on the back porch, from which it was stolen by persons unknown. The sax, a Yamaha in a black case, had Prairie Oak school tags.
Auto theft
April 18, 2010, 12:31 AM
A 1999 Chevy Cavalier was reported stolen from the 1800 block of East.
Monday, April 19, 2010
April 5-7th
Rowdy youths egg home
April 5, 2010 11:19 PM
A woman saw around eight juveniles (male and female) approach her home and pelt it with eggs in the 2800 block of Home. They fled northbound under a viaduct and disappeared.
Recipe for a bad night: “beer balls”, lost phone, getting Tasered
April 4, 2010, 2:29 AM
An intoxicated man was Tasered after belligerence toward police officers who were advising him to leave the area of El Corral tavern in the 6300 block of 26th St. “I was a little buzzed up. That’s where beer balls comes in,” Lorenzo Barrera, 23, of the 2400 block of Clarence reportedly explained later. Police responding to a bar fight asked Barrera to leave, but he protested ,saying he lost his $400 phone in the bar. Events allegedly escalated into a shouting match in the middle of 26th and Highland, where Barrera allegedly told police officers “F#$% you b!#$%es, Berwyn cops are nothing but b@#$%es and n@#$%rs.” He refused to be handcuffed, so an officer deployed his Taser, striking Barrera in the chest and stomach with the prongs. An ambulance brought the suddenly subdued man to MacNeal.
Patio chair thru window
April 4, 2010, 4:11 AM
A woman in the 3800 block of Wisconsin heard a loud shattering noise and found a metal piece of lawn furniture inside her home. Replacing the broken glass sliding door will cost $1000.
Loud car
April 4, 2010, 10:54 AM
Police curbed the very loud tan 2001 Chevy Blazer of Jerry T. Mixon, 27, of Maywood, at East and 15th St. he was ticketed for driving on a suspended license, disobeying the local noise ordinance and no proof of insurance. The Chevy was impounded.
Joyriders steal SUV with paycheck inside
April 5, 2010, 5:02 AM
A 1993 Chevy Suburban was found with extensive damage in the 2600 block of 58th St. after it disappeared from the 1200 block of Cuyler early the previous morning. The owner told police her purse had been in the car, containing a Social Security card, $20 cash and a paycheck.
Auto burglary
April 5, 2010, 6:28 AM
A JVC car CD player, rear deck speakers and a wallet were stolen from a Crown Victoria parked in the 2100 block of Harlem. Thieves broke a rear passenger window.
Door open for dog also open for purse thief
April 5, 2010, 10:14 AM
A woman figured out that her red purse had been stolen from the kitchen table in the 1400 block of Maple after credit card companies called to let her know someone had used her card to buy gas at four different gas stations. She told police she had left the back door open and unlocked to let the dog in and out.
Baby sitter accosted by “building inspector”
April 5, 2010, 2:30 PM
A 22-year-old baby sitter told police as she walked in the 1400 block of Maple with the child she cares for she was approached by a 50-ish man in a black older-model sports car. The man told her she was beautiful and tried to engage her in conversation. She and the child hid between houses so the man could not see which house she worked in, but the creeper waited for her When she threatened to call police, the man told her he was “not afraid of police because he was a building inspector,” and showed her a clip-board. However, he fled when she began to dial her cell phone.
Graffiti roundup
April 5, 2010, 3:04 PM, 4:51 PM
Police removed two eyeballs rendered in gold spray paint on a building in the 2700 block of Euclid. Gang tagging was found in the 1300 block of East.
Back door thief
April 5, 2010, 3:59 PM
A purse disappeared from a kitchen shelf in the 2600 block of Oak Park. Its owner found the back door ajar.
Feces delivery
April 5, 2010, 6:30 PM
A 72-year-old man told police he suspected an argumentative neighbor left a pile of feces in the front entrance to his apartment building in the 1200 block of Harlem.
Meds, tools and knife stolen from parked car
April 5, 2010, 7:25 PM
A 2000 Chevy owner in the 3300 block of Grove told police that on the previous Friday his car had been burglarized. Taken were prescription drugs Adderall, and Subutex, as well as a Sony CD player, a Ryobi drill, a set of wood chisels and a Winchester knife.
Police chase white van; offender still at large
April 6, 2010, 11:25 AM
Police patrolling the alley in the 1500 block of Harvey because of recent break-ins observed a white van behind a foreclosed house. A man fled from the back door into the van and police followed it into Oak Park, where they lost sight of the vehicle. At the home, the basement doorknob had been pried off.
Impounds
April 6, 2010, 12:44 PM
Abraham Sanchez, 47, of Cicero was charged with driving with a suspended license and illegal alley traffic. Police impounded his 1993 Lincoln Continental. Police also impounded the 1998 Dodge SUV belonging to Jose A. Maygora of Cicero, who was stopped in the 6500 block of Cermak for an overly loud sound system.
Thieves on bikes
April 6, 2010, 5:54 PM
A shoplifter was observed at the Dollar Store in the 7100 block of Cermak concealing toothpaste and razors in his shirt. The 35-40 year old Hispanic male fled on a light blue bicycle.
April 7, 2010, 4:19 PM
Employees of the The World’s Largest Laundry in the 6200 block of Cermak told police they observed an “older” man fleeing east on a bicycle, while balancing three iron trash can lids.
Vehicle burglaries
April 6, 2010 4:38 PM
April 7, 7:17 AM, 8:27 AM, 11:13 AM, 5:26 PM, 5:48 PM,
A “fuzz-buster” was stolen from a pickup in the 1300 block of Euclid. Cars were burglarized in the 1300 block of Clarence, the 1400 block of Euclid and the 1400 block of Wesley. Two cars were broken into in the 1300 block of Home. In all instances, windows were smashed to remove cell phone chargers, a radar detector and GPS systems.
You go, girl
April 6, 2010, 11:44 PM
A woman pushed the panic button on her remote key chain after observing a man in her red Kia in the 1400 block of Harvey. The man fled when the alarm sounded.
Graffiti
April 7, 2010, 6:50 AM
Graffiti was discovered at Heritage School in the 6800 block of 31st St. and on garages in the 3100 block of Kenilworth.
Lock “punched” in apartment burglary
April 6, 2010, 9:55 PM
A woman returning home turned her key and pulled the lock right out of her apartment door in the 3100 block of Harlem. Her dwelling had been ransacked. Missing were two checkbooks and a laptop. Police found the neighbor’s lock was also damaged.
-J. LeHane
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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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