Berwyn Police Blotter
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Itasca man gets tickets after accident
May 31, 2007, 5:42 PM
Following an accident at Ogden and Oak Park Avenue, police cited driver Michael J. DeMarco, 25, of Itasca, for improper lane use, driving with a revoked license and having no proof of insurance.
Unlicensed woman ticketed in accident
May 31, 2007, 1:46 PM
After an accident at 16th and East, an involved driver told police via interpreter that she had no driver’s license. Yaneth Espino, 24, of Cicero, received tickets for driving without a license, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and failure to place a child under 6 in a safety restraint.
Man picks up woman, woman vanishes with car
May 31, 2007, 10:46 AM
A 51-year-old Chicago man told police a woman he had just met in a bar took him home with her, and they spent the night at a residence in the 2700 block of Harvey. But when the man woke up, he could not find his keys, his car or his companion. Police reported the man’s Mazda Protege stolen.
Graffiti roundup
May 31, 2007, 8:30 - noon
Red spray-painted gang graffiti, 3’ x 3’, was removed from the pavement in the middle of the 3600 block of Wesley/Euclid alley. More gang graffiti was found and removed from a garage door in the 2100 block of Oak Park Avenue.
Flowers filched
May 31, 2007, 9:37 AM
Someone stole 12 geraniums from the 1800 block of Lombard; the flowers had been planted around a tree in a resident’s front yard.
Expensive stroller stolen
May 31, 2007, 8:51 AM
A 35-year-old woman reported a stroller stolen from her backyard in the 6400 block of Fairfield. The brown and black Evenflo stroller was taken from its place by the back door. It was valued at $200.
Officers explain dog-ownership responsibilities to pitbull owner
May 31, 2007, 8:44 AM
Police came to the 1400 block of Highland to check out reports of a pitbull attack. The owner of a black Lab said she was walking her dog when the brown and white pitbull came out of a yard on that block and bit the Lab in the ear and neck. The owner, a 17-year-old girl, told police she and her boyfriend live on the block and that neighbors are the ones responsible for leaving their gate open, freeing the pitbull. Police explained that in fact she, and not the neighbors, is responsible for closing the gate and controlling the dog. She received a ticket for allowing the pitbull to run at large.
Not just the windows this time
May 31, 2007, 6:44 AM
Someone apparently used a baseball bat or tire iron to break the windshield and damage the driver’s door of a silver Acura, owned by a 27-year-old woman. The car was parked in the 1600 block of Highland.
Car windows broken on Ridgeland, Sinclair
May 31, 2007, early in the morning
A Mustang and a Nissan Altima suffered broken windows while parked in the 3300 block of Ridgeland. In the 6500 block of Sinclair, the same fate befell a Chevy Lumina and a Nissan Sentra.
Bicycle removed from yard
May 30, 2007, 9:16 PM
Someone stole a boy’s red and blue 5-speed mountain bike from a backyard in the 2400 block of Gunderson.
Window hit by rock
May 30, 2007, 9:13 PM
An unknown offender threw a rock through a window in the 2500 block of Elmwood.
Snake discourages continued search
May 30, 2007, 5:23 PM
A 27-year-old woman told police someone entered her flat in the 1900 block of Oak Park. She found the front door open at 3:30 PM, and several items were missing. Those items included an Xbox 360 with two controls; seven to ten games; luggage, and about 20 DVDs. Police were unable to examine the bedroom because of a loose boa constrictor resting on a window ledge.
Paint vandalism
May 30, 2007, 5 PM
Green and yellow paint was thrown onto a garage door in the 2400 block of Lombard.
Stop sign disobedience
May 30, 2007
An officer stopped a 36-year-old man from the 2500 block of Ridgeland, after his red van disobeyed a stop sign at 28th and Lombard. He was cited for the blown stop and for driving unlicensed.
Trespassing charge for man caught in building
May 30, 2007, 12:27 PM
A man residing in the 2200 block of Cuyler was charged with one count of criminal trespass. He was caught in the foyer of a two-flat, trying to enter an apartment in the 2200 block of Gunderson.