Berwyn Police Blotter
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Scooter ride interrupted by police
May 17, 2008, 5:38 PM
An officer saw a scooter, northbound on East approaching 19th, with a juvenile male driver who appeared to have trouble controlling the vehicle. The scooter’s license plate expired in 2007. The officer saw the the scooter swerve in and out of the lanes of traffic, and made the driver stop at 19th and Scoville. According to the officer’s report, the driver—a 16-year-old resident of the 2100 block of Harvey—stated he knew it was wrong to drive without a license, but said he did it in Mexico without any problem. He was charged with driving unlicensed and uninsured, improper lane use, failure to signal a turn, no valid registration, improper use of registration and failure to transfer title.
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Revoked and suspended licenses get truck, SUV impounded
May 17, 2008, 3:47 PM
A black Chevy pickup truck was pulled over for improper lane use at 31st and East. Driver Constantino S. Rodriguez, 51, of Cicero, was cited for that as well as for driving without insurance and on a revoked license; the truck was impounded.
4:41 PM
Police in the 1900 block of Highland stopped a black Lincoln Navigator because of its tinted windows. Driver Miguel Ochoa, 25, of the 1600 block of Ridgeland, also wore no seat belt. His license was suspended, so the truck was impounded. Because of the strong odor of marijuana inside the SUV, a K-9 officer checked it; the dog alerted positively for the presence of only trace amounts on the front floorboards.
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Smacked over the head with a cooking pot
May 17, 2008, 2:12 PM
Police intervened in an altercation between a man and a woman in the 2600 block of Ridgeland. The victim, a 23-year-old man, said his girlfriend got mad, hit him in the back of the head, then struck his in the forehead with a cooking pot. There was quite a bit of blood on the floor. The woman was charged with domestic battery.
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Bald burglar seen
May 17, 2008, 11:47 AM
In the 3800 block of Highland, a caller reported someone breaking into a front basement window of a residence. The offender was described as a male white, about 22, 5’6”, 140 lbs, bald, in a red shirt and grey sweats.
Felony charge after Ridgeland hit-and-run, ambulance damage
May 17, 2008, 3:28 AM
The victim of a hit-and-run accident in the 1800 block of Ridgeland said she and a friend were sitting in her Chevy Malibu when a dark SUV stopped behind them and began to honk repeatedly. The friend got out and asked what the honker wanted; he said he was there to pick someone up. They argued, then the friend reentered the Chevy. The victims said the SUV then struck the back of the Chevy and took off, leaving the front license plate at the scene. It was registered to a man in the 1400 block of Scoville. Police went to that address, where they saw the SUV. They also saw the front door glass and the front window of the residence broken out,with blood all over. Police located driver Jose L. Munoz, 18, in the rear of the residence; the report described him as aggressive and screaming obscenities at police. Munoz was taken to MacNeal Hospital by ambulance. Paramedics reported Munoz kicked out a window in ambulance #905 and was combative towards them. Once in the hospital, Munoz was aggressive with nurses and security guards, spitting blood at staff members several times. Munoz was charged with one felony count of criminal damage to state property, as well as leaving the scene of an accident and driving uninsured.
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“It’s not even f@#%*^g real!”
May 17, 2008, post midnight, predawn
A bartender at Double Olives, 7109 Roosevelt, called police to report a fight. Responding officers spoke to a man who said another man pointed a gun at him. The victim pointed out a 32-year-old Cicero resident as the man with the gun. An uninvolved man, of the same address and surname as the alleged offender, appeared intoxicated and grew belligerent with police during the investigation.
The victim said the offender took the dark-color semi-automatic weapon into the trunk of a silver Mercedes parked in front of the bar. The offender was placed in custody. When told the Mercedes would be towed and a warrant obtained to search the trunk, the offender said, “Let me go to my house and get the other keys, the gun’s fake, it’s in the trunk, it’s not even f@#%*^g real!” The gun did turn out to be fake. It was a starter pistol designed to look like a mini-Glock. The man was released.
In an unrelated incident in the same place, a 41-year-old man from the 1200 bliock of Maple accused a fellow bar patron—a 22-year-old Northlake man—of biting him hear the nipple. That victim later chose not to sign a complaint.
Disturbance at Selena’s
May 17, 2008, 2:33 AM
Police making a traffic stop nearby were informed by a bouncer from a bar that the men in the stopped vehicle had been involved in a fight at Selena’s, 6320 26th. The bouncer said one man—Ivan Sanchez, 29, of Romeoville --- took a swing at someone, then fled in the company of Carlos Santana, 27, of Stickney. But other witnesses said Santana threw the first punch at Sanchez, missed and stuck a Chicago man inadvertently. Sanchez and Santana were both charged with disorderly conduct. Sanchez was also cited for driving without a license.
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Beer theft
May 17, 2008, 2:15 PM
An officer at Cermak and Riverside Drive saw a man run out the front door of a gas station minimart, toting two 12-packs of Miller Lite and followed by a female clerk. The officer stopped the fleeing man by pulling squad car #114 into his path. The man stopped, put down the beer and put his hands up, all without any verbal commands from the officer. Thomas J. Kadlec, 29, of Elgin, was charged with retail theft.
Minors in bar, noise, result in tickets for 26th St. establishment
May 17, 2008, 1::16 AM
A police sergeant patrolling across the street from Berwyn’s city hall heard loud music coming out of El Pescador restaurant, 6713 26th. Two more officers joined him; they saw males and females, who looked underage, attempting to leave. Police learned they were 17-year-olds. Officers spoke with a DJ, Evangelina Davis, 32, of Chicago. After turning down the volume at police request, Davis stated she was contracted by “Club Dulce"*** for an event for people under age 21. When police asked where “Club Dulce” was, she said, “This place”. The sergeant spoke with owner Leticia Montano, 24, of Cicero, and advised her of calls complaining of noise. She was cited for the noise violation, having minors present in a dram shop*, and for hosting an event for minors where alcohol is served.**
From the Berwyn city code:
*804.27 SALE OF ALCOHOL TO AND POSSESSION BY MINORS.
(e) No holder of a retail liquor dealer’s license, as provided for in this chapter, or his or her agent or employee, shall suffer or permit a person younger than twenty-one years of age to be or remain in any room or compartment adjoining or adjacent to or situated in the room or place where such licensed premises are located. This subsection does not apply to a person younger than twenty-one years of age who is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or to any licensed premises on which the principal business is the sale of services or other commodities other than alcoholic liquor.
**
804.30 PROMOTIONAL OR SPECIAL EVENTS; PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.
No licensed premises, or any room or building adjoining such licensed premises, may be used to conduct any meeting, party, social or other type of similar event, including, but not limited to, so-called “juice bar” promotions, at which persons under the age of twenty-one years will be present and not in the company of a parent or guardian.
***
http://www.clubdulce.com/dulce
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Beer in the back
May 17, 2008, 1:16 AM
An officer stopped a blue Mitsubishi Eclipse at 16th and East for having a tinted cover obscuring its license plate. Driver Danae Leonor, 22, of the 4100 block of west 31st, Chicago, was able to show only a foreign driver’s license; a check of her name showed “No Record on File.” She was arrested. An inventory of the vehicle recovered an open case of Corona beer with 10 empties and two half full containers. Leonor was charged with illegal transportation of alcohol, driving with no license and having a tinted license plate cover.
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No lfront plate, open alcohol, unlicensed driver
May 16, 2008, 11:24 PM
Police responded to calls about a suspicious white Cadillac in the 2100 block of Home. The 1995 Cadillac Deville had no front plate; it was stopped with the engine running and the lights on. Police asked driver Hector G. Villa, 17, of the 3400 block of west Cortland, Chicago, to turn off the car, and questioned what he was doing there. Villa stated he had friends who wished to drink alcoholic beverages in his car. The officer noted two open bottles of liquor in the back seat, along with several beers. When asked for his license, Villa told police he has no license because he can’t get one. When asked for insurance, he said he has had the car for about a month but has not yet insured it. The car was impounded because of the open alcohol. Villa was charged with illegal transportation of alcohol, driving without license or insurance, and no front plate.
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Powerful drug found after stop of suspicious van
May 16, 2008, 8:30 PM
Callers reported a suspicious white van in the 6700 block of Ogden, with two women and a man inside. When the responding officer activated the lights on his marked squad car, the van went in reverse, then stopped. When he asked driver Irma Villalobos, 41, of Burbank, to show her license and registration, she stared in a confused manner. When asked a second time, the driver gazed to her right, then back at the officer. Villalobos had a suspended license and appeared intoxicated. The van was impounded and she was taken into custody. In the lockup, a search of her person by a female officer recovered a brown vial inside Villalobos’s bra. When opened, the vial emitted a strong odor police recognized as that of liquid phencyclidine or “PCP”; the contents later tested positive for the substance.* Villalobos was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, as well as DUI, driving on a suspended license and driving without insurance.
*
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/pcp.html
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Gang graffiti
May 16, 2008, 5:41 PM
Illegible graffiti was painted on an overhead garage door in the 2400 block of Cuyler. An overhead garage door in the 1500 block of Home was defaced with gang graffiti and symbols.
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Burglar steals game
May 16, 2008, 5:41 PM
Someone entered an apartment in the 2100 block of Oak Park Avenue and stole a PlayStation 3 game system. The offender entered the flat by breaking a pane of glass in the door in order to reach the inner doorknob.
Minivan vs Saturn accident, wrong-way driving, revoked license
May 16, 2008, 3:06 PM
A Saturn 4-door and a Chrysler minivan were involved in an accident at Cermak and East. Driver Janet Ponce, 18, of the 2500 block of Ridgeland, was issued tickets for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving unlicensed and driving uninsured.
5:41 PM
An officer saw a Honda Civic exit an alley before traveling northbound on Gunderson, which is one-way southbound. The car was stopped at 32nd and Ridgeland. Driver Matthew D. Chapman, 21, of Genoa City, WI, had a revoked license. He was cited for driving on a revoked license and driving the wrong way on a one-way. The car was impounded because of the license revocation.
11:19 PM
After accident victims followed the offending car, a blue Mitubishi Eclipse wanted in connection with a hit and run accident was stopped at 19th and East. Driver Carlos Ortega was arrested and charged with failure to yield during a left turn, leaving the scene, driving uninsured and driving on a revoked license. Police impounded the car.
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