Berwyn Police Blotter
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Chicago Heights man found asleep in car
May 4, 2008, 12:44 AM
Police found a 42-year-old Chicago Heights man asleep in a car at 26th and Cuyler. The car was turned off. The man said he was upset after an argument with his girlfriend, and dealt with it by driving around until he grew sleepy. He added that he “may have” taken too many antidepressants, also; he was taken to the hospital.
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Man says he was jumped; brother says he made the whole thing up
May 4, 2008, 12:25 AM
Two officers responded to a disturbance call in the 1800 block of Elmwood. There, a 23-year-old block resident claimed to have been “jumped” in front of his apartment building. He bore no sign of injury, and refused medical treatment. Police then spoke with the man’s 22-year-old brother, who explained big brother was drunk and lying about the supposed incident.
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Suspicious car contained open alcohol, minors, and not one resident of that block
May 3, 2008, 11:17 PM
Police saw a suspicious vehicle in the 2100 block of Grove/Kenilworth alley, which appeared to have no license plates. Approaching the maroon Mercury Marquis, the officer saw the plates were improperly displayed in the front and rear windshields. All four occupants held open bottles of MGD beer. The driver, 21-year-old Julius M. Rivera of the 3900 block of west 106th St, Chicago, was charged with illegal transportation of open alcohol and improper display of registration. Jose Carillo, 19, of Cicero; Orlando C. Morales, 20, of the 7100 block of Windsor, and Justin D. Cumpian, 19, of the 11000 block of south Artesian, Chicago, each received a ticket for possession of alcohol by a minor. Because the alcohol charges, the car was impounded.
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Baseball damages car
May 3, 2008, 6:35 PM
A Berwyn man said he parked by the outfield fence of the Little League baseball field, 14th and Wesley, at 5:30 PM. As he parked, he noticed two or three boys, ages 10 or 11, playing on the field, though apparently not as a part of any league games. When he returned to the car an hour later, he found his car’s rear window broken. A baseball lay on the front seat.
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Auto burglaries
May 3, 2008, 5:56 PM
A woman in the 2300 block of Euclid told police she found in 2006 Chevy Trailblazer unlocked with the glove box and console left open and some mail and checkbooks missing.
8:55 PM
A La Grange Park man reported finding his Dodge, parked at Ogden and Wenonah, with a shattered window. The $600 GPS unit was stolen.
Ambulance hit by Ford carried man in cardiac arrest
May 3, 2008, 6:26 PM
The driver of Berwyn ambulance #905 told police he was headed south on Harlem with lights and sirens activated, going 20-30 MPH at Riverside Drive when an eastbound Ford sedan struck the ambulance. The ambulance driver, in an effort to avoid the car, veered off Harlem and onto a bus-stop bench. The Ford was later stopped by police. Driver Clinton Sceles, 18, of Brookfield, told police he did not see or hear the ambulance. He was cited for failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and driving without his license on his person. The ambulance was transporting a man in cardiac arrest when it was struck.
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Police can’t even finish one Shoe Carnival arrest before having to make another
May 3, 2008, 4:53 PM
A male security guard at Shoe Carnival, Cermak Plaza, detained a 34-year-old Cicero woman. He told police she was seen in Aisle 10 breaking off a security sensor and concealing a pair of white Puma gym shoes in a bag, then trying to walk out. Gloria E. Arellano was charged with retail theft.
5:16
While police were still present and dealing with the above arrest, a female security guard told police yet another person was trying to leave the store after removing a sensor. She pointed out a man running west across the parking lot. An officer ordered the man to stop but he refused. He was caught on the northwest side of Circuit City following a brief chase. A search of the man recovered a pair of scissors. The guard said she saw the man start to remove the sensor from a pair of Air Zoom shoes. When she approached and told him to stop, she said, the man stood up, cursed and lunged at her aggressively, then fled without the shoes. He was arrested. An inventory of his belongings revealed a foil packet in his sweatshirt containing two plastic baggies of a brown substance suspected to be heroin, along with a pink capsule. After he was read his rights, the man told police he purchased the heroin at 18th and California for $20 and used half of it before his arrival in Berwyn. The assistant state’s attorney approved a felony upgrade to charges of criminal damage, assault and possession of a controlled substance for Mario J. Reyes, 31, of the 2100 block of west 32nd Place, Chicago.