Berwyn Police Blotter
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Beaten outside Inclusive
October 2, 2008, 12:56 AM
Calls reported several people fighting in the 6300 block of Roosevelt. When police arrived, however, they found only one person who did not want to get involved; the witness said all the belligerents got into cars and fled before police came. Dispatchers then informed police that a man came into the emergency room at West Surburban Hospital, Oak Park, saying he had been beaten in the 6300 block of Roosevelt.
Police came to West Suburban and spoke to the victim, a 31-year-old Hillside man with a bump and a cut on his head. The victim said he had been inside Inclusive nightclub, 6319 Roosevelt, and left through the rear door to walk to his vehicle, when several men and women attacked him in the alley and accused him of theft.
“Person with gun” reported, followed by arrests for cannabis and cognac
October 1, 2008, 4:31 PM
Callers reported three suspicious males standing beside a black pickup truck at 27th and Ridgeland, one—a male Hispanic with a bald head—holding a gun. Responding officers saw three men by a truck, as described, talking to the driver; one of the men, matching the gun-toter’s description, then moved slowly toward the truckbed and dropped into it what looked like a handgun. Police ordered the three men outside the truck to come to the front of the squad, and ordered the driver to exit the truck. The three men on foot complied. The driver, however, put the truck in drive and fled.
The bald man seen placing a gun in the truckbed was arrested; a patdown revealed a bottle of Hennessey cognac and several copper BBs. While police were running the three men’s names, one fled, but was caught trying to hide in a yard in the 6400 block of 27th. Martin Solis Jr., 19, of 1532 Gunderson, was charged with resisting an officer, escape, and possession of alcohol by a minor.
Meanwhile, the fleeing driver was stopped in the 6500 block of 26th Place. He was Anthony N. Morales, 18, of 6617 31st. The truckbed contained a .17.7 caliber BB gun. In Morales’s pocket, police found a plastic bag of marijuana. Lying on the driver-side floorboard was a plastic bag containing five regular-size plastic bags of pot, and eight smaller-size bags of pot. Morales told police the truck and the drugs belong to a friend. He said he fled because he knew the marijuana was present. He was charged with one felony count of marijuana possession.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Suspicious people, objects or events • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Friday, October 03, 2008
Gang graffiti roundup
October 1, 2008, 8 AM
Graffiti was found on an overhead garage door in the 2700 block of Grove. In the 1500 block of Kenilworth, someone wrote gang graffiti on a garage door, as did someone in the 6500 block of 26th.
6:22 PM
In the tunnel at Home and IC tracks, in the 2800 block of Home, vandals drew gang symbols and graffiti.
Gang activity • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Calls reporting gunfire up over this time last year
September 30, 2008, 9 PM
Yet another report of “shots fired”; this time, callers thought it was at 18th or 19th and Gunderson. This makes six reports of “shots fired” in a single month: September, 2008. In September, 2007, the Berwyn Police blotter only had four such reports.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Gang graffiti
September 30, 2008, 6:45 PM
Gang graffiti was found on a garage door in the 6800 block of 30th Place; on a fence in the 1500 block of Kenilworth; on a garage door in the 2800 block of Harvey, and on property in the 1500 block of Home.
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Gang-related gas station fight involved hammer
September 30, 2008, 6:13 PM
Police were dispatched to a 26th and Ridgeland gas station, on reports of a fight involving a hammer. Police recovered the hammer. The altercation apparently involved an exchange of words and “gang representation”—presumably the shouting of gang slogans. Four involved men were located in the 2500 block of Cuyler; all four were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. They were Julian M. Alejandro, 17, of 6401 23rd; Nicholas M. Alejandro, 30, of the same address; Adrian Jimenez, 17, of 2303 block of Clinton; and Jonathan Perez, 21, of 7117 Riverside Drive. During the booking process, tactical officers added the four men’s names and information the department’s gang files.
Disorderly conduct • Fight/brawl/riot • Gang activity • Suspicious people, objects or events • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Fight involved gang slogans, unfair odds
September 29, 2008, 11:01 PM
Called to a fight at the Harlem/Roosevelt Shell station, police entered the alley behind the 7100 block of Roosevelt and spoke with a 28-year-old man from the 1200 block of Wenonah. He told police he went to the gas station store for beer when a man dressed in black began to talk to him “like he knew me”. But when the beer-buyer left the store, he said, a second man screamed gang slogans at him (one, apparently was [street number] m@!%#^f^@$#r! The victim said he responded to this by telling the screaming man to “shut the f^@$ up”, adding that he “don’t gang bang”. Next, the screaming man’s friends—including the chatty fellow from inside the store—exited a white Buick and began to fight with the victim; police could see a cut on the victim’s head.
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Buick stopped for noise
September 29, 2008, 8:13 PM
A red Buick LaCrosse was stopped at 38th and Ridgeland for violating the noise ordinance. It was impounded. The $500 ticket went to driver Billy Flores, 24, of the 4900 block of south LaPorte, Chicago.
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Vandals write on van
September 29, 2008, 6:08 PM
Graffiti was found on a work van parked in the alley behind the 6600 block of 26th.
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Robber slugs worker, snatches the day’s take
September 29, 2008, 1:39 PM
A man told police he was in the 7100 block of Ogden, about to deposit money for the restaurant where he works, when he was punched and robbed. A man approached the victim from behind, grabbed the envelopes of cash he was carrying and punched him in the face. After knocking the victim to the ground, the robber fled on foot southbound through the Wisconsin/Maple alley. The robber stole about $4,000. The victim described him as a male Hispanic, age 25, 5’6”, 200 lbs, in jeans and blue hoodie.
Assault, battery • Robbery • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Drivers passing schools ignore stop signs, crossing guards
September 29, 2008, going-to-school time
An officer in the 7000 block of west 16th saw a black Pontiac Grand Am pass a school bus, although the bus had its stop sign extended, red lights flashing, and was in the process of unloading children at Jefferson elementary school. Driver Claudia C. Fausto, 35, of 2312 south St. Louis, Chicago, told police she had no license. In fact, she had a license, but it was suspended. The car was impounded; Fausto was charged with passing a school bus* --itself an offense that results in license suspension—and driving on a suspended license.
3:27 PM
At Elmwood and 16th, during dismissal time for Lincoln middle school, an officer saw a Suzuki SUV driver around a crossing guard who stood in the intersection, holding a clearly visible stop sign. Jorge M. Tellez, 40, of Cicero, was charged with driving unlicensed and disobeying a crossing guard.
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Misplaced trust
September 28, 2008, 6:55 PM
A 19-year-old employee of a LaGrange Jiffy Lube business told police that, the previous evening, his manager asked him to take money to the bank. The employee agreed, but first went to a meeting at the Berwyn Jiffy Lube, 6930 Cermak. During this meeting, he told police, he left the money bag lying under the driver’s seat of his vehicle, with the doors unlocked and the windows open. This morning, he said, he looked in the vehicle and the bag was gone, along with its contents: $911.67 in cash and checks.
Main Street • Suspicious people, objects or events • Theft • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Work van defaced
September 28, 2008, 4:31 PM
In the 2400 block of Clarence, someone used a red marker to write “BITCH” on a white Ford work van.
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More noise stops, impounds
September 28, 2008, 3:11 PM
An officer heard a very loud Mercury Mystique at 15th and Ridgeland. He pulled the car over at 14th and Clarence and issued a $500 noise-violation ticket to driver Juan J. Sandoval, 30, of Cicero. The car was impounded.
5:01 PM
A Pontiac was impounded for noise after being stopped in the 3200 block of Oak Park. Driver Pedro Urbina, 31, of Cicero, got the noise ticket.
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Man with revoked license, beer in car, caught because of loud stereo
September 28, 2008, 1:40 PM
Police stopped a loud vehicle in the 6900 block of Cermak. The driver initially told police he was “Miguel Ortiz”, with a 1984 birthdate. Fingerprints, however, showed he was actually Alejandro Aguilar, 29, of 2406 south St. Louis, Chicago. His license had been revoked for DUI; in addition, he had two arrest warrants out of DuPage County. There was also one empty and one full bottle of beer on the floorboard, accessible to the driver. Aguilar was arrested and charged with felony aggravated driving on a revoked license, driving uninsured and transporting open alcohol. The vehicle was impounded.
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