Berwyn Police Blotter
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Lyons teen manages to get two $500 noise tickets in two days
April 27, 2008, 5:18 PM
An officer stopped a blue Chevy in the 2300 block of Harlem for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. The driver was told to pull into Cermak Plaza, out of traffic. The Chevy pulled alongside a white Camry, and the officer observed the drivers of both Camry and Chevy touch hands as he got out of the squad car. Chevy driver Geraldo Monarrez, 17, of Lyons, grew upset during the stop, and failed to comply with police instructions to stay out of traffic lanes. He was handcuffed for his own and officer safety until he was issued tickets for no seat belt and for excessive noise, and until his parents arrived on the scene. The car was impounded. Just two days earlier, Monarrez received another $500 noise violation ticket in Berwyn, and the car he drove was impounded during that incident, also:
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Robber steals purse from elderly Indiana woman
April 27, 2008, 3:24 PM
A 73-year-old Indiana woman told police she was walking in the 7000 block of Cermak when a man came at her from the west, bumped her shoulder and robbed her of her purse. The robber fled north, then eastbound in the alley. A nearby business caught the fleeing suspect on surveillance video. The victim told police the robber was a male black, about age 20, with short black hair, dressed in a black coat and black pants.
Dogs know who lives on their block and who does not
April 27, 2008, 2:47 PM
A man complained two dogs, both leashed, bit him. The 23-year-old man—a resident of the 1700 block of west 21st in Chicago—was riding his bicycle through the north alley behind the 2300 block of Gunderson at the time. The dogs’ owner, who was walking her leashed dogs in her own alley, said the bicycle startled the dogs.
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Too many names, too many stories and too much noise
April 27, 2008, 1:49 PM
While at 16th and Wesley, an officer could hear a gold Dodge Intrepid from a distance of 200 feet. When asked to show his license and proof of insurance, driver Jose S. Sanchez of Forest Park was able to show insurance but only had a Mexican driver’s license. That license was in the name “Jose Socorro Sanchez Quinonez. He said he had lived at the Forest Park address for a year. But when asked whether he had an Illinois license yet, Sanchez said no, because he was only visiting and had been here three to four months. Fingerprints told a third story: they came back to the original name, Jose S. Sanchez, but with a different birthday than the driver originally provided. A check of that name showed Sanchez did not have a valid license, as well as a previous arrest by Berwyn police for driving unlicensed three years earlier. He was cited for driving unlicensed and for violating the noise ordinance. Police impounded the Intrepid for the latter offense.
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Banned from Mr. Sub
April 27, 2008, 11:29 AM
An employee of Mr. Sub, 6341 26th, told police a man entered the restaurant and shouted at him, then shoved a table and left headed north on Ridgeland. Police stopped a man matching the complainant’s description. The worker positively identified him as the offender. Police charged 24-year-old Eric Enoch, of the 1200 block of south 50th Avenue, Cicero, with disorderly conduct, and told him to stay out of Mr. Sub.
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Tire stolen
April 27, 2008, 11:23 AM
A Jeep parked in the 2100 block of Highland was found missing a tire.
Sunday graffiti
April 27, 2008, 10:29 AM
Gang graffiti symbols and illegible marks were found defacing a garage in the 1300 block of Grove. Another garage in the 1300 block of Kenilworth bore the same symbols.
12:23 PM
Graffiti was found on an Illinois Dept. of Transportation traffic control box in the 6300 block of 26th, as well as on the front door of a building on the block.
8:15 PM
A man in the 6400 block of 16th reported he saw four or five juveniles in his alley, then saw one one them deface his garage door using a marker. After leaving gang graffiti on the victim’s garage, the offenders fled northbound in the 1500 block of Elmwood.
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Suspended, unlicensed drivers removed from road
April 27, 2008, 8:03 AM
An officer saw a red Chevy pickup truck in the center westbound lane on Cermak suddenly, and without use of a turn signal, make a left turn in front of the car actually in the “left-turn only” lane, nearly causing a crash. The truck was stopped at Cermak and Wesley. Driver David Orihuela, 32, of Cicero, was cited for disobeying the sign, improper left turn and driving despite his suspended license. The truck was impounded because of the suspension.
10:57 AM
A driver without a seat belt got a blue Chevy pickup pulled over in the 3500 block of Oak Park Avenue. Driver Santiago Martinez, 37, of Summit, received tickets for no seat belt and driving without a license.
10:49 AM
A blue Chevy pickup rolled through the stop, without stopping, at 16th and Wesley. When asked to show his license and insurance, driver Miguel A. Baltazar displayed only a Morton College ID. He was cited for blowing the stop, no insurance, and no license to drive.
1:09 PM
A silver Mercury Marquis was stopped in the 3300 block of Ridgeland for a seat belt violation. Driver Andrew J. Smith, 33, of the 1600 block of south Pulaski, Chicago, was also cited for driving unlicensed.
4:22 PM
Following a crash between a Chevy sedan and a Corolla at Cermak and Ridgeland, driver Christina Villalobos Romero, 18, of the 1400 block of Harvey, was only able to show police an expired Illinois driver’s license. She received tickets for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, following too closely, and driving without a valid license.
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Stomp
April 27, 2008, 3:19 AM
In the 6500 block of Cermak, a parked Toyota Corolla was found with a damaged windshield. Police could see foot prints on the hood and windshield.
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Bottles fly during bar brawl
April 27, 2008, 2:49 AM
Dispatchers fielding calls about a fight at JJ’s Take Five bar, 6330 16th, told officers one offending was bleeding and fled westbound on 16th in a white Cadillac Escalade. Police stopped an Escalade in the area; a passenger in the SUV was bleeding from the hand. Witnesses to the fight told police the bartender said “last call” and the next thing anyone knew, several men were fighting, so the bartender called police. One victim, a 19-year-old Westchester woman, was struck in the face by a flying bottle.
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Sunday starts with auto burglaries
April 27, 2008, 12:51 AM
A Westmont man parked his silver Cadillac Deville in the 6200 block of Cermak and went into a bar. When he came out, he found the car with two windows broken and 50 CDs missing.
1:21 PM
A red Scion parked in the 6200 block of Vacin Fairway was found with a broken window. An amp and kicker box, valued at $200, were stolen. The victim told police he saw a Volkswagen with multiple occupants driving around the area when he parked the car and walked to a nearby tavern.
2:39 AM
A Lyons man reported he parked his Mercury Mountaineer behind the Eagles hall, 26th and Ridgeland, at 11:30 PM just before walking to La Ultima Copa bar on 26th. He said he returned three hours later to find the SUV had a broken window and stolen speaker box.
2:44 AM
A 39-year-old woman parked her black Ford Expedition at 16th and Euclid, then went bowling. She came out and found her vehicle with a broken window. The stereo and a flashlight had been stolen.
4:17 AM
A man told police he was asleep in his residence, with his car parked nearby in the 7100 block of 16th, when he heard the car alarm go off. He looked out
in time to see two men running northbound in the Harlem/Maple alley. A check of the Chevy Tahoe showed two 12” subwoofers missing. The victim said one of the men was about 5’8” to 5’11”, dressed in jeans, a dark hoodie and a “do-rag”.
7:55 AM
Someone smashed a window of a Honda minivan, parked in the 2200 block of Kenilworth, then stole the satellite radio.
Robber preys on woman
April 26, 2008, 10:58 PM
A weeping woman called 911 to report she had been robbed in the 1900 block of Harvey/Lombard alley, close to 19th. The 18-year-old woman, a Chicago resident, said she was walking east on 19th when a man approached her from the west and asked for a cigarette. She gave him one and walked on, but heard feet run up behind her. The same man, she said, grabbed her face, covered her mouth and pulled her into the alley. She fell to the ground as he yanked her purse from her. The robber fled on foot southbound through the alley. He also stole an earring from her person by force. She described the robber as a male white, 20-22 years old, 5’8” to 5’10”, 180 lbs, thin, short hair, dressed in jeans and a grey hoodie. She said the man had freckles and a large bump or ridge on his forehead.
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Theft by ex-boyfriend suspected
April 26, 2008, 10:38 PM
A woman from the 1400 block of Highland reported her brown 1999 Chrysler stolen. The victim said her ex-boyfriend told her he has the car, and said in the past he has used her car to conduct criminal activities.
Blown stop, marijuana bags
April 26, 2008, 6:44 PM
An officer at 15th and Ridgeland saw a maroon GMC Envoy disregard the stop sign at the intersection, so he stopped the SUV. A smell of marijuana issued from the driver’s window. Driver Fabian J. Smith, 26, of the 1000 block of north Lawler, Chicago, told the officer, “I got some weed under the seat.” Police recovered two plastic baggies of suspected marijuana from the vehicle. A check of Smith’s name showed his license had been revoked. He was charged with disregarding the stop sign, driving uninsured and driving despite the revoked license. He also received a $300 ticket for possession of 10 to 20 grams of marijuana.
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Criminal damage roundup
April 26, 2008, 5:53 PM
A parked Chevy in the 2100 block of Clinton was found with a smashed windshield.
9:31 PM
In the 2500 block of East, a pink paintball was used to break a window. The perpetrator fled westbound on 25th in a newer Lincoln 4-door vehicle.
10:05 PM
Someone slashed the tires of a motorcycle in the 3100 block of Scoville.
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