Berwyn Police Blotter
Perhaps they thought it would be a good day to drive through Berwyn playing loud music
May 4, 2008
...but they were quite mistaken. Every one of the cars in the following stops was impounded for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance.
11:38 AM
Police stopped a black Chrysler 300 because its music could be heard over 125 feet away in the 6600 through 7100 blocks of Cermak. Driver Giovanni F. Herrera, 21, of Melrose Park, received the $500 noise ticket.
1:08 PM
People more than 200 feet away from a black Cadillac Escalade were forced to listen to its stereo until police stepped in and stopped the SUV in the 6200 block of Cermak. Driver Ricardo Vallodolid, 22, of Bolingbrook, got the $500 ticket.
1:47 PM
Police could hear a blue Chrysler Sebring 200 feet away, and pulled the car over in the 6400 block of Cermak. Driver Lewis A. jemison, 25, of the 3700 block of west Cermak, Chicago, had a suspended license. He was charged with both offenses.
2:12 PM
A Berwyn police division commander stopped a too-loud black Chevy truck in the 6600 block of Ogden. Driver Kelvin Acosta, 17, of Cicero, was cited for that as well as for failing to secure passengers—children under age 8—in appropriate safety seats.
2:46 PM
A police lieutenant stopped a blue Suburban, per Berwyn’s zero-tolerance policy for noise offenders, at Harlem and 34th. Driver Keith Spence, 34, of the 7000 block of 40th, Stickney, got the noise ticket.
4:14 PM
A purple Chevy Cavalier was pulled over at 16th and Grove for noise. Driver Jose A. Salas-Medrano, 25, of the 1500 block of Clinton, was unable to produce the license and insurance requested by the officer, instead displaying a Mexican ID. He was cited for noise and driving unlicensed.
5:20 PM
A purple Dodge Caravan, stopped for noise at Cermak and Ridgeland, had an unlicensed driver. 19-year-old Jorge Orozco of Cicero was cited for both violations.
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