Berwyn Police Blotter
Friday, May 04, 2007
Second-story burglar
April 30, 2007, 12:02 PM
The owner of a house in the 3500 block of Clinton arrived home to find the place burglarized. The offender apparently used a ladder from the garage to get access to the second floor. A TV, VCR, a blanket and a pair of black shoes were stolen. Police were able to get fingerprint impressions.
Copper stolen from Concordia
April 30, 2007, 12:32 PM
A church volunteer told police he arrived at Concordia Lutheran Church, 3144 Home Avenue, to find one of its copper downspouts had been taken overnight.
Attempted car burglary
April 30, 2007, 9:43 AM
Someone tried to break into a purple Jeep in the 6900 block of 30th Place, damaging the door lock with some sharp object.
Woman retaliates: reveals pointless theft
April 30, 2007, 10:32 AM
Police arrived during a dispute between a 20-year-old man and his 27-year-old girlfriend in the 2100 block of Clinton. He said she scratched him; she said he spat on her and punched her face. However, police saw no marks on her. Neither of them would sign a complaint against the other. While police were present, the girlfriend informed them that there was a box in the closet that was not hers and did not belong there. It was a package shipped from Kohls, containing a pair of sandals addressed to another building tenant. When police checked with the addressee, the tenant said she had ordered but mysteriously never received them. The boyfriend admitted taking the package, which had been delivered to the building six days earlier.
Car found vandalized on Clarence
April 30, 9:42 AM
An 18-year-old woman from the 1300 block of Clarence reported that between 6 and 9 AM, someone messed up her boyfriend’s 1997 Chevy by slashing his left front tire and dumping an unknown food onto the seats and floor of the vehicle.
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Stolen car found in Berwyn
April 30, 3:18 AM
A 1999 Ford Taurus parked in the 6400 block of Vacin Fairway had been reported stolen by Cicero police. Cicero police were notified and the car was towed.
Lightless and licenseless
April 30, 2007, 3:20 AM
An officer noticed a westbound 1993 Infiniti with temporary plates as it approached the Cermak/Wenonah traffic light without the use of its headlamps. The Infiniti then turned left into Cermak Plaza without the use of its turn signal. The driver, 25-year-old Taneia O. Wall of Chicago, told police she has never had a driver’s license. She was positively identified by fingerprints. The car was towed and she was ticketed for the three offenses.
SUV backs into parked car, takes off without explanation
April 30, 2007, 12:21 AM
Witnesses near Lalo’s, 3011 Harlem, told police a silver, newer SUV—possibly a Ford Explorer—backed out of its parking space, hit an unoccupied 2004 Nissan X-Terra and fled the scene.
Morning graffiti incident
April 30, 2007, 2:41 AM
Someone used graffiti to deface a house in the 6400 block of 26th Place.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Annoyingly-loud-car roundup for April
May 3, 2007
Berwyn impounded 35 cars during the month of April for violating the local ordinance that prohibits noise heard over 75 feet away, thus earning $17,500 for the city.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Vandals mess up car, flower pots
April 29, 2007, 10:36 PM
Unknown persons removed the driver’s sideview mirror from a 2002 Cadillac parked in the 2100 block of Clinton. Someone also tipped over four outdoor flowerpots, cracking one.
Man arrested for beating woman over cell phone call
April 29, 2007, 11:01 PM
Police responded to a disturbance in the 2800 block of Ridgeland. They found a 21-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman. The man’s story is that they fought over a call the woman received on her cell phone. The man confronted her. She denied recognizing the number of the caller. The man then threw the cell phone, breaking it. He tried to leave, but police came before he had the chance. But when police took the woman aside, she confirmed the cell phone stuff but added the man also grabbed and threw her down, kicked her in the ribs and punched her in the head. She scratched his neck in self-defense. After this, the woman told him to leave and began throwing his things out onto the lawn until police arrived. The woman’s injuries were photographed and she was treated at MacNeal Hospital. The man was charged with one count of domestic battery.
PM noise violation roundup
April 29, 2007, noon to midnight
An 18-year-old was driving a gold 2002 Acura that could be heard 100 feet away near 22nd and Clarence; he was ticketed and it was towed. In the 6700 block of Cermak, heard 200 feet away, was a 2004 GMC Yukon. It was impounded, and 25-year-old Nickolas D. Gonzales of Cicero fined $500. An officer at 16th and Cuyler heard “loud, thumping bass” well beyond 75 feet away from a 2008 white Cadillac CTS, which was impounded. The fine went to driver Rofael Ortega, 20, of Cicero. Another Cicero man, 19-year-old Valentin Garcia, had his 2001 Buick LeSabre impounded when an officer at 22nd and Scoville could hear loud music 150 feet away from the car; he also got a ticket for driving without a license. And a man cranking the tunes at 22nd and Ridgeland got his car impounded. The 40-year-old lives in the 1400 block of Wesley and was fined; the noise could be heard 200 feet away.
Man believes fellow tenant stole his car
April 29, 2007, 12:10 PM
A man in the 2400 block of Clarence reported another tenant stole his car. The car had been parked in the yard, and the gate locked with a bicycle cable. The 26-year-old woman’s boyfriend tipped off the car owner that the woman had stolen the car and taken it to her grandma’s place in Chicago.
Dog bite reported by Cicero woman
April 29, 2007, 11:05 AM
A 46-year-old Cicero woman reported she was bitten by a black and brown German Shepherd mix running loose in the 1500 block of Lombard. She thought the dog came from the 1400 block of Scoville. The dog bit her left arm, leaving red scratches but no break in the skin. Owner and dog could not be found.