Berwyn Police Blotter
Friday, October 03, 2008
Vandals write on van
September 29, 2008, 6:08 PM
Graffiti was found on a work van parked in the alley behind the 6600 block of 26th.
Gang activity • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Robber slugs worker, snatches the day’s take
September 29, 2008, 1:39 PM
A man told police he was in the 7100 block of Ogden, about to deposit money for the restaurant where he works, when he was punched and robbed. A man approached the victim from behind, grabbed the envelopes of cash he was carrying and punched him in the face. After knocking the victim to the ground, the robber fled on foot southbound through the Wisconsin/Maple alley. The robber stole about $4,000. The victim described him as a male Hispanic, age 25, 5’6”, 200 lbs, in jeans and blue hoodie.
Assault, battery • Robbery • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Drivers passing schools ignore stop signs, crossing guards
September 29, 2008, going-to-school time
An officer in the 7000 block of west 16th saw a black Pontiac Grand Am pass a school bus, although the bus had its stop sign extended, red lights flashing, and was in the process of unloading children at Jefferson elementary school. Driver Claudia C. Fausto, 35, of 2312 south St. Louis, Chicago, told police she had no license. In fact, she had a license, but it was suspended. The car was impounded; Fausto was charged with passing a school bus* --itself an offense that results in license suspension—and driving on a suspended license.
3:27 PM
At Elmwood and 16th, during dismissal time for Lincoln middle school, an officer saw a Suzuki SUV driver around a crossing guard who stood in the intersection, holding a clearly visible stop sign. Jorge M. Tellez, 40, of Cicero, was charged with driving unlicensed and disobeying a crossing guard.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=062500050K11-1414
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Misplaced trust
September 28, 2008, 6:55 PM
A 19-year-old employee of a LaGrange Jiffy Lube business told police that, the previous evening, his manager asked him to take money to the bank. The employee agreed, but first went to a meeting at the Berwyn Jiffy Lube, 6930 Cermak. During this meeting, he told police, he left the money bag lying under the driver’s seat of his vehicle, with the doors unlocked and the windows open. This morning, he said, he looked in the vehicle and the bag was gone, along with its contents: $911.67 in cash and checks.
Main Street • Suspicious people, objects or events • Theft • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Work van defaced
September 28, 2008, 4:31 PM
In the 2400 block of Clarence, someone used a red marker to write “BITCH” on a white Ford work van.
Gang activity • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
More noise stops, impounds
September 28, 2008, 3:11 PM
An officer heard a very loud Mercury Mystique at 15th and Ridgeland. He pulled the car over at 14th and Clarence and issued a $500 noise-violation ticket to driver Juan J. Sandoval, 30, of Cicero. The car was impounded.
5:01 PM
A Pontiac was impounded for noise after being stopped in the 3200 block of Oak Park. Driver Pedro Urbina, 31, of Cicero, got the noise ticket.
Noise violations • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Man with revoked license, beer in car, caught because of loud stereo
September 28, 2008, 1:40 PM
Police stopped a loud vehicle in the 6900 block of Cermak. The driver initially told police he was “Miguel Ortiz”, with a 1984 birthdate. Fingerprints, however, showed he was actually Alejandro Aguilar, 29, of 2406 south St. Louis, Chicago. His license had been revoked for DUI; in addition, he had two arrest warrants out of DuPage County. There was also one empty and one full bottle of beer on the floorboard, accessible to the driver. Aguilar was arrested and charged with felony aggravated driving on a revoked license, driving uninsured and transporting open alcohol. The vehicle was impounded.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Suspicious people, objects or events • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
“I’m hiring for a porno” come-on strikes out
September 28, 2008, 12:39 PM
A woman reported a creepy encounter at Cermak and Ridgeland with a man who drove away south on Ridgeland in a Pontiac. Police ran the license plate and found it led to a sex offender, age 33-- listed in the state registry as a “sexual predator"*—who lives in the 3700 block of Highland.
The victim, a teenage female, said she was walking north on Ridgeland when a man in a silver car called out to her. He asked whether she was interested in acting, since he was making a movie and could pay a “few thousand dollars”. The woman said no, but the man persisted. Eventually, however, he asked what she thought of X-rated movies; the victim stated she was not interested. The man then asked if he could give her a ride; the victim walked away.
Police located the man and advised him to refrain from making contact with women on the street.
*
http://www.isp.state.il.us/sor/sor.cfm
(type in 60402 to locate all Berwyn names)
Suspicious people, objects or events • Unusual, mysterious, odd or just weird • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Injured man says strangers in bar battered him
September 28, 2008, 2:05 AM
A 23-year-old Chicago man told police he was in La Quinta, 6431 Cermak, when two men he did not know hit him and fled. The victim’s eye was cut and swollen.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Fight/brawl/riot • Main Street • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Battery violates parole
September 27, 2008, 8:04 PM
Following a domestic battery in the 6900 block of Cermak, the offender fled the scene but was soon pointed out to police and arrested outside. The victim—whose front tooth was knocked out in a previous encounter with the offender—said he shoved her and yelled obscenities. Derrick Murphy struggled during the arrest; one officer received an injury to his thumb. He was charged with resisting an officer and domestic battery. Police contact Murphy’s Illinois Dept. of Corrections parole officer, who stated the department would issue a warrant for Murphy’s violation of his status as a felony parolee.
Burglary • Domestic • Main Street • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Cicero men’s vehicles towed for Berwyn noise offenses
September 27, 2008, 12:35 PM
Police impounded a noisy Jeep, audible more than 100 feet away, at Oak Park and Vacin. Driver Jorge L. Quezada, 21, of Cicero got a $500 noise ticket. He was also driving without insurance and on a suspended license, and received additional tickets for those offenses.
3:17 PM
A black Trailblazer was stopped for noise at Vacin and Clarence, then impounded. Driver Javier Salgado, 22, of Cicero, received the noise ticket. In the 6500 block of 24th St., a Camry was towed for noise; the citation was issued to driver Oracio Bustamante, 27, of Cicero.
Noise violations • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Building looted
September 27, 2008, 12:24 PM
The caretaker of a building in the 2300 block of Ridgeland reported someone got in and stole all brass and copper from the walls and bathrooms in the building.
You got rolled
September 27, 2008, 9:33 AM
A 43-year-old man from the 3100 block of Scoville told police he had met a woman in Chicago the previous night at a party. He brought his new acquaintance home with him. He told officers he was drunk at the time. When he came to in the morning, the woman was gone, as was his wallet. The wallet contained his state ID, $350, a credit card and a LINK card. Also missing: a 2008 Mazda hatchback he had rented. He described the near-stranger as a female black, 5’6”, slim, with black hair and brown eyes.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Theft • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Riverside women charged with beating and yelling at man
September 27, 2008, 2:47 AM
Dispatchers told police a woman was seen slapping and punching a man in the face—leaving him with a bloody nose—at Ridgeland and 32nd, while a second woman stood yelling. Police charged 18-year-old Stephanie Vaia, of 7904 west 39th, Riverside, with battery. Rachel Jo Wickman, 19, of the same address, was charged with disorderly conduct.
Bar owner’s suspicions confirmed, with cop as witness
September 27, 2008, 3:02 AM
A police sergeant noticed a man urinating on the east wall of Cigars and Stripes tavern, 6510 Ogden.
He continued to relieve himself in full view of the officer until the squad car pulled up next to him, upon which the offender zipped his pants back up. When asked why he chose this property on which to urinate, the offender reportedly said, “sorry, but I had to go really bad.” He told the officer he was coming from La Quinta, a bar a block or so west on Ogden.
The sergeant spoke with the owner of Cigars and Stripes who told him this is an ongoing problem with patrons leaving LaQuinta and urinating on his building every weekend, forcing him to wash off the wall with a hose the next morning. Police charged Ernesto A. Martinez, 25, of 2337 north Springfield, Chicago, with disorderly conduct/public urination.
Disorderly conduct • Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink