Berwyn Police Blotter
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Mom the enabler
December 1, 2008, 6:40 PM
A man in the 6500 block of 16th told police items were stolen from his flat on November 25: a $500 cell phone, a $120 watch, a hunting knife and $20 cash.
The victim said that, at 11 PM on Nov. 25, he received a visit from a male Hispanic known to him as “Jose”. “Jose” claimed he had no place to go because his mom had kicked him out; he expressed a wish to “have a beer and calm down” so he could talk to her. The victim permitted “Jose” to come in, then left the room. When the victim returned, “Jose” and the above items were gone, and the front door was left standing open. The victim said he then phone the offender’s mom, who asked to him to wait and assured him she would get his stuff back. The victim waite3d, and nothing happened, so he called police to make the complaint against “Jose”, a resident of the 1600 block of Oak Park, west side.
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Burglars pry apartment open, walk right into garage with no doors
December 1, 2008
Pry marks were found near the front door lock of an apartment in the 1800 block of Harlem. Stolen were a new 32” LCD Tv, a laptop, a PlayStation 3, a Wii, a karaoke machine, and an Ipod.
5:19 PM
A garage in the 2500 block of Clarence made a burglar’s job easy; it had no doors. The truck in the garage was found with a broken window. Someone stole an air compressor, two airguns, a table saw, a cordless drill set and various electrical tools.
7:54 PM
A witness told police he heard breaking glass and saw three men near the back door of his flat in the 3100 block of Harlem. They fled when he yelled; a neighboring apartment was left with a broken window.
Auto theft
December 1, 2008, 9:20 AM
A GMC Safari was stolen from the 3300 block of Harvey.
Property, shot at or dismantled
December 1, 2008, 8:46 AM
The keypad was stolen off a garage in the 1800 block of Oak Park.
10:23 AM
Someone stole a galvanized fencepost out of the back yard of a house in the 3200 block of Highland.
10:27 AM
Police learned someone went into the men’s bathroom at Arby’s, 3205 Harlem, and broke the sink off the wall.
10:26 AM
Five holes found in the windows of a garage in the 2100 block of Highland appeared to have been done by a BB gun. And the angle of the BBs showed the shots may have come from the building next door.
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Car wash needs cleanup
December 1, 2008, 12:49 AM
Graffiti was found on the rear brick wall of Snappy Car Wash, 6201 Ogden.
8:46 AM
The front glass window of “Prosperity Realty”, 6835 Cermak, was defaced with graffiti. Similar graffiti was left on property in the 2200 block of Grove.
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Five autos burglarized or brutalized
November 30, 2008, 7:25 AM
In the 6900 block of 19th, a Chevy sedan was found with its trunk open. Stolen items included a $2,000 laptop, $500 worth of tools, a briefcase and $300 cash.
8:30 AM
At 21st and Gunderson, someone broke a Jeep’s window in order to steal a GPS unit.
10:30 AM
In the 1900 block of Wesley, a witness told police he heard a loud bang the night before around 9:30 PM; looking out, he said, he saw four male blacks, possibly in their 20s, hitting a Chevy. This morning, the witness said, he saw a “shoe-shaped dent” in the front fender of his own Buick, and felt the two events might be linked.
12:41 PM
Someone entered a Mitsubishi Lancer in the 3700 block of Cuyler, stealing an iPod and leaving open both the glove box and the driver’s door.
1:42 PM
A woman told police she parked her Chevy sedan next to the construction fence surrounding the new Walgreen’s in Cermak Plaza, then went to the dollar store. When she returned, she found the handle and lock of the car’s door damaged. Missing were an MP3, gym shoes, an IPod, a GPS unit and two bags of candy.
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Vandal goes wild with neon orange spray paint
November 30, 2008, 7:29 AM
Neon orange spray paint was found defacing a wall and a dumpster behind a building in the 7100 block of Cermak. More was sprayed on a trailer parked in the same block, and in the rear of a business in the 7000 block.
7:31 AM
And even more, on a flower planter at 23rd and Home.
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Chunk throwing, bat-whacking vandals
November 30, 2008, 12:37 AM
Someone threw chunks of cement through two living room windows in the 2400 block of Clarence.
3:55 AM
In the 1400 block of Grove someone used baseball bats to break every window on both a Pontiac Sedan and a Dodge Intrepid. The complainant told police three men dressed in black hoodies, did the damage, ran south on Grove, then fled in what appeared to be a dark-colored SUV.
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Monday, December 08, 2008
Have a merry freakin’ Christmas!
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Miscellaneous • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Neck-tattooed thief steals groceries for a second time
November 29, 2008, 6:17 PM
The owner of Justice produce store, 6901 Ogden, told police he saw a man enter the store, fill a cart with groceries and leave without paying. The owner saw the thief flee in a black Pontiac. He described the thief as a male white or Hispanic in his late 20s or 30s, with a shaved head and an apparent tattoo on the right side of his neck. The victim said the same guy stole from the store on September 21, 2008, at 6:55 PM.
Window smashed
November 29, 2008, 7:18 PM
In the 3500 block of Gunderson, someone broke the window of a Comcast work van.
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Friday nights are my night to drink
November 29, 2008, 2:53 AM
After a hit-and-run crash in the 2100 block of Oak Park, police stopped the offending vehicle, a Jeep, at 16th and Oak Park. The driver, who was highly intoxicated, was taken by ambulance to MacNeal hospital.
The Jeep struck a parked Mustang on the east side of the 2100 block of Oak Park. The impact shoved the Mustang into a Chevy Avalanche, which in its turn hit a Plymouth van. The Jeep then apparently reversed, striking a Cadillac Escalade on the west side of the street. A passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated by Berwyn firemen. The Jeep was impounded.
Police spoke to Jeep driver Jacqueline Campanile, 44, of 1443 Kenilworth. Campanile told police she drank four or five Corona beers at Cabin Fever, reportedly adding “Friday nights are my night to drink. I know I’m buzzed and I have to take responsibility for my actions.” Campanile’s blood alcohol level was .184, more than twice the legal limit. She was charged with DUI, DUI with blood-alcohol over .08, improper lane use, and leaving the scene of an accident.
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Really high blood-alcohol. even after throwing up
November 29, 2008, 1:58 AM
A man in the 6700 block of Pershing told police his son injured him, dislocating his shoulder. Police saw the son, who acted aggressive and irrational, on the stairs to the home’s basement. He seemed to police to be intoxicated. When told he was under arrested, he tried to pull away; once handcuffed, he continued to struggle, yelling “I’M WITH [name of well-known street gang]!” On the way to the police station, the offender vomited inside squad car #126, forcing police to summon the services of Aftermath* to disinfect the car. Later, police learned his blood alcohol level was .274, or more than three times the legal limit for DUI.
Police charged Rafael Alvarado, Jr., 18, with domestic battery, resisting an officer, consumption of alcohol by a minor and damage to a city vehicle.
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Where’d he go?
November 28, 2008, 9:43 PM
A cab driver told police he picked a man up at Sheridan and Touhy and drove him to 18th and Euclid. When the cab stopped, the customer told the cabbie he needed to go into his apartment to get money to pay for the $55 ride. The customer entered a multiflat building at 1647 Euclid and never came back out. The cabbie described the offender as a male black, 5’8” and “stocky” at about 230 pounds, with a goatee.
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Gang’s drawings found on two garages
November 28, 2008, 4:32 PM
Gang graffiti depicting a bunny head, with its ears labeled with digits identifying it as the symbol of a troublesome local gang, was found on a garage in the 1900 block of Scoville. The same numbers marred another garage in the 2100 block, too.
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