Berwyn Police Blotter
Friday, August 22, 2008
Expensive snake stolen
August 17, 2008
Maywood detectives informed Berwyn police they were looking for a man suspected of entering a Maywood pet shop and stealing a snake worth over $700. A physical altercation occurred when the man tried to leave the shop; he and the woman fled in a green Chevy sedan whose plates registered to a home in the 2400 block of Gunderson. A witness can identify the offender.
Berwyn police learned that the 22-year-old suspect—a male white, 6’5” and 260 lbs—does not live at the Gunderson address but visits family there, and is often seen driving a blue Dodge Neon.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Theft • Unusual, mysterious, odd or just weird • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Fireworks complaint
August 16, 2008, 9:53 PM
Following complaints, police spoke to 42-year-old Vincent A. Kuelbs of the 2200 block of Kenilworth. Kuelbs admitted setting off fireworks in the alley, and expressed regret for his actions. The remaining fireworks were confiscated by police, and Kuelbs was ticketed.
Men from Chicago, Westchester stopped after battery at 26th and Ridgeland
August 16, 2008, 11:52 PM
A Chicago woman yelled for police to stop a green van fleeing the scene of a battery at 26th and Ridgeland. The victim, a 28-year-old man, lay on the sidewalk by the back door of a rented hall, bleeding from the head. The fleeing van was stopped in the 2600 block of Austin, and its three occupants were positively identified by witnesses as the offenders.
The victim refused to sign complaints against the offenders. Police cited for disorderly conduct Riguverto Rojas, 22, of Westchester; Octavio Villagrana, 24, of the 3000 block of south Troy, Chicago; and Pedro Villa-Rojas, 21, of the 2100 block of west 51st, Chicago.
Assault, battery • Disorderly conduct • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Low rent
August 16, 2008, 11:29 PM
A woman told police she was robbed while walking in her own neighborhood. She said the robber wore a dark hoody and covered his face; when she reacedh Windsor and East, he grabbed her around the neck, pushed something metallic against her neck and threatened to hurt her, then took her wallet out of her purse. The wallet contained cash and ID cards.
The victim, a 51-year-old woman, gave off a strong odor of alcohol. She told police she had consumed about two 6-packs of beer, starting at the Windsor lounge, then moved on to George’s on Stanley to purchase more beer. She said she took that home and drank it, then walked to the home of a nearby friend. She was on her way back to her own place when the robbery occurred, she told police. The victim said the money stolen from her—$140—was in fact her rent payment.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Robbery • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Juveniles suspected in streetlight vandalism
August 16, 2008, 10:55 PM
Police were alerted when neighbors realized something was suspicious about the fact that their streetlights were not working in the 1800 block of Elmwood. Witnesses told police they saw a group of about 10 males under age 17 standing near a streetlight, which suddenly went dark. The youths then ran eastbound on 19th. A total of four streetlights were damaged in the incident.
Gang activity • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Excessive noise escalates to battery
August 16, 2008, 7:22 PM
At 6529 Stanley, fellow building tenants complained to police of loud music and singing as an ongoing problem from an apartment. When police arrived, they could easily hear the din from the street below. Police tried to get the offender to answer his door, but he initially ignored their efforts. After making police wait, Antonio Casillas, 46, finally opened his door and began swearing at them. An officer advised him of the reason for the visit. Casillas appeared to police to be intoxicated, and an odor of alcohol was noticeable on his breath. Casillas demanded to know “who called the cops on me”, and announced that he could keep his music as loud as he wished until 11 PM or midnight. Throughout the encounter he yelled and swore at police. Casillas grabbed an officer’s wrist and twisted his arm in an apparent effort to look at the officer’s wristwatch. At that, the officer spun Casillas around and handcuffed him. Casillas was arrested for battery to an officer and for the noise violation.
Gang loiterers dispersed by police
August 16, 2008, 5:41 PM
Police patrolling the area of 38th and Gunderson because of reports of increased gang activity noticed two men in front of 3743 Gunderson. One man, a resident at that address, officers recognized as James A. Delgallo*, 22, known to police as a gang member. He and the other man had their hats turned to the left. Beer cans littered the lawn nearby. As police approached in their unmarked squad car, the second man turned quickly and entered the house. Police spoke with Delgallo, who said he was just having a few friends over. In the house were two more men who told police they also belonged to the same gang: Balois Antunez**, 25, of 1636 S. 51st Ct, Cicero, and Julian Christian, 18, of 2504 14th, Broadview. All were advised to loiter no more at 3743 Gunderson***.
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http://www.berwynpoliceblotter.com/index.php/site/comments/battery_by_brick/
**
http://www.berwynpoliceblotter.com/index.php/site/comments/man_injured_with_crowbar_refuses_to_sign_complaint_against_gangbanger_culpr/
***This was not the first time Antunez was advised against gang loitering in Berwyn:
http://www.berwynpoliceblotter.com/index.php/site/comments/gang_loitering/
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Suspicion, justified
August 16, 2008, 5:57 PM
Police stopped a suspicious person at 27th and Clarence. The man, identified as 49-year-old William J. Nero, turned out to have an active warrant out of Kane County, and was arrested.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Street stop • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Hate speech
August 16, 2008, 2:06 PM
On a garage door in the 1800 block of Euclid, someone wrote “WHITE BITCH”. Graffiti was also found on a garage door in the 1600 block of Wesley.
Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Pitbull attacks muzzled, leashed dog
August 16, 2008, 11:19 AM
A 47-year-old man told police his dog was viciously attacked by a pitbull between 7 and 8 PM on 8/14/08. As the complainant walked his muzzled pet through the 1900 block of Grove/Kenilworth alley, he said, a tan pitbull attacked it, unprovoked. The dogwalker said he spoke with the pitbull’s owner at the time, and the man said he would cover the vet bill for the injured animal. But when the injured dog’s owner called the number the pitbull owner gave, the person who answered hung up on him. Police cited 38-year-old Alfredo Zamarripa, 1924 Grove, for having a dog at large, no city tags, and having a biting dog. Court date is September 11, 2008, at 3 PM in the Community Room of the Berwyn police station, 6401 31st.
Vandalism
August 16, 2008, 11:50 AM
Someone defaced a Ford pickup truck with what appeared to be spray paint; it happened in the 1600 block of Oak Park.
2:44 PM
Rock throwing may have been what caused two second-floor windows to break in the 1900 block of Ridgeland.
8:21 PM
A 62-year-old Burr Ridge man told police he was driving his Cadillac Eldorado near Ogden and Elmwood when someone threw a rock at his windshield and cracked it. The victim then saw a male white juvenile, age 8-10, flee the scene.
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Sex offender gone when police try to verify registered address
August 16, 2008, 11:12 AM
Police came to 6750 21st in an effort to verify the address under which sex offender Conrado L. Pool had registered. Pool was not there, and the new tenants knew nothing about him. Since Pool had not been at the registered address since at least August 10th, and had made no effort to alert Berwyn police, his name was placed in the system as in violation of his sex-offender status*.
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http://www.isp.state.il.us/sor/
Miscellaneous • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Loud enough for neighbors to call police goes beyond “a little too loud”
August 16, 2008, 3:06 AM
Police sent to a street disturbance in the 1400 block of Elmwood saw a man they recognized. Daniel A. Obregon, 21, of 1414 Elmwood, had an outstanding arrest warrant out of Berwyn, so he was arrested/ The other subjects involved in the disturbance were sent on their way. They explained the incident by stating they were all friends who were just “playing around and being a little too loud”.
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Burglaries
August 16, 2008, 3:04 AM
A 36-year-old Calumet Park man employed by Inclusive nightclub told police someone broke into his black 2003 Chevy conversion van, parked in the 6300 block of Roosevelt. Stolen were his Eclipse after-market stereo, as well as 25 DVDs, 200 CDs and a phone charger.
12:52 PM
In the 1300 block of Scoville, someone broke into a garage by prying open the service door. The thief stole a car battery out of the minivan parked in the garage.
Bass falsehood
August 16, 2008, 2:58 AM
Police stopped an excessively loud black GMC Envoy at 26th and Highland, advising the driver of the reason for the stop. Driver Jesus Diaz, 26,of the 4900 block of 30th St., Cicero, replied that his music was not too loud and further, that he did not have “bass”. However, an inventory of the Envoy revealed a switch between the center console and the driver’s seat. Wires connected the switch to an amp in the rear of the vehicle. Flipping said switch activated the bass subwoofer. The Envoy was impounded, and Diaz ticketed for noise.
6:02 PM
An officer on Ogden heard an ever-increasing loud thumping bass noise coming from a Chevy Tahoe. The officer stopped the SUV at Wesley and Ogden. It was occupied by several people. The officer could just make out two large subwoofers by looking through the tinted windows. The SUV was impounded. Driver Alberto Rodriguez, 25, no address given, received the $500 noise-violation ticket. A custodial search of the vehicle revealed two amps under the back seat, two large subwoofers and numerous CDs.
Noise violations • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink