Berwyn Police Blotter
Friday, November 21, 2008
Blue Neon exceeds its fair share of decibels
November 15, 2008, 1"52 PM
Police stopped a blue Dodge Neon at Vacin and Highland for excessive noise. The car was impounded. Unlicensed driver Humberto Gonzalez, 22, of 2109 north LaVergne, Chicago, was cited for driving unlicensed and given a $500 noise ticket.
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Topless battery suspect found under trampoline
November 15, 2008, 1:47 AM
A 31-year-old man told police he was walking his dog when he saw a shirtless man kicking the door of a building on 32nd near Clinton. When challenged, the dog walker said, the stranger battered him and ran away. Police located a shirtless man, running nearby, when he jumped a back yard fence and was found hiding beneath a trampoline. The victim positively identified the highly intoxicated man as the offender. Police took Colonel A. Palcer, 20, of 1626 south Washtenaw, Chicago, into custody. According to the report, Palcer told police he had a lot to drink and was “acting stupid”. He explained his bare torso by stating he had been involved in “a couple of fights” earlier. Palcer was charged with battery.
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Lost Lab sported biker garb
November 15, 2008, 10:02 AM
An at-large chocolate Lab dog, captured by police at 18th and Wenonah, was wearing a Harley-Davidson collar.
Heeeere I come to trash your caaaaaar
November 15, 2008, 3:04 AM
At Euclid and 35th, a large rock was used to break the windshield, passenger window and hood of a Chevy pickup truck. The victim suspects a 21-year-old guy he knows—a resident of the 1400 block of south 58th Ave, Cicero—who was around earlier and goes by the nickname “Mighty Mouse”.
10:43 AM
A Schaumburg woman told police she parked her Honda Accord near Oak Park and Ogden the previous night, only to return and find someone had scratched up the side, trunk and hood of the car. The victim blames her ex-boyfriend—known as “Mighty Mouse” for two reasons. First, he has committed acts of criminal damage against her in the past. Second: scratched on the trunk was a letter “M”.
Tooth knocked out in street fight
November 15, 2008, 2:22 AM
Police came to 23rd and Cuyler on reports of a fight in the street. What they found was two men walking. One, an 18-year-old from the 2400 block of Highland, told police four guys jumped him and his 18-year-old cousin, a Chicago resident. The first man suffered a cut lip. The Chicagoan had a tooth knocked out. Anonymous witness reported seeing three men flee the scene.
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Sleep disturbance
November 15, 2008, 1:58 AM
In the 6500 block of 16th, an unknown offender woke a sleeper by throwing a rock through the glass of the victim’s front door.
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Home, garage and auto burglaries
November 15, 2008, 1:23 AM
A woman came home to the 2100 block of Oak Park to find her living room in disarray. The rear door had been forced open. Missing items included jewelry, apparel and a laptop computer.
2:50 AM
A Chicago man parked his Ford Explorer at Ogden and Euclid and later found it with a shattered window. Missing were a stereo and speaker box, and a coat with house keys in the pocket. At the same location, a Chevy Tahoe’s door was pried open to gain access to its stereo, amp and speaker box.
5:26 AM
Stereo gone, window shattered on a silver Buick parked in the 1800 block of Clarence.
11:11 AM
Someone broke into a garage in the 1800 block of Oak Park Ave.
Wanted for theft, nabbed for driving on a suspended
November 14, 2008, 10:30 PM
Police looking for a man wanted for felony theft approached his neighborhood, aware that the man’s driver’s license was suspended, only to see his black Ford Explorer at 18th and Ridgeland, and himself at the wheel. Police followed as Ardel R. Buchanan, 31, of 6401 west 18th, headed north on Ridgeland, then onto his own block, where he was arrested for driving despite the license suspension. The SUV was impounded.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Theft • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Basement flat denuded of games, players
November 14, 2008, 7:38 PM
The resident of a basement apartment in the 6500 block of 19th came home to an open back door and kitchen window. Missing were an XBox 360, a PlayStation 2, an Ipod and numerous games.
Thief takes toy train
November 14, 2008, 5:55 PM
The owner of Berwyn’s Toy Train, 7025 Ogden, told police a man walked out of the store with an unpaid-for toy train set. Surveillance video showed the offender to be a male black in his 30s, with a shaved head, wearing a blue shirt and a tie.
Someone in Will County doesn’t deserve a dog
November 14, 2008, 4:14 PM
A Beagle was found at large near 37th and Ridgeland. The animal was wearing a Will County rabies tag.
Gang graffiti roundup
November 14, 2008, 12:17 PM
The overhead garage door of a house in the 3700 block of Oak Park was marked up with gang initials.
3:12 PM
So was another one in the 3800 block of Wisconsin.
6:06 PM
A homeowner reported finding gang garbage drawn on his garage door in the 1300 block of Wenonah. The victim said it occurred some time between 3:25 and 5:40 PM.
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Amigo meets enemigo
November 14, 2008, 9:21 AM
Someone stole the radio from an Isuzu Amigo parked in the 2200 block of Lombard.
Amplified stereo nearly weapons-grade
November 14, 2008, 9:14 AM
Police could hear the blasting stereo of a black Cadillac Escalade from as far as 1,000 feet away as the SUV boomed eastward on 18th from Gunderson to Ridgeland. The Escalade was impounded for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. Driver Jaime Escobedo Medino, 25, of 1824 Clarence, was also driving unlicensed. He was cited for that and given a $500 noise ticket.
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Criminal damage roundup
November 14, 2008, 6:48 AM
In the 3600 block of Elmwoof, a thrown brick took the side mirror off a parked green Ford Taurus.
9:21 AM
In the 2200 block of Lombard, someone broke a window of a Saturn SL.
12:12 PM
The trunk lock of a Chevy Lumina, parked in the 1900 block of Oak Park, was punched out by an unknown offender.
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