Berwyn Police Blotter
Friday, May 02, 2008
Cigarette thief peels out
April 29, 2008, 8:17 AM
A caller from Puff N Stuff store, 6421 16th, reported a man stole a carton of Newport cigarettes valued at $58.72. The man reportedly grabbed the carton off the counter, entered a champagne-colored newer Ford Thunderbird with temporary plates, parked just outside the store, and drove off at high speed with screeching tires, driving around cars stopped on Elmwood to drop children off at school. Witnesses told police they can identify the thief, described as a male white in his 20s or 30s, 5’10” to 6’ with sandy hair and a goatee, dressed in a navy blue pullover and jeans.
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Dazed woman found near middle-of-night stove fire
April 29, 2008, 3:15 AM
Calls to 911 reported smoke coming from an apartment in the 2100 block of Cuyler. Emergency responders saw fire blazing inside; police kicked in the door and found the stove on fire. A woman was standing inches from the fire, apparently oblivious to her surroundings, unresponsive to commands and naked from the waist down. When police began to pull her to the door and safety, she fell to the floor and refused to be helped. Fire fighters extinguished the fire; everyone else was out of the building and nobody was hurt. A preliminary fire investigation determined the fire started when someone ignited a large bundle of papers on the stove. The woman was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
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Robbers steal woman’s bag
April 29, 2008, 12:13 AM
A 52-year-old Stickney woman waved down a Berwyn police officer to report she had been robbed. The victim said about forty minutes earlier, while she was in the 6800 block of Ogden, she was robbed by three men. They grabbed her back, she said, causing her to fall to the ground, then fled on foot northbound on Grove. The stolen bag was a black and grey Everlast sports bag containing the victim’s passport, birth certificate and keys. The victim told police the offenders were three male blacks in their late teens, two short, one tall, all dressed in dark hoodies.
Victim of criminal damage saw the whole thing
April 28, 2008, 8:37 AM
A Chicago man parked his Buick in the 1900 block of Harvey and told police he and his girlfriend saw his girlfriend’s ex smash all the car’s windows using a bat or club. The alleged offender lives in Berwyn with his mom.
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Woman hurt in strongarm robbery near bank
April 28, 2008, 4:55 PM
A Cicero woman employed by 5th/3rd bank in the 7100 block of Cermak told police she left the bank and walked to the alley behind it, where she was knocked to the ground by a man who tried to steal her purse. He failed; the woman would not let go. The woman’s head struck the sidewalk when she fell. The victim described the robber as a male black, 5’10”, in dark clothing.
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Burglaries of the day
April 28, 2008, 4:23 PM
A Hyundai Elantra, parked in the MacNeal lot at 28th and East, was found with a broken window and the stereo faceplate removed from the dash.
4:52 PM
A woman from the 2200 block of Elmwood reported someone stole a Dell laptop computer out of her house.
Flowering shrub temporarily relocated from Proksa Park to Cicero and back again
April 28, 2008, 1:36 PM
Berwyn Park District workers reported the theft of a flowering bush from the park. One worker told police he saw a woman leaving Proksa Park, 3001 Wisconsin, with a purple flowering shrub in her hand, which the worker recognized as belonging to the park. The woman was seen entering a red Jeep; workers noted the license number. The plates registered to a Cicero address. Park workers traveled to Cicero, and Berwyn police soon received a call from them stating they were watching the woman as she planted the bush in her yard. Berwyn and Cicero police made contact with the woman, who admitted removing the bush from Proksa Park. She removed it from her yard and returned it to one of the park employees. The Park director signed a complaint of theft against Juana Pena-Kizaur, 58, of Cicero.
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Theft from auto parts store
April 28, 2008, 1 PM
An employee of Murray’s auto parts store, 2120 Oak Park Avenue, told police a man ran out of the store with merchandise concealed in his short. A witness saw the man get into a black Ford pickup truck and noted the license plate. The truck fled northbound on Oak Park. The plate registered to River Forest man. The suspicious person was described as a male white, 5’6”, 130 lbs, dressed in dark clothing.
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Name game
April 28, 2008, 9:17 AM
An officer stopped a man after seeing the subject carrying a black plastic bag and walking northbound through the 2300 block of Ridgeland/Elmwood alley while looking into trash cans. The man was unable to show any identification, and told the officer he was “Robert J. Jones.” A check of that name came back “no record on file.” When the officer asked him his name again, the man said his real name was Lawrence J. Randa. A check of that name revealed an active arrest warrant, for which he was extradited to Will County.
Miscellaneous • Suspicious people, objects or events • Street stop • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Inadequate lighting
April 28, 2008, 12:28 AM
An officer in the 6300 block of Ogden stopped an Olds sedan because it had only one working tail light. Driver Kevin Ray Ferguson, 24, was cited for the missing light and driving on a suspended license. The Olds was impounded.
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Monday graffiti roundup
April 28, 2008, 12:02 AM
Gang graffiti was found marring a brick wall in the rear of an address in the 6200 block of Ogden.
10:18 AM
A caller told police he saw four males in dark hoodies spray-painting graffiti on Fitzgerald’s, 6615 Roosevelt. The witness said the offenders fled on foot eastbound, then ran south on East Avenue.
7:23 PM
Graffiti was found in the 1200 block of Clinton. In the 3600 block of Euclid, gang graffiti was found on a garage door.
11:44 PM
Red spray-painted graffiti was found on the front and back of a business in the 6800 block of Roosevelt. More was on a wall in the 6900 block of Roosevelt.
11:56 PM
Someone used spray paint to deface the war memorial at Clinton and Roosevelt next to the American Legion Hall, 6919 Roosevelt.
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