Berwyn Police Blotter
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Sound system continues to cost driver money
May 3, 2007, 2:41 PM
A 2005 Chevy truck at Cermak and Home could be heard more than 75 feet away and was impounded. The noise ordinance ticket went to a 21-year-old man from the 6400 block of 34th. A custodial search of the truck showed a modified amp/subwoofer under the back seat.
Teen drives around with self and car unlicensed
May 3, 2007, 2:51 PM
Police saw a 1992 Honda 4-door on Cermak with expired plates, and stopped the car at Euclid. The 17-year-old driver was identified using his school ID and his expired learner’s permit from a year and 11 months ago. The resident of the 6500 block of 28th Place got ticketed for having no license and no insurance too. The car was towed.
Husband holds hairclipper hostage
May 3, 2007, 11:08 AM
A 34-year-old woman from the 2700 block of Ridgeland came to the police station to report her 32-year-old husband – who lives in Chicago in the 5300 block of Congress – called her to say he had climbed through an unlocked window into her apartment while she was at work. He informed her he tool her VCR-DVD player, a set of keys to her car, and an Oster hair trimmer-clipper. He also told her he used a knife to slice up five pairs of her shows. He said he will hold her belongings hostage until she talks to him about getting back together. Police gave her information about getting an order of protection.
Ladder fall injures workman
May 3, 2007, 12:03 PM
A 57-year-old Lyons man doing welding above the entryway of Garv’s Inn, 6546 Windsor, fell four to five feet from a ladder when an I-beam he was looking at “tumbled over”. He was treated at MacNeal hospital.
Click It or Ticket helps get uninsured and unlicensed drivers off the road
May 3, 2007, 10:42 AM
A “Click It or Ticket” operation at 15th and Ridgeland yielded the following. Santiago Morales, 43, of Chicago, when stopped for wearing no seatbelt, was seen to place something under his seat, so police asked him to get out of his 1997 Ford Escort. Under the seat they found a cold, open 40-oz bottle of Magnum Malt Liquor. On the passenger seat sat an open bottle of Bacardi Rum. The Escort was towed and Morales charged with not wearing a seatbelt, driving with a suspended license and driving in possession of open liquor. An unbelted driver in a 1995 Gran Prix was stopped in the same location. Alberto Muro, 33, of Chicago, was uninsured and had never had a driver’s license. And a black Plymouth Voyager was stopped because its driver wore no seatbelt. Driver Felipe Salgado-Vargas of Cicero also lacked a license and insurance.
Stolen car found parked in Berwyn
May 3, 2007, 5:53 AM
A car listed as stolen in Chicago was found parked at Oak Park and 24th. The blue 1995 Windstar, registered to a Chicago woman, was towed and Chicago police alerted.
Crown Vic burglarized
May 3, 2007, 7:47 AM
In the 2200 block of Scoville, someone broke into a white Crown Victoria and stole a child’s carseat, two cases of orange soda and something called an electrode elbow machine. There was no sign of forced entry to the car.
Woman’s battery accusation not backed by evidence
May 3, 2007, 2:55 AM
A disturbance in the 3400 block of Oak Park Avenue proved to be an argument between a cohabiting pair of 21-year-olds who argued when the man locked the woman out of their apartment. The woman said the man grabbed her neck and shoved her head into the wall hard enough to break a hole in the plaster. Ambulance personnel, however, found no sign of injury and nobody would sign a complaint.
Man accused of car vandalism denies it, yet behaves suspiciously
May 3, 2007, 3;13 AM
A call about a suspicious car speeding brought cops to the 1200 block of Cuyler, where they saw two cars with broken driver’s side windows – both owned by the same resident. The owner said he has an upcoming court date with a 19-year-old man from the 1400 block of Harvey over a dispute between the 19-year-old and the owner’s son. Police then went to the 19-year-old’s residence, where they found a white 1992 Lincoln Town Car with its right rear window broken out. The 19-year-old claimed he had been asleep when police arrived, yet he answered the door fully clothed, including a jacket and shoes. He denied all claims by the Cuyler Avenue resident.
Man’s gangbanger boyfriend threatens to kill him
May 3, 2007, 2:03 AM
Police were called to a disturbance in the 3200 block of Home. There, a 23-year-old man told them he lives with his 25-year-old boyfriend, who belongs to a well-known street gang. The younger man said the gangbanger threatened to shoot him in the head, making him so afraid that he ran outside in his underwear to speak to police, then began vomiting. While in the apartment, police also noticed that the offender possessed a bullet-proof vest. Officers arrested the gangbanger for domestic assault. They observed that the offender was threatening and intimidating while in the presence of the complainant, but relaxed once he was under arrest and away from the scene.
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Berwyn traffic stop catches man Chicago police would like to talk to
May 3, 2007, 2:10 AM
Four of the five passengers in a 2000 Dodge pickup weren’t wearing seatbelts, so police stopped the truck in the 7000 block of Cermak. Driver Jose Moyorito, 44, of Cicero, was charged with driving unlicensed and uninsured, and with failing to secure a child under 16. Because he also had no license, he was identified by fingerprints. These revealed he was wanted on a Chicago police department warrant.
Berwyn keeps catching DuPage’s most wanted
May 3, 2007, 2:09 AM
Stopped for wearing no seatbelt at Cermak and Wisconsin, the driver of a black 1995 Jeep told police he had no license to drive. Actually, Chicagoan Juan M.. Cervantes, 27, had a license that was suspended. He had no insurance and an active warrant from DuPage county for failure to appear in court on a DUI charge. He was charged accordingly and held for DuPage.
Expired plates betray unlicensed driver
May 3, 2007, 1:59 AM
An officer at Cermak and Wenonah stopped a red Lincoln with expired Indiana plates. Driver Jose Nunez, 21, of Cicero, also had no license or insurance.
Seatbelt check nabs unlicensed driver
May 3, 2007, 12:29 AM
Pedro G. Nava, 32, of Cicero, was stopped in Berwyn for wearing no seatbelt. The 1999 Ford pickup he drove was towed because he also lacked license and insurance.
Plate, license, insurance all missing
May 3, 2007, 12:15 AM
A car driven by 50-year-old Victor Vivar of Cicero was stopped in the 7000 block of Cermak for having no front plate. Vivar also had no insurance and an expired license.