Berwyn Police Blotter
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Camry burglary
November 29, 2007, 1:12 PM
A Toyota Camry parked in the 7100 block of 30th St. was found with a shattered window; a $200 cell phone was stolen from inside.
Gang members seen squaring off in street
November 29, 2007, 9:33 PM
An officer saw a red Buick sedan and a black Honda Accord stopped in the intersection of Ridgeland and Cermak, beside several men who were confronting a lone man. A fight appeared imminent. When the group saw police, the lone man began walking south, and the others reentered their cars. Police stopped the Honda at Vacin and caught up with 22-year-old Jose Dominguez of the 1500 block of Oak Park Avenue; the others in the Honda fled, leaving the empty Honda behind. Dominguez told police he had just gotten a ride from the other guys but did not know driver’s name. He said he and the others belong to a gang; he said they stopped in the intersection to confront the lone man because he was a member of a rival gang. Police also located the lone man—38-year-old Carlos Garcia of the 3600 block of Clarence. Garcia said two cars pulled up and yelled gang slogans, so he responded with a different slogan. Next, police noticed a man approaching the abandoned Honda: 31-year-old Marcelo Malvaez of the 2600 block of Home. Malvaez said he drove the Honda but was not involved in the gang incident, though he admitted membership. Malvaez and Dominguez were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
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Garage burglary on East
November 29, 2007, 7:16 PM
A neighbor informed a burglary victim his garage door was standing open. The garage, the 1600 block of East, had been forced open. Stolen were three Craftsman toolboxes and a lawn edger.
Sliding past stop signs
November 29, 2007, 11:24 am
A tan Fiord Sedan blew the stop sign at 18th and East. Huge Mandujano, 28, of Cicero, was cited for that as well as for driving uninsured and on a suspended license.
3:26 PM
A white Jeep ran the stop sign at 19th and Home. Driver Marilyn Aparicio, 19, of the 1400 block of Home, had no license, and received tickets for both offenses. Her passenger, Gina Remedi, owned the Jeep, knowingly let the unlicensed Aparicio drive, and was cited for the offense.
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Man shoves mom; charged with battery, violating order of protection
November 29, 2007, 8:33 AM
Police found a 59-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man yelling at their adult son in the east alley of the 3700 block of Wisconsin. The son, 36-year-old Richard B. Mayers—a Green Party congressional candidate—apparently believed his parents were throwing away his “political papers”. The father told police Mayers shoved his mom in the chest in an effort to get at a box of papers, despite both parents’ insistence that the box contained only trash. Mayers also tried to retrieve a box from a garage truck; police saw no political papers in the box. The parents told police Mayers has a history of psychological problems and was not currently on medication. Mayers was charged with one count of domestic battery and one count of violating the order of protection his parents have against him.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
20-year-old expelled high schooler makes threats
November 29, 2007, 7:55 AM
Morton West high school, 2400 Home, reported a 20-year-old man—expelled from the school—made suspicious references to notorious school shootings. Police were told the man had his hearing cancelled the previous evening because he showed up 30 minutes late; he was told at that time he would have to write an explanation of his absence to the dean. The man commented to a security security guard that things like this “are why Virginia Tech and Columbine incidents happen”. He was then told to leave the building and did. Police visited the man at his home, where he agreed to a search of the premises. No weapons were found. The man said he was sorry for his remarks and did not mean them.
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