Berwyn Police Blotter
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Criminal damage to home, vehicles
September 21, 2007, 6:29 AM
A woman in the 2300 block of Cuyler reported someone tossed a brick through her front window sometime between 11 PM and 2 AM.
1:02 PM
A blue Chevy Blazer parked in the 1400 block of Harvey had its left rear window broken out.
9:54 PM
In the 2500 block of Harvey, someone scratched a parked white Dodge sedan.
Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Bike left behind after suspicious character flees through gangway
September 21, 2007, 4:50 AM
A woman in the 2200 block of Gunderson called police to report a suspicious person. When police arrived, she said she heard noises in her gangway and walked outside. When she reached her back yard gate, she saw a man running east between houses. A blue Diamondback mountainbike had been left in her gangway; police took the bike to the station. The woman described the running man as wearing a white do-rag, white T-shirt and black jeans.
Garage, business, residential burglaries; puppy missing
September 21, 2007, 4:18 AM
An officer found a garage in the 2200 block of Gunderson with its door standing open. Inside was an SUV with one window broken out, though the owner said all that was missing was a container of CDs. The other SUV in the garage was still locked, windows intact, but the owner said two speaker boxes had been removed from the rear of the vehicle.
10:12 AM
The manager of a business in the 7000 block of Cermak told police he locked up the previous night, then arrived at 10 AM to find the rear door broken in. Nothing was missing except for the manager’s personal portable DVD player.
4:44 PM
A maintenance man for an apartment building in the 6400 block of 18th reported finding a rear-door window open on the first floor, then looking up to see the same thing on the next story. Items removed from one apartment included a luggage set, radio and DVD player.
6:24 PM
A man in the 6500 block of Stanley reported someone entered his apartment; when then man returned home, he found a window damaged and his puppy missing.
Vehicle burglaries of the day
September 21, 2007, 3:58 AM
A man reported someone broke a window on his parked red Mercury Mystique, parked in the 2200 block of Gunderson, and stole the CD/stereo.
5:16 AM
An officer saw a white Geo Metro parked in the 2200 block of Elmwood with a broken window; the JBL stereo, worth $250, was ripped out. During this investigation, police found a home stereo system sitting inside a box behind a property in the 2200 block of Ridgeland. The stereo, in good condition, was a Realistic AM/FM/CD/cassette model with two speakers.
5:37 AM
A Chevy sedan parked in the 2300 block of Elmwood was found with a broken window and its $350 Pioneer stereo ripped from the dash.
5:49 PM
Someone entered a parked white Chevy van in the 2300 block of Elmwood and stole its Kenwood stereo.
Woman says boyfriend knocked her down, broke cell phone
September 21, 2007, 12:02 AM
A woman met police in the 2100 block of Oak Park to report she ran outside to avoid a physical fight with her boyfriend, and to call police on her cell phone. She said the 36-year-old man followed her, knocked her down, broke her phone and fled—possibly to a friend’s place in the 2100 block of Wesley. The officer could see the broken cell phone had pieces missing. The woman signed a complaint of domestic battery. The offender was arrested at the Wesley address.
Assault, battery • Domestic • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Monday, September 24, 2007
It’s the bottle talking
September 20, 2007, 11:34 PM
A call of “shots fired” brought police to the 1200 block of Wenonah. There, they found a neighbor who denied hearing anything, but added it is common for groups to form at all hours of the night at 13th and Wenonah. After this interview, a 17-year-old male flagged down the officer, stating he called police because shots were fired at him. He said he was standing in front of a house on the west side of the 1200 block of of Wenonah when three men dressed in black fired at him five times. The teen said he has been “shot at before” at that location. Police found no evidence of any shooting in the area, but did smell alcohol on the man’s breath. The man admitted he had consumed a 12-pack of Corona beer.
Disorderly conduct • Miscellaneous • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Graffiti, criminal damage found
September 20, 2007, 6:15 AM
A garage door in the 2500 block of Elmwood was found defaced with graffiti in black and gold spray paint.
8:34 AM
Someone threw a flower pot on the front porch of a house in the 2100 block of Cuyler overnight.
6:43 PM
A man reported damage to a basement window of an apartment building in the 1900 block of Oak Park Avenue, apparently made by BB or pellet gun. The man said he suspects neighborhood juveniles.
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Burglary victim: third time
September 20, 2007, 6:40 PM
A woman got home to the 2100 block of Highland to find the rear door open and two bedrooms ransacked. She said this was the third time burglars had struck her home in the past few months. Police were able to get prints from the scene.
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
Incompetent car thief
September 20, 2007, 9:42 AM
A man in the 6500 block of Stanley told police someone tried to steal his parked 1990 Dodge Dynasty. The underskilled thief was able to pull the handle off a door, but could not successfully strip the steering column or get the car to start.
Screaming junkie bites cop during laundromat disturbance
September 20, 2007, 9:15 AM
The manager of World’s Largest Laundromat, 6240 Cermak, sounded the hold-up alarm when a woman got out of control at the front counter. Arriving police recognized the woman - a 32-year-old form the 2100 block of Highland, as a known drug addict. The woman was extremely agitated and appeared to be going through withdrawal. Because she could not be calmed, police summoned an ambulance. The woman became violent. She screamed, kicked, and bit one officer in the hand. The woman had to be cuffed to the stretcher in order to get her MacNeal Hospital emergency room for treatment. The bitten officer signed complaints of battery and resisting arrest against the woman.
Disorderly conduct • Drugs, alcohol, DUI • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Burglars steal stuff from car, truck, but fail with Jeep
September 20, 2007, 2:54 AM
A man in the 3700 block of Clarence heard his car alarm go off. When he checked on his silver Honda Civic, he found it had a shattered window, damage to the dash, and a missing $200 Jensen stereo.
8:56 AM
Someone pried open a 1994 Dodge Ram pickup truck, parked in the 6900 block of 30th Place, and stole tools and a briefcase. A black Jeep in the same block was found with dashboard damage, apparently done in a failed effort to take the stereo.
Red-light disregard reveals lack of proper license
September 20, 2007, 1:11 AM
An officer at the 26th and Ridgeland light saw a maroon Dodge Caravan with temporary plates blow through the stop. When driver Lilia Hernandez, 28, of the 9000 block of south Baltimore, Chicago, was asked to show license and insurance, she produced a driver’s license from Jalisco, Mexico. Asked how long she had lived in the United States, the woman told the officer “six months”. The officer informed the woman she must get an Illinois license in order to drive. She was cited for driving without a valid license and for disobeying a red light.
Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Dancers, uncooperative driver, features of one loud-car stop
September 20, 2007, 1:01 AM
Audible down the block from the Lalo’s parking lot, Maple and 32nd, was a tan Lexus. The driver, 38-year-old Sonia Davila of Lyons, was cited for noise.
1:59 PM
Police stopped a grey Chevy two-door whose stereo could be heard over 150 feet away in teh 7100 and 7200 blocks of Pershing. The car was impounded; the ticket went to Simon T. Girzynski, 21, of Lyons.
2:46 PM
A police sergeant found a large crowd gathered around an extremely loud blue Chevy minivan parked in the rear of Circuit City, 2200 Home. He told them to disperse. The driver, a 41-year-old man from the 1500 block of Clarence, told the sergeant he was waiting there to pick up his stepdaughter from high school, because she was involved in a fight the previous day. The man said it was one of the teen’s friends who had turned the van’s stereo up high, and they all began to dance on the bumper and hang on the van while waiting.
The sergeant informed the man that he was getting a $500 noise ticket; the man refused to sign it and said he would “call the chief and sue” the officer. The sergeant told the driver to removed his things from the van, because it was being towed. The man stated he and his things were staying put. The man was given a choice: cooperate, or be arrested for obstruction. The man finally did as he was told and the van was impounded.
5:34 PM
WEDGE officers were in the 2300 block of Cuyler in response to a gang loitering complaint. While there, they stopped a very loud red Honda two-door traveling westbound on 24th. It was impounded, and driver Leonardo Ramirez, 21, of Cicero was cited for noise as well as driving unlicensed and uninsured.
8:16 PM
At 13th and Oak Park, police stopped a red Nissan Sentra so loud it could be heard over 200 feet away. Driver Luis Galindo, 23, of the 700 block of south Grove, Oak Park, was issued a noise violation ticket.
Gang activity • Noise violations • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Duelling noises
September 20, 2007, midnight
Police were called to the 2500 block of Scoville, west side, to check on loud music coming from a house. They were greeted by the loud music, and met with the caller. The man said this happens every night at about the same time and continues until 1 or 2 AM, forcing him and his family to wear earplugs to get any sleep.
Police knocked at the doors of the loud house, but nobody answered. All the windows of the loud house were closed but one: a bedroom window facing the complainant’s home. Because nobody answered, and in fear for the well-being of the resident—a 61-year-old woman—police had fire personnel gain entry though the open window. Once inside, police easily found the source: a portable stereo system placed on a table with its speakers aimed at the complainant’s house; it appeared the radio had been set to go off at a certain time. Police turned off the stereo and resecured the house. Back at the station, police wrote the woman a citation for “use of premises to disturb the peace”. While the ticket was being written, the complainant called again to report the stereo was on once more.
This time, police arrived in time to see a woman in the bedroom window by the stereo, in the act of turning up the volume. She was told to stop cranking the radio and meet police at the front door. She refused to identify herself or even spell her name for police.
When asked why the loud radio, the woman said it was because her neighbor’s dogs bark too loudly. She said when she called about it, the cops “did nothing.” Police tried to hand the woman her noise ticket, but she refused to take it, so they placed it in her mailbox.
Officers spoke with the neighbor, who agreed to keep his dogs quiet in future.
The court date for the noise-duel case is October 11th at 3 PM at 6401 W. 31st Street, Berwyn.
Disorderly conduct • Memorable incidents • Noise violations • Unusual, mysterious, odd or just weird • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink