Berwyn Police Blotter
Neighbors alarmed by screams, hitting
September 6, 2007, 2:39 AM
Concerned callers reported a disturbance in the 1600 block of East. Police found a 21-year-old Berwyn woman there with visible injuries: scratches on her shoulder, and a large swollen bruise on her forehead. Two officers at the rear of the building noticed a man stagger into the back yard from the alley; he had scratches on his neck. The man told police he and his wife went for drinks at Lalo, came home, argued, and she choked him. He said she tried to stab him, and pulled up his shirt: police looked but saw no injuries. The wife agreed they went out, but only to discuss his financial support for her and the kids. She said when they returned to his place on East, he drank even more, then verbally abused her and grabbed her to prevent her from leaving. They struggled, she said, and fell onto the patio, where he choked her. The wife said she broke free, but her estranged husband tackled her, punched her and threw a chair at her head. Her screams induced a neighbor to call police; a witness confirmed the wife’s account. The wife signed a complaint for domestic battery against the man.
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