Berwyn Police Blotter
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Freed arm-flapping pot smoker keeps coming back to police department
February 27, 2010, 11:37 PM, February 28, 12:03 AM, 1:00 AM
Police ended up ticketing a man for two joints found in his car ashtray after letting him go earlier in the evening and urging him to seek psychological help. At around 11:30 PM, police saw the 39-year-old man running from a “gang-notorious” corner (26th and Cuyler) and entering a green 1994 Honda Accord. Curbing the car, the officer noticed the strong smell of cannabis wafting from the open window. The driver stepped out of the vehicle as requested and showed a valid drivers license. But when the officer attempted to perform a weapons pat-down, the man would “repeatedly spin around quickly and wave his arms.” The officer handcuffed the man to hold him still, then observed two “small blunt cigars” that appeared to be cannabis in the car’s ashtray. The subject told the officer, he had “smoked them earlier in the day and forgot,” that they were in the car. When a K-9 dog searched the car, the handcuffed subject allegedly told the police, “You know, I could kill that dog if I wanted to.”
The arresting officer noted that he “recognized signs of a mental disorder and let [him] off with a warning and told him to get help” and to get rid of the pot.
At midnight, the man showed up at the Berwyn police station complaining that he was “not happy about being stopped tonight. I did nothing wrong tonight.” An officer explained to him that “he had suspected cannabis in the car and was given a courtesy because of his mental disability.” But the man challenged that interpretation, insisting, “if there is weed in my car, go find it!” He was told that “if there is cannabis and we find it, we’ll give you a ticket.” To which he allegedly responded, “Go ahead!”
The officer walked to the vehicle and “observed the same two-hand-rolled blunt cigars containing suspected cannabis in the vehicle’s ashtray in the exact same location they were observed during the previous traffic stop.” The man was given a $100 ticket for possession of fewer than 2.5 grams of cannabis and left. However, 50 minutes later, he returned to the police station complaining that someone had left his “paperwork” “messy” in the vehicle. Police inquired if he needed medical assistance and he promptly left the station.
-J. LeHane
Horrifyingly dry dead Christmas tree signals mental deterioration
February 25, 2010, 7:15 AM
A 24-year-old woman in the 1600 block of Oak Park repeatedly called 911 claiming her landlord was stalking her and lying in wait to rape her. After warning the woman to cease the phone calls, police advised that she receive a physical and psychological evaluation. They noted a large, dead Christmas tree was still present in the apartment, complete with lights. The woman was told the tree was a fire hazard and had long ago died; needles littered the floor. Furthermore, there were smokers in the home. She was advised by the fire department not to turn on the lights. and to remove the tree immediately. During this incident, the landlord in question was at the Berwyn Police Department asking for an order of protection against the tenant and her mother, both of whom he was trying to evict.
February 25, 2010, 2:54 PM
A man replacing the fuel pump on a Chevy Tahoe SUV in the 2700 block of Highland spilled gasoline on the garage floor, which was ignited by a nearby propane space heater. Fire crews put out the fire and boarded up the garage.
Graffiti was reported in the following locations:
February 25, 2010
2825 Harlem, 3815 Elmwood and 7083, 7175 and 7001 Cermak.
-- J. LeHane
Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • Miscellaneous • Unusual, mysterious, odd or just weird • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink