Berwyn Police Blotter
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Gang graffiti on barbershop wall
November 23, 2008, 8:43 AM
A concerned citizen called to report gang graffiti, two feet tall, done in white spray paint on the brick west wall of Ace of Fades barbershop, 6413 16th.
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Bakery burglary
November 23, 2008, 5:09 AM
Workers opening La Baguette bakery, 6214 Cermak, found the door pried open and a desk and cash register ransacked. It’s believed that $500 was taken.
BB damage roundup
November 23, 2008, 2:02 AM
A woman in the 1300 block of Highland told police she heard gunshots, then noticed a black SUV—possibly a Chevy Blazer—fleeing southward. After that, she found her Volkswagen with a BB hole through the window. Other vehicles with similar damage in the 1300 and 1400 blocks of Highland were a Ford Escort, a Jetta, a GMC SUV and a green minivan.
12:56 PM
A possible BB shot shattered the window of a Toyota Camry in the 6500 block of Fairfield.
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Manager gets offender to leave his real name, address, after failed try with stolen credit card
November 23, 2008, 12:44 AM
The manager of Blockbuster Video, 6601 Roosevelt, told police three men tried to buy a PlayStation with stolen credit cards. The credit cards did not match any of the men’s names. The offenders, described as three male blacks, told the manager the cards belonged to his dad. The name on the cards was that of a 63-year-old male white, an Oak Park resident and owner of a large business in Berwyn. The manager told the offenders the cards could not be used, but was able to persuade one man to use his Illinois driver’s license to apply for a Blockbuster account. The license information showed the offender to be a 20-year-old man from the 8200 block of north Kilpatrick in Skokie.
Police notified the owner of the credit cards; he said he went to the movies in Oak Park late the previous night and noticed his wallet missing afterward.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Theft • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Armed robber accosts three Chicagoans in plaza parking lot
November 22, 2008, 10:33 PM
Two young Chicago men, ages 18 and 17, accompanied by a 16-year-old Chicago female, told police they were walking through Cermak Plaza when a black Pontiac Grand Prix, partial Illinois plate “X34”, approached. Three men were in the car. One got out and asked the victims for a lighter. The victims said they didn’t have one and walked away. The stranger yelled for the victims to come back. Apparently they did; the stranger pulled a black semi-automatic handgun out of his pants and said, “What you all got?” A second offender got out of the Pontiac and patted the victims down, relieving them of two cell phones, an MP3 player, a T-shirt, a new pair of Nikes and $7. The robbers fled in the Pontiac. The victims described the offenders as three male Hispanics, all dressed in black hoodies and black pants. The gunman reportedly wore a black skullcap and a black mask.
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Hospital disturbance gets Aurora man arrested for assault
November 22, 2008, 8:39 PM
A guard at MacNeal Hospital, 3249 Oak Park, told police a man creating a disturbance had been asked to leave. Instead, however, the man reportedly became upset, causing the guard to fear battery. Police charged Omar Carlos, 19, of 2341 west Prairie, Aurora, with assault and disorderly conduct.
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Incompetent robber gets a face full of pepper spray
November 22, 2008, 2:46 PM
A woman working at “Lover’s Paradise”, 6504 Cermak, told police a man came into the store and, in Spanish, told her he was looking for something for his esposa. The woman helped him select a red nightie and they went to the cash register. Once there, however, the customer implied he had a gun in a bag he carried, and demanded money. The woman did not believe he had a gun, and tried to snatch the bag away. During the tussle that ensued, the offender punched the woman in the face, and the woman managed to grab her pepper spray and got him in the face, too. Once sprayed, the offender fled eastbound on foot.
Police viewed the surveillance video of the incident. The offender was a male Hispanic in his 20s with a mustache, a dark Chicago Bears hoodie, light-color jeans, white gym shoes, dark gloves and large black-framed eyeglasses.
Previous incompetent-robber incident:
http://www.berwynpoliceblotter.com/index.php/site/comments/lovers_paradise_robber_not_yet_charged/
(sadly, the very colorfully illustrated website linked in the above story has been disabled)
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Caught in a car on the “stolen” list
November 22, 2008, 2:30 PM
Police stopped a blue Chevy Cavalier in the 3800 block of Maple after noticing the driver not wearing a seat belt. Driver Eduardo Raziel Avila, 18, of 2407 south Drake, Chicago, had no license to drive. In addition, the car was reported stolen out of La Grange. Avila was arrested and charged with unlicensed driving, no seat belt and criminal trespass to a motor vehicle.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Theft • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Gang graffiti
November 22, 2008, 1:29 PM
Someone wrote gang graffiti on the brick wall of a garage in the 6500 block of 16th, north side.
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Rowdies + time = property damage
November 22, 2008, 9:08 AM
A man called police at 2:30 AM to report “rowdies” in front of his home in the 3500 block of Oak Park. He called again a few hours later to report damage to his fence. Coincidence? Hmmm…
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Alcohol-scented man’s story smells, too
November 22, 2008, 11 AM
A 34-year-old Berwyn man approached an officer at Cermak and Grove to say he had been threatened by a little man with a gun. The complainant stated that, fifteen minutes earlier, as he stood in front of McDonald’s at Cermak and Ridgeland, a stranger emerged from the restaurant, produced a black handgun, and asked, “What up, vato?” The complainant said he then ran west until he encountered the officer. He said the offender was five feet tall, wore a long black trench coat and appeared intoxicated. Police noted the complainant’s breath was alcoholic; he was also not winded, despite the several-block run he claimed to have made.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Burglars make off with thousands in tools, cash, jewelry & electronics
November 22, 2008
Someone forced the side door of a garage in the 3600 block of Elmwood and stole $3,200 worth of stuff: tools, a toolbox, air compressors and a radio.
11:32 AM
Another forced garage service door, this time in the 1800 block of Grove. Tools valued at $800 were stolen.
3:22 PM
A woman in the 6900 block of Roosevelt told police she went to get her hair done at 1 PM. When she came home, her door was ajar, having been pried open, and her bedroom was ransacked. She said she was missing a pair of diamond earrings, four diamond rings, a $6,000 watch and $4,000 in cash.
8:46 PM
Breaking a window on a Comcast work van, parked in the 1800 block of Home, enabled a burglar to steal a laptop within.
Did pepper spray hullabaloo enable batterer’s escape?
November 22, 2008, 2:53 AM
Police called for backup when they noticed a fight going on inside La Aduana bar, 6736 Cermak. Inside the bar, a man lay on the floor bleeding from the head. Several others were lying down, coughing. A bouncer had set off some pepper spray in an apparent effort to clear the altercation. The bleeding man had been struck in the head with a bottle. The offender fled during the ruckus.
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Scene of slugfest stupidly selected
November 22, 2008, 5:46 AM
A 21-year-old Cicero man flagged down a police officer in front of the Berwyn station, 6401 31st, to report he had just been released with a ticket when a guy came in and punched him in the face. The complainant had a cut lip. Police then noticed two men exiting the bathroom off the police station lobby. The victim identified one of them as the offender. Police arrested Jose Mayorga, 25, 1448 Kenilworth, and charged him with battery.
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Suspicious sitters include wanted man
November 22, 2008, 2:59 AM
Who’s hanging around your block while you’re sleeping? Police were dispatched after a complaint of a white van parked on the north side of 16th at Elmwood, with multiple guys inside. One of the occupants was Evan E. Shovers, 43, of 1717 west Northshore Ave, Chicago*; a check of his name turned up two arrest warrants, one from DuPage County and one from Glen Ellyn. Police later found the DuPage warrant was quashed, but the Glen Ellyn one was perfectly sound, so Shovers was taken into custody and held for pickup.
*check out the street view
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1717+w.+north+shore+ave+chicago&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B2GGFB_enUS215US215&safe=active&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title
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