Berwyn Police Blotter
Peace breached at party’s end
May 31, 2008, 11:02 PM
Police were summoned to the 2100 block of Elmwood on reports of a fight in the street. On arrival, officers saw several male and female juveniles running from a residence. A 13-year-old boy was walking down the street holding a big flashlight, yelling at people to leave. He told police he was kicking people out of his residence because the party was over. An officer took the flashlight and handed it to the boy’s mother. The mother told police someone stole her cell phone and was making prank calls and texting her son’s number, requesting ransom money for her phone. Just then, dispatchers contacted the officers at the scene, saying they had a battery victim on the phone, calling from the basement of the party-givers’ residence. Officers entered the basement and met with a Wheeling man who had been the DJ at the party. The DJ told police a male party-goer had requested a song, was upset when the DJ did not have it, and left the party. But as the party ended, the DJ said, the thwarted song-requester returned and punched him in the face. The victim described the batterer as a male black with long, wavy black hair, dressed in jeans and a white T-shirt.
The 38-year-old hostess was charged with use of the premises to disturb the peace, with court date of July 10 at 3 PM in the Community Room of the police station, 6401 31st.
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