Berwyn Police Blotter
My big fat secret-taping dispute
September 23, 2007, 1:40 AM
Police responded to a disturbance in a three-flat in the 1600 block of Ridgeland. There, a woman told police she slugged her 25-year-old sister-in-law after the younger woman shoved her mom (the 25-year-old’s mom-in-law).
Police spoke with the younger woman, who said she was yelling at her mother-in-law because she uncovered evidence her husband had secretly recorded her phone conversations. When she complained to the man’s mother, Mom responded, “It’s his house, he can do what he wants.” The younger woman then yelled, “it’s not OK!”, prompting the sister-in-law to throw a dog dish at her head.
The younger woman told officers she had found a hidden camera, wiring, 12-13 cassettes and 6 or 7 VHS tapes of her conversations. She said she put them all in a red backpack and took them to show the mom-in-law. When she called police, she said, either mother- or sis-in-law must have hidden the backpack. Both women denied knowledge of any backpack. However, during the dog-bowl-tosser’s subsequent arrest for domestic battery, the 73-year-old paterfamilias spoke in Greek to his daughter, telling her to come up with the backpack. His instruction was heard by a Greek-speaking police officer.
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