Berwyn Police Blotter
Six-pack empty by end of juvenile joyride
March 24, 2008, sometime between midnight & 3 AM
An officer noticed a white Chevy van driving around the parking lot of the Mobil station, Cermak and Riverside drive. All three boys in the van, including the one at the wheel, looked very young. Police stopped the van. In plain view on the floorboard was a bag containing an empty 6-pack of Miller Lite beer bottles. The boys were taken into custody; one had marijuana. The driver, a 15-year-old boy, was charged with driving without a license, no insurance, no seat belt, possession of alcohol by a minor, illegal transportation of alcohol and curfew violation. A second boy, age 16, was cited for violating curfew. The third boy, age 14, was charged with violation of curfew and pot possession. The boy’s mothers were called to fetch them. The van was impounded.
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