Berwyn Police Blotter
Loitering
Monday, June 16, 2008
Four arrested after bothering people at gas station
June 11, 2008, 7:27 PM
Police saw four men causing a disturbance at the Shell gas station, Harlem and Roosevelt. All four men, who were bothering customers, appeared intoxicated. Arrested and charged with disorderly conduct were Kevin R. Webb, 41, of Cicero; Daniel A. Mengoni, 44, North Riverside; Michael R. Callahan, 29, Oak Park; and John J. McDonald, 53, homeless. McDonald was also charged with criminal trespass, because he had already been advised to stay off the gas station property. En route to the police station, McDonald reportedly threatened to kill an officer and his family.
Loitering • Trespassing • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Friday, June 13, 2008
Police encounter pot smoke, gang loitering
June 9, 2008, 6:57 PM
Police came to a garage in the 2700 block of Harvey, west side, on reports of people smoking dope there. Officers spoke with resident Mario H. Sandoval, 26, and his guests, Julio S. Jimenez, 18, of Cicero, and a 25-year-old woman from the 1800 block of Euclid. Sandoval told police they were just hanging out. When police asked about the noticeable smell of pot smoke, Sandoval reportedly admitted having smoked a joint during the previous hour. Jiminez was arrested because he had an active warrant out of Cicero. On the floor of the garage lay a clear plastic baggy containing 11.1 grams of marijuana.
Both Jiminez and Sandoval, police said, stated they were members of a street gang; this assertion was confirmed by a computer check of their names. Police met with the property owner, who said he had been asleep and was thus unaware that his stepson was smoking marijuana in his garage. Police warned the homeowner that this is not the first time police have had to come to his house to deal with gang loitering.
Sandoval was cited for pot possession. Jiminez was extradited to Cicero police.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Gang activity • Loitering • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Gang regalia near Proksa explained as “his only clean shirt”
June 3, 2008, 10:50 PM
Police detained a Cicero man, dressed in gang clothing, after seeing him stand at the corner of 31st and Wisconsin, across from Proksa Park, for a long time. Humberto I. Rodriguez, 17, explained his presence on the corner by saying he had attended a party and was on his way home. He told police he used to be a member of a street gang but had “gotten out”. Then he said he was only wearing the suspicious shirt—adorned with the initials of the gang, as well as printed with his “street” name—because “it was his only clean shirt”. Police informed him that it was against the law to represent a street gang by such means. Gang-related items recovered by police were turned over to the tactical division. Rodriguez was cited for disorderly conduct; his court date is June 19 at 3 PM in the community room, 6401 31st.
Disorderly conduct • Gang activity • Loitering • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Chicago girl violates curfew to achieve ambition of hanging out on Berwyn street corner
April 25, 2008, 1:30 AM
Police stopped a group of five people hanging around Oak Park and 30th well past midnight. One was a 16-year-old girl from the 3600 block of west 62nd, Chicago, who told police she “just didn’t feel like going home,” and “wanted to be out with her friends.” Her “friends” included an 18-year-old man from the 1900 block of Scoville, a 21-year-old woman, a 19-year-old man from the 3000 block of west 41st, Chicago, and a 19-year-old man from the 3700 block of south Washtenaw, Chicago. The juvenile girl got a ticket for violating Berwyn’s curfew. Her mother came to pick her up at 2:30 AM.
Loitering • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Alley drinkers didn’t even live there
March 19, 2008, 4:06 PM
A caller reported men drinking in the west-side alley behind the 2100 block of Highland. The officer located three men standing by a back fence, holding 24-ounce cans of Ice House beer. The officer asked which of them lived at the house behind which they were lounging; all three said they lived elsewhere. All three were arrested. Charged with public intoxication were 21-year-old Jovany Rodriguez of CIcero; Rafael Gomez, 43, of the 2200 block of Ridgeland; and 28-year-old Ricardo Arias of the 1900 block of Lombard.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Loitering • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Can trains loiter? This one did—hazardous cargo and all
November 24, 2007, 2:21 AM
Sure, it’s the middle of the night, but wow—an IC train blocked the grade crossing at Riverside Drive, not moving for 61 minutes. There were 17 tanker cars, marked as carrying flammable liquids.
Loitering • Miscellaneous • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Loiterers’ presence draws police; weed confiscated
November 9, 2007, 2:43 PM
Gang task force officers checking an area known to attract members of a well-known street gang came to the 1200 block of Clarence and found four known members of said gang, loitering in front of the home of one of them. During the ensuing patdowns, police recovered a bag containing 1 gram of cannabis from 21-year-old Jose Rios; he received a $100 pot possession ticket.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Gang activity • Loitering • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Police arrest five at loiterer-troubled apartment building
October 24, 2007, 3:20 PM
Police saw five people hanging out, drinking from bottled Budweiser beer, near the porch of a building in the 2100 block of Highland—an address that receives many complaints of gang members loitering and drinking. Two of the drinkers, a man and a woman, live and/or stay at that address, and have been told many times by police not to permit this behavior. When reminded of the warnings, both of them told police they were “just having a few beers”. All five were arrested. Landlord Robert Wasiak, 40, of Northbrook, was told to come to the Berwyn police station to discuss the problems on his property. Arrestees were Pablo F. Silvagnoli, 35, of the 4900 block of west Fletcher, Chicago, who was cited for disorderly conduct and use of premises to disturb the peace; and Deborah Czyzewicz, 50, of the 2100 block of Highland, charged with disorderly conduct and use of premises to disturb the peace. The others—Ricardo Arias, 29, of the 1900 block of Lombard; Jesus Sanchez, 26, of the 2200 block of Elmwood; and Jose Arroyo, 38, of the 2100 block of Harvey, were each charged with disorderly conduct. The court date for all five is November 8 and 3 PM in the Community Room of the police station, 6431 S. 31st.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Gang activity • Loitering • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Loiterers busted at Highland and Vacin
October 9, 2007, 7:38 PM
Following many complaints about gang members loitering and drinking in the vicinity of Highland and Vacin, police patrolled the area and stopped three men seen loitering. One man—a 26-year-old from the 1200 block of Elmwood—was wanted by Cook County, so he was arrested. The other two—a 19-year-old man from the 2200 block of Harvey, and an 18-year-old from the 2300 block of Harvey—were reminded not to hang out in that location or they would be charged with loitering.
Loitering • Suspicious people, objects or events • Street stop • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Gangbangers loiter after being warned against it
September 25, 2007, 2:50 PM
Police checking out a gang-loitering spot at Highland and Vacin saw two known and self-proclaimed members of a well-known street gang there, loitering after having been told not to. The two men, both age 19, had past arrests at the same location. One man lives in the 2100 block of Highland, the other is from Cicero. Both were charged with disorderly conduct. The latest charges were added to the growing gang files on the two.
Gang activity • Loitering • Suspicious people, objects or events • Street stop • (0) Comments • (1) Trackbacks • Permalink
Monday, September 24, 2007
Habitual gang loitering
September 20, 2007, 6 PM
Officers from the multi-community gang task force were checking known gang hotspots when they saw two known and admitted members of a well-known street gang, loitering about at 21st and Highland. Both men had been warned before. This time, police arrested a 19-year-old man from the 2100 block of Highland, along with 24-year-old Cicero resident John Gomez. Both were cited for disorderly conduct.
Disorderly conduct • Gang activity • Loitering • Street stop • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Sunday, September 23, 2007
School’s out: wanted man acts suspicious on a nearby corner
September 19, 2007, 2:54 PM
Officers monitoring school dismissal time noticed a man at Vacin and Clinton who continually looked around him in a suspicious manner. He looked at police, began to walk away, then kept looking back at them. Police stopped the man, who identified himself as Larry Sims, 32, of the 6900 block of 19th. Sims had two active warrants, one from the Cook County Sheriff and the other from the Montana Department of Corrections. Sims was processed for the Cook warrant, and Montana was notified; he is to be extradited on the no-bond Montana warrant.
Loitering • Street stop • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink