Berwyn Police Blotter
Nothing missing but a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls
February 16, 2008, 2:47 PM
Dispatchers told police a caller said he was robbed at Oak Park and Windsor. Police arrived and found no victims; dispatchers then called the victim back several times, asking him to come outside and talk to police. A 48-year-old man, a resident of the 3300 block of Wisconsin, came outside. He had great trouble walking or standing, so he sat down to talk to police. The man said he had been at the Cherry Lounge for several hours, then moved on to Cabin Fever. When he finally walked home, he used the Windsor alley. He said he was approached by four male blacks, one displaying a gun. He said the other three men kicked him in the side and chest, then they stabbed him with a needle they said was filled with a deadly drug cocktail. Then, he said, the men stole $43, some IDs and half a pack of cigarettes. The man showed police his arm; it was covered with needle tracks old and new. Because of the man’s intoxicated state, paramedics came to treat him. He told them he had consumed more than a fifth of vodka, as well as the following drugs: Dialudid, Oxycontin, Norco and Fentanyl—highly addictive painkillers. The man still had in his possession the IDs of which he claimed he was robbed. Police decided the man was experiencing a drug-induced paranoia, and the episode likely just a product of his chemical-soaked brain.
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