Berwyn Police Blotter
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Vandals on Euclid
December 7, 2008, 5:30 PM
Two houses in the 3700 block of Euclid were struck by paintballs. Also on the block, a Honda Accord was found with a shattered window.
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Awareness versus action
December 7, 2008, 2:32 PM
A man living in the 6700 block of 19th called police to report his apartment had no heat. Police learned the tenant had been using the oven to heat the flat. The living room radiator was cold to the touch and no thermostat could be found in the apartment. The victim said he had called the Oak Park-based management company two days eariler and was assured they were “aware” of the problem.
Stolen Corolla was left unlocked and running
December 7, 2008, 8:34 AM
A 31-year-old man from the 1200 block of Wenonah told police he was “warming up” his black Toyota Corolla, an operation which involved turning on the engine, leaving the car unlocked and going back inside his house. The victim said he came back outside just in time to see some alert opportunist driving away in the Corolla.
Unlit Chevy featured Corona, unlicensed Forest Parker
December 7, 2008, 12:53 AM
Police stopped a Chevy Cavalier at Cermak and Wenonah because the car was not using its headlights. A 12-ounce Corona beer was under the driver’s seat. Driver Jose Bermudez, 23, of 7321 14th, Forest Park, was cited for driving without headlights, insurance, a seat belt or a valid driver’s license, and also for illegal transportation of open alcohol.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
“Duder” suspected in auto theft
December 6, 2008, 7:10 AM
A woman from the 1900 block of Euclid told police her Plymouth Sundance was stolen from the 6700 block of 21st. The Plymouth had a fairly significant flaw in that he could be started without a key. The victim said she suspects an 18-year-old male white from Cicero. She said the man is aware of the car’s ignition quirk; she said he he a gang member who is also known as “Duder”.
10:20 AM
A 2008 Impala, contaiining an Illinois state ID, a Social Security card, a Rush Medical Center ID and some CDs, was stolen from 23rd and Elmwood.
Gold Caddy getaway car for burglar
December 6, 2008, 5:52 AM
A woman in the 6400 block of 37th told police she saw a man in a black hoddie enter her parked Geo—left unlocked—steal her stereo, then flee in a gold-color two-door Cadillac, headed west on 37th.
6:42 AM
Someone entered a Mistubishi Diamonte parked in the 3400 block of Cuyler and stole the stereo, damaging the dashboard in the process.
6:31 PM
A 54-year-old Oak Park man told police he bought a Blue-Ray players and other items totaling $396.96 at Best Buy in North Riverside, then drove to Office Depot in Cermak Plaza to shop some more. When he returned to his gold Volvo, he found a window smashed and all his Best Buy stuff stolen.
Drunken sheriff’s employee found on sidewalk
December 5, 2008, 11:34 PM
A man called police to report a woman lying on the ground. Police came to the 6200 block of Cermak and found a 60-year-old woman lying on the sidewalk; they assisted her up onto a bench. The woman, a resident of the 2300 block of Gunderson, stated she had been drinking. She had visible injuries to her eye and mouth from the fall. A 44-year-old man approached police at the scene and said he was the woman’s friend. They had been out together at a Cicero establishment, but when he went to the bathroom, she walked out. The man told police the woman was employed by the Cook County sheriff’s department. Police asked whether she was carrying a department-issued firearm, but she wasn’t.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Main Street • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Marry her and you’ll have only yourself to blame
December 5, 2008, 11:13 AM
Police were sent to the 3700 block of Wesley on reports a woman had set herself on fire. Officers met with a 36-year-old man at the scene. The man said he was moving out because of an argument with his 39-year-old “fiancée”. But, as he tried to leave their shared residence, the woman lit her long black skirt on fire. The woman told police she did it to “get his attention”; she apparently believed they were going to be getting married later in the month. She was taken to MacNeal hospital to be evaluated.
Domestic • Suspicious people, objects or events • Unusual, mysterious, odd or just weird • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Robber couple gets away
December 5, 2008, 7:38 PM
A woman walking in the 7000 block of Cermak told police she noticed a man and a woman walk past, dressed in dark coats. The pair grabbed her purse and took off.
Main Street • Robbery • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Western Springs-owned Pontiac hits house, takes off; teen driver suspected
December 5, 2008, 6:43 PM
A property owner in the 1500 block of Gunderson showed police the damage left behind after a Pontiac Grand Prix hit his house. Bushes were ripped from the ground and there was damage to the bricks. A piece of a white bumper was left behind. A witness told police he saw the white Pontiac flee north through the 1400 block of Gunderson/Elmwood alley. Police located the Pontiac—still hot, and parked but unoccupied—in front of 1246 Elmwood. The Pontiac was registered to the 4400 block of Clausen, Western Springs. Police called the owners to ask in whose possession their car was supposed to be: the answer was their 17-year-old daughter. Police informed the teen’s mom of the hit and run. The mom called police back to say she spoke to the teen, who denied being in an accident. Police restated what happened. An additional report explaining what happened next (and, one can only hope, including some sort of punishment for irresponsible driving) was missing from those made available this week.
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Woman gets her point across with steak knife
December 5, 2008, 6:43 PM
Dispatchers sent police to an apartment in the 6600 block of Windsor on reports of a stabbing. A 66-year-old woman met police at the door with her hands up and in plain view; she stated “I don’t have the knife any more, it’s in the kitchen”. Behind her stood an intoxicated 60-year-old Cicero man, using his right hand to hold his left arm against his left side. Large blood stains could be seen on his shirt. The victim stated, “She put the knife away”. Police arrested the woman. There was blood on the couch, the dining room carpet, the kitchen floor, a kitchen chair, and on paper towels in the trash. Also at the scene was a long-sleeved blue shirt covered with a large amount of blood. Two steak knives, eight and nine inches long, lay in the sink. The victim was taken to Loyola medical center for surgery.
After being read her rights, Helen Barry, 66, of 6606 Windsor, agreed to make a statement to police. According to the report, Barry said she and the victim had been dating for two years, were both alcoholics, and had been drinking for two days straight. On the date of the stabbing, she said, the man sat beside her and “put his hand under my butt because he was cold”. The woman said she told him to stop but “he would not listen”. A 20-30 minute argument ensued and the woman said she told the man to leave but he still would not listen. Barry reportedly stated she called 911, but the man ripped the phone from her hand; she told him to leave several more times before resorting to the steak knife. She was charged with domestic battery and unlawful use of a weapon.
After his surgery the victim told police he remembers very little because of the “vast amounts of rum” he had consumed; he refused to sign a complaint against Barry,
A Berwyn detective went to Loyola to check on the victim’s condition. Loyola security personnel, the report said, were uncooperative and would not allow the detective access, telling him to wait in the lobby for the charge nurse. While waiting, the detective saw many people gain access to the emergency room without being required to show any type of visitor’s badge, and without being stopped by security. Finally, the “charge nurse” appeared. She, too, refused to cooperate, by refusing to provide any information except the fact that the victim needed surgery. She told the detective to try calling the main hospital number later.
Assault, battery • Domestic • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Burglars’ shopping spree continues
December 5, 2008, 3:18 AM
A woman in the 1400 block of Lombard told police a burglar stole her 32” TV, camcorder and DVDs.
7 AM
Eight vehicles, parked in a garage the 6200 block of 26th, were broken into.
3:46 PM
In the 1900 block of Oak Park, someone pried open a garage and liberated a mower.
6:21 PM
At Vacin and Clarence, a GPS was stolen from a Toyota Solara. A shattered window was the point of entry.
6:26 PM
Breaking a window enabled a bad guy to enter a Lincoln Navigator, parked in the 6200 block of 26th; the vehicle was ransacked and its registration stolen.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Basement-dwelling son abandons elderly mom in all-night drugstore
December 5, 2008, 1:22 AM
Dispatchers sent police to Walgreen’s in Cermak Plaza to assist a citizen. An 84-year-old woman had been abandoned at the pharmacy. The victim said her son, who is 59 years old and lives in her basement, dropped her off at Walgreen’s around 11 PM, then left. Police found the elderly woman was very weak, had trouble standing and needed help to walk. They drove her home to the 1800 block of Clarence. While officers helped the woman inside the house, her son approached but said nothing*.
When police asked the man for ID, he said he did not have any. When asked what happened, the son, stated he got tired of waiting for his mother and decided to go home. Asked why he did not walk inside Walgreen’s to look for her instead of just taking off, the son reportedly said she could find her own way home. Police asked how the elderly woman could be expected to do that at 1:30 in the morning, in 10 degree weather. The son reportedly stated his mother could have called her daughter or a taxicab.
*[One suggestion: “I’m sorry, Mom"]
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Booze in hydrant-blocking SUV
December 5, 2008, 12:52 AM
Police in the 1600 block of Cuyler noticed a brown Yukon, parked but running, blocking a fire hydrant. A man could be seen asleep at the steering wheel. Also visible were several open containers of alcohol on the front passenger seat. Police woke driver Everardo Irineo-Mondragon, 46, of 2319 Highland. The SUV was impounded and the driver cited for hydrant-blocking and illegal transportation of open alcohol.
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Bathroom affair
December 3, 2008, 7:51 PM
A 29-year-old woman in the 2300 block of Euclid told police she came home and discovered her 41-year-old husband and her 56-year-old aunt in the bathroom together, leading the younger woman to believe husband and aunt were “having an affair”. The husband denied it and left for the evening.
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