Berwyn Police Blotter
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Revoked driver ferried five unsecured kids
November 8, 2008, 4:37 PM
An officer at Cermak and Grove stopped a black Honda Accord whose front seat occupants wore no seat belts. Driver Cyprian D. Green, 27, of 2018 south 11th Ave, Maywood, identified himself using only a state ID. A check of Green’s name showed his license had been revoked. A small child sat on the front passenger’s lap. Four more children sat, unsecured, in the back seat. The Honda’s plates had been suspended for noninsurance. Green was also found to be wanted on a DuPage County arrest warrant. He was arrested and charged with aggravated driving on a revoked license, no insurance, suspended/expired plates, and seven tickets for all seven unseatbelted occupants.
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Autos and dental office burglarized
November 8, 2008, 6:40 AM
In the 2800 block of Maple, a Mercury Marquis was found with a broken window, a damaged windshield, and a stolen leather jacket and garage door opener.
10:31 AM
In the 2100 block of Clarence, the window of a dental office was forced open and the back door left ajar. A desktop computer was reported stolen.
10:35 PM
Someone smashed a Ford Explorer’s window and stole a $2000 GPS unit and sunglasses valued at $250.
Arrested for butcher-knife threat
November 7, 2008, 11:10 PM
Police came to a gas station at 16th and Oak Park to speak with very upset 40-year-old man, who said his girlfriend pulled a knife on him and threatened to kill him. The victim played several cell phone recordings of an angry female voice yelling at the man to leave their apartment; he said the voice belonged to the offender. He described the weapon as a very large butcher knife with a brown handle.
Police proceeded to the victim’s apartment in the 1800 block of Grove, where they found a highly intoxicated woman. Lying on a counter top was a butcher knife matching the victim’s description. Chjeanette G. Peterson, 42, was arrested for aggravated assault. Once in custody, Peterson claimed she called police first to report the victim hit her, but dispatchers confirmed no such call was received.
Assault, battery • Suspicious people, objects or events • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Woman accused of hairpulling, shoving baby-holding woman down stairs
November 7, 2008, 8:18 PM
A disturbance call brought police to 1414 Elmwood, where two women and a man were on the front lawn. A 21-year-old Lyons woman told police she came to her ex-boyfriend’s house* to pick up diapers for their son. While she was inside the house, 19-year-old Karla N. Reyna, 3641 53rd Ct, Cicero, entered as well. The victim and the ex-boyfriend were downstairs; as the victim—with her child in her arms—tried to pass Reyna on the stairs, Reyna allegedly struck the victim, causing her to fall down the stairs. The victim said Reyna then pulled out a fistful of her hair. Reyna was charged with battery.
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Assault, battery • Domestic • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Street-cleaning sign dirtied with gang graffiti
November 7, 2008, 6:03 PM
A gang symbol was found drawn on a street-cleaning sign in the 1400 block of Oak Park Avenue.
Gang activity • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Gang-slogan spouters threatened men with gun, nightstick
November 7, 2008, 2:30 PM
Two men, ages 18 and 17, were headed north, going door to door dropping off fliers advertising Pizza Platter restaurant. When they reached 15th and Ridgeland, east side, they noticed a Nissan with three men inside. The front seat passenger, whose greenish eyes caught the victims’ attention, rolled down his window and yelled, “What are you looking at, what are you about?” The victims ignored this, crossed 15th and headed eastbound. The offenders then pulled into the alley of the 1400 block of Ridgeland/Cuyler; the green eyed man exited and yelled gang slogans. The victims, alarmed, ran to the next alley east, but so did the Nissan. The driver got out, holding a police-type nightstick. The green eyed man got out too, and put his hand to his right side, where the victims could see a black handgun.
The offenders informed the victims they knew where they lived and would show up to damage their homes if police were contacted. The offenders got back into the car and drove away northbound.
The victims said the car was a late model dark grey Nissan with all-black wheels and blacked-out hubcaps. The driver, they said, was a male Hispanic, 18-20 years old, wearing a black shirt and jacket and blue jeans; he had his hair styled into a mohawk. The green eyed man, also 18-20, wore a black hoodie and a black hat. The rear passenger wore a black hoodie, but held it so as to cover his face. The victims told police they would be able to identify the car and its front seat occupants.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Man with stolen computer captured by fleet-footed business owner
November 7, 2008, 1:37 PM
The owner of a computer business in the 6200 block of Roosevelt was assisting a customer at the front counter when a noise induced him to walk to the rear of the shop. There, a young man was removing a computer from a desk. The offender ran out the back door with the stolen $1000 IBM Thinkpad, but the manager chased him south through the alley of the 1200 block of Harvey/Lombard. Police charged Diamond O. Melton, 18, of 2115 Harvey, with felony burglary and felony theft.
Unlocked van stolen
November 7, 2008, 12:44 PM
The owner of a white Chevy Astro van told police the vehicle, which he leaves unlocked, was stolen from the 1900 block of Ridgeland.
Unpaid-for shoes only get a few blocks away from store
November 7, 2008, 11:56 AM
A call informed police that a man stole a pair of shoes from Shoe Carnival in Cermak Plaza, then fled in a silver Dodge Avenger bearing an Illinois plate. Police caught up with the car at Cermak and East, where they arrested driver Damion D. Roy, 29, of 4337 west 21st, Chicago. The store manager positively identified Roy as the offender. Roy reportedly told police he stole the $100 pair of Timberlands because he intended to sell them. A check of Roy’s name revealed he had been driving on a suspended license, so the car was impounded. Roy, who was free on bond from a robbery charge, was charged with driving while suspended and retail theft.
Main Street • Theft • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Thorough metal thieves rip off foreclosed house
November 7, 2008, 11:09 AM
An agent for a Homewood realty company reported the burglary of a vacant, foreclosed house in the 3700 block of Wesley. At one time, the house had copper faucets in three bathrooms and the kitchen, as well as attractive doorknobs and kitchen drawer pulls. But no longer.
Landlord and pal have poor relationship with evictee
November 7, 2008, 8:33 AM
Police were dispatched to the rear of 2119 Euclid on reports of a fight in progress. There, a 45-year-old man told police he was being evicted from the building. Today, he alleged, the landlord and one of the landlord’s friends—both also residents of that building—were calling him names in the alley. The friend reportedly grabbed him from behind, causing him to fall down, then shook the victim’s head violently. Next, he said, the landlord emerged from the garage, grabbed him by his coat front and pushed him into the garage. The victim said he broke free, only to have a second encounter with the landlord’s friend, which resulted in his meeting the ground once more.
Police spoke with landlord Donald J. Kusper, 39, 2119 Euclid, and Timothy Husir, 37, same address. Husir admitted the name-calling but stated the victim warned him to “back off” and behaved as if he had a weapon, reaching into his pocket and pulling out an item. The item turned out to be a cell phone. Kusper and Husir were each charged with one count of battery.
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Electronics, CDs, removed from vehicles
November 7, 2008, 4:52 AM
In the 3600 block of Ridgeland, someone broke a Tahoe’s window and stole a $600 Jensen radio with TV touchscreen feature.
6:39 AM
Two smashed windows on a Jeep in the 2500 block of Harvey gave some thief access to the GPS unit kept in the glove box.
7:38 AM
A stereo and about a hundred CDs vanished from a Chevy with a smashed window, parked in the 1200 block of Kenilworth.
On the same block, someone broke a window on a 1994 Olds sedan, too.
7:52 AM
In the 2500 block of Harvey, an offender stole the stereo from a Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Criminal damage to Dodge, Toyota
November 7, 2008, 5:28 AM
Two windows on a Dodge Stratus were broken as the car was parked in the 1800 block of Maple.
6:19 PM
In the 3400 block of Ridgeland, a Toyota Highlander had a window broken by an unknown person.
6:38 AM
Someone shattered the glass front door of a business in the 6900 block of 16th.
Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Video shows man smashing store window, fleeing
November 7, 2008, 2:43 AM
An officer noticed a brick lying in front of the smashed-out window of a store in the 6500 block of 16th St. A flat-screen television was on display in the window. Police saw store surveillance video, which depicted a male white or Hispanic in a blue sweatshirt, coming from the west and smashing the window at about 2:38 AM. After the man threw the brick, he fled westward. The owner, a 29-year-old Evergreen Park woman, told police a copy of the video would be made available to them.
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Burglars make off with propane, rims, jewelry
November 6, 2008, 7:15 PM
Someone entered a garage in the 1200 block of Highland via a broken window and stole $840 worth of stuff. Stolen items included two propane canisters, a boy’s bicycle, and four tire rims for a Volkswagen.
8:28 PM
A woman came home to the 1800 block of Cuyler and discovered she was missing two boxes of jewelry and a diamond necklace that had been kept on a dresser. The stolen items had an estimated value of $3,000. The victim spoke to her husband and learned he might have left the door unlocked when he left to pick up their child from school.