Berwyn Police Blotter
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Accident victim gets plate numbers of other car
May 22, 2007, 4:24 PM
Police went to the site of a hit and run accident in the 6300 block of Roosevelt. The victim, a 23-year-old man, said he was driving in the gas station lot when he was sideswiped by another vehicle. He got the temporary plate number, which led police to a residence in the 5700 block of 26th in Cicero. The vehicle was found there and impounded; police sent a letter to the owner.
Bye-bye, ‘banger
May 22, 2007, 4:07 PM
Near Gunderson and 35th, police noticed a 23-year-old man they knew to be a gang member from Chicago. The man, who lives in the 4600 block of south Christiana, was wanted by Bedford Park, so Berwyn police obligingly turned him over to their custody.
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Felony in boot removal
May 22, 2007, 4:47 PM
Police answered a theft in progress call in the 1900 block of Clarence. They found a tarp-covered pink Honda Civic on a trailer. Nearby was a Ford pickup truck, with Berwyn Police Dept. “boot” #3 clearly visible in its truckbed. A 22-year-old man near the Ford told police the Honda was his, and he owed $2500 in fines, but insisted some of the fines were incurred by a previous owner. He said the Honda was booted only the day before, and that he barely applied any force to the boot when it “fell off”. The man told police he was planning to sell parts of the Honda to pay the fines, but was unable to specify how—or when—he planned to return the “boot” to the Berwyn Police Department. He was charged with felony theft.
Dog bite season
May 22, 2007, 4:23 PM
A man from the 3500 block of Wesley reported being bitten in the left arm when a pitbull mix came at him from a back yard in the 3500 block of Euclid. The dog’s owner was ticketed for having a dog at large and having no city dog tags.
Couple of noisy cars
May 22, 2007, 4:14 PM
A Chicago man had his black 2001 Ford Contour impounded for noise. Police stopped Miguel Carrasco, 22, of the 2600 block of south Kildare, for excessive loudness as he drove near Gunderson and 35th. The Ford had “kicker box” speakers and an amp in the trunk. In the 6700 block of Ogden, a westbound Volkswagen Jetta was stopped for the same offense. Nicholas Perakis, 25, of Brookfield got the ticket and the Jetta was towed.
Loitering—especially by gangbangers—not OK
May 22, 2007, 3:24 PM
Police in the 1400 block of Grove saw two known gang members, residents of that block, loitering in the street and sitting on a car neither man owned. During their loitering arrest, one man was also ticketed for pot possession, since he was also carrying some marijuana.
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Grateful neighbors glad speeding cyclist stopped
May 22, 2007, 11:24 AM
A police sergeant stopped a white Yamaha motorcycle with expired plates speeding through the 1200 block of East alley. It was ridden by a 22-year-old man from that block. He got tickets for the expired plates and for driving with no license or insurance. The cycle was towed away. While the sergeant waited for the tow truck, he was approached by several neighbors who said they were happy about the arrest because the man had spent the previous 20 minutes racing up and down their alley at high speed.
Alley of opportunity
May 22, 2007, 10:40 AM
A homeowner working in his front yard in the 3700 block of Home told police he left an orange 25-ft extension cord draped temporarily over his trash can in the alley as he worked. It was stolen from atop the trash can by someone passing through the alley southbound in a white van.
Gang graffiti in a couple of spots
May 22, 2007, 10:30 AM
An old graffiti of an eyeball was topped off with fresh gang graffiti on a brick wall in the 6300 block of Stanely alley. Red gang graffiti was also found on a garage in the 6800 block of 29th Place.
Woman harassed, berated by laborers brought in to work on neighboring house
May 22, 2007, 9:56 AM
As a woman weeded in her Home Avenue alley the morning of May 21st, she was approached by a stranger who offered to help. Though she told him twice she did not need help, the man just stood and stared as if drunk. He only left when a male neighbor, seeing the situation, shooed him off. The stranger went to a grey car parked on 35th near the alley. When police came, they found the man, who had no ID and needed a Spanish translator. Meanwhile, two men who had been painting a house across the street saw police and said the drunken stranger was a friend of theirs. On May 22, the woman and her male neighbor reported that when police left the scene on the 21st, the men they interviewed stood yelling “bitch”, “whore”, and other offensive things toward her house before returning to their job site in the 7000 block of 35th. The woman told police she feared for herself and her children. When police called one of the men, he told them the drunken man was not a friend, just an acquaintance, who “stays” in Chicago around Irving Park and Kimball. The woman said she will sign complaints when the men are found.
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Troublesome tenant
May 22, 2007, 8:39 AM
A Maywood woman told police she believes her tenant—a woman she is in the process of evicting—broke a window in the apartment she rents in the 6200 block of Roosevelt.
Alias(es)
May 22, 2007, 7:05 AM
Police in the 6400 block of Park saw a green 1994 BMW make an illegal left turn onto Ridgeland, then another illegal left onto Park, where a “No left turn” sign was posted. The driver, a man from the 3100 block of Highland, had no license. He told police he was “Armando Flores” but this name turned up “no record on file.” He was then fingerprinted, and police learned “Armando Flores” was only one of his several aliases. Another was “Ricardo Hernandez”, under which he was wanted by DuPage County. DuPage also sought him under his real name. Police seized the BMW. The man was ticketed for the illegal left turns; driving with his license suspended for DUI; driving without insurance; and obstruction, for slowing the process by giving the fake name to the cops.
Can’t a wanted man get a little shut-eye?
May 22, 2007, 2:09 AM
Officers in the 6200 block of Vacin Fairway found a white 1998 Cadillac with Texas plates and a man sleeping in the front seat. When asked what he was doing, Edgar Martinez, 24, responded “just trying to get some sleep”. Martinez, homeless, was found to have an active arrest warrant for theft, for which he was turned over to North Riverside police.
Little car, big noise
May 22, 2007, 12:57 AM
A grey Kia Sportage was impounded for making excessive noise in the 6200 block of Roosevelt. While following the car, the officer could still hear the sound a full block behind it. Chicagoan Adenike McNeal, 35, of the 9300 block of south Woodlawn, got tickets for noise and driving without proof of insurance.
Bass-bumping Buick impounded
May 22, 2007, 12:46 AM
An officer in the 6300 block of Roosevelt heard loud, amplified music far from its source, a 2001 Buick LeSabre. Tickets for noise, no insurance and no license were issued to Sherman L. Horton, 33 of Chicago.