Berwyn Police Blotter
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Biting opinion
May 2, 2008, 10:59 PM
A man at Family Liquors, 6428 Cermak, told police a bar patron argued with him about the Cubs game, then grabbed his left hand and bit it. The victim’s thumb was visibly injured. The victim told police the guy was his friend up until the biting incident. Christopher F. Cerecedes, 35, was charged with battery.
Hat left at armed-robbery scene all scribbled on
May 2, 2008, 10:28 PM
A 60-year-old man told police he and a friend were walking in the 1200 block of Wenonah at 10 PM when a male on a bicycle approached them from the rear. The cyclist, he said, called out “Watch out for the bike!”, then got off the bike and placed it near the front steps of a house. Next, the man displayed a handgun, put it against the victim’s chest and demanded money. The victim said he had none. The offender then ripped a silver chain from the victim’s neck, inducing the victim to slap his face. The robber fled northbound on Wenonah on the small bicycle. The victim described the offender as a male black, 5/7”, slim, wearing a black jacket and a baseball cap. At the scene of the robbery, police found a two-color baseball cap on the ground. Written on the cap in ink were “Fontaine”, “Grand Daddy”, “Cocoa-red dog”, “Pud”, “Strawberry”, “much love” and so forth.
Robbery • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Fire
May 2, 2008, 8:52 PM
A Waste Management dumpster was found on fire in the rear of the 6400 block of west 28th; fire personnel extinguished it.
Narcotics investigation in Berwyn recovers thousands of dollars from suspicious vehicle
May 2, 2008, 5:28 PM
A Berwyn officer assisted Cook County Sheriff’s deputies with a traffic stop. The targeted vehicle had been seen parked in the Guadalajara restaurant lot at Ogden and Harlem, then headed south on Harlem to 39th, where it was stopped. The male driver was arrested by deputies for traffic violations. Two other male occupants were taken into custody by deputies as part of a narcotics investigation. Police found $10,000 in cash in the vehicle.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Suspicious people, objects or events • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Impounded for excessive noise
May 2, 2008, 3:59 PM
Police in the 6400 block of 26th stopped a blue Chevy Impala for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. The car was impounded. The $500 ticket went to driver John A. Alvarado, 29, of the 2500 block of Scoville.
Noise violations • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Pitbull kills small leashed dog
May 2, 2008, 3:13 PM
An officer responding to a call about dogs at large came to 16th and Wenonah and saw another officer pick up a small, injured dog. A 29-year-old woman told police she was standing at 16th and Wenonah with her infant in a stroller and her dog on a leash, waiting for her older child to get out of school, when two or three large dogs ran up and attacked her little dog. Two bystanders helped pull the attacking dogs off her pet, but it was too late. The little dog died of its injuries, which included puncture wounds to its heart and lungs. Many children were present in the area, as school had just let out. Jason M. Oliveros, 22, of 7032 16th, told police he was the owner of the large dogs, which were pitbulls. He said he did not know how they got out of the back yard. Police seized the dogs and issued tickets to Olveros.
Two blown stops
May 2, 2008, 9:28 AM
Two Cook County Sheriff’s deputies in an unmarked squad car saw a beige Toyota Camry, northbound on East, blow through the stop sign at 18th. When the deputies tried to pull it over, the Camry continued eastbound on 18th, then south onto Scoville, disregarding a second stop sign in the process and nearly striking the squad car. Driver Oleg Sydorenko, 24, of the 1800 block of Scoville, was charged with two counts of disregarding posted stop signs.
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Passing car’s occupants made harrassing remarks, came around twice
May 2, 2008, 8:43 AM
Police spoke with a woman who said she was harassed while parking her Lincoln Navigator in a commuter space in the 6800 block of Windsor. The woman said she was backing up in order to straighten out the SUV in the parking space when a silver Chevy, westbound on Windsor, stopped quickly. A passenger yelled and swore at her out his window, The victim said a male white in his late teens or early 20s yelled “Watch where you’re going, you f@$#&!^ b!*@&” as well as other remarks of a harassing nature, then opened the car door as if getting out. The vehicle then continued west on Windsor. But as the victim exited the Navigator, she saw the Chevy returning, traveling slowly eastward on Windsor. All the passengers, she said, stared at her. She said the driver was a male white, about age 30. Passengers included a male and two females. She recorded the license plate, which was registered to a 2002 Chevy 4-door owned by a man and a woman in the 3600 block of Kenilworth.
Miscellaneous • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Sex offender driven to border, dropped off
May 2, 2008, 8:12 AM
An officer stopped a man seen walking northbound in the 3700 block of Wesley/Euclid alley and asked him where he was headed. The man said he had left a female friend in Cicero, missed his bus, and was walking to Oak Park and Ogden to catch another one. A check of the 27-year-old man’s name showed he was a registered sex offender living in Lyons. Police gave him a ride to the border of Lyons, dropping him at 39th and Harlem.
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Vandalism
May 2, 2008, 2:31 AM
In the 1500 block of Oak Park Avenue, someone threw two bricks through the front picture window, awakening the residents.
Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
One license plate’s strange journey
May 2, 2008, 2:04 AM
A Chicago woman, age 27, at 13th and Wenonah, told police she had just found—and removed her license plate from someone’s vehicle. She pointed to a maroon Saturn sedan parked nearby. The officer, it should be noted, never saw the plate attached to the Saturn. A computer check of the plate revealed it was registered to the Chicago woman on a purple 1995 Saturn, and expired more than a year ago. The woman said it belonged to a car she has not had for over a year; she said she left it on the car when she gave it to an auto body shop. Recently, she said, she has been getting parking tickets from several locations within Berwyn. Using this information, she said, she located the maroon 2000 Saturn parked at 13th and Wenonah bearing her plate. The 2000 Saturn had three smashed windows. It was registered to a Hoffman Estates man. Inside were papers belonging to a woman who lives in the 1900 block of Grove. Police telephoned her. She said she is not the owner, but did drive the car, and would say no more. Police had the 2000 Saturn towed away.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Theft • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Street fight
May 2, 2008, 1:20 AM
Police responded to a call about a fight in the street at Cermak and Gunderson. One of the victims, a 58-year-old man, said he and a 53-year-old male friend had just left a bar in the 6500 block of Cermak when a stranger came up behind the older man and tried to lift his wallet from his back pocket. The victim said he was able to avoid the stranger’s multiple attempts because the stranger was intoxicated and thus off his game. As they struggled, the victim yelled to his friend for help. Next, the friend and the stranger started to fight—the stranger with a brick, the friend with a bottle. Both victims had cuts to their faces. Police charged Jesus Lemus-Rodriguez, 27, of Cicero, with battery and attempted theft.