Berwyn Police Blotter
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Another pitbull running free
May 23, 2007, 4:49 PM
A woman found a brown and white pitbull, wearing no tags, in front of her house in the 2400 block of Harvey. The dog’s owner, 34-year-old Carmen Hernandez of Cicero, was found and ticketed for having a dog at large and having no city tags for the beast.
“Investigator” rouses suspicion
May 23, 2007, 4:45 PM
A woman in the 1300 block of Oak Park Avenue told police the previous afternoon a man dressed in black had come to her door asking to be let in. The man, who appeared to be wearing a bullet-proof vest, said he was investigating a missing child. He had no credentials, so she refused him entry. She described him as a white or Hispanic male, cleanshaven, 5’8” to 5’10”, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Click It stops
May 23, 2007, 4:33 PM
A seatbelt safety checkpoint in the 3000 block of Wisconsin led to tickets for Natasha N. Starks, 25, of Broadview. She had an expired license and no insurance as well as no seat belt. Minutes later, police stopped a silver Dodge Durango, whose 40-year-old driver had no seatbelt and a suspended license.
Radar detector stolen from car
May 23, 2007, 3:42 PM
A woman who parked her Mazda at Cermak Plaza told police someone broke the driver’s window and stole her radar detector, worth $150.
Brake lights lacking
May 23, 2007,3:42 PM
A 1997 Chevy Corsica was stopped at 19th and Highland for having no brake lights. Driver Enrique Hernandez, 29, of Chicago, also had no insurance and a suspended license.
Multiticketed
May 23, 2007, 2 PM
Police stopped a Dodge sedan, audible 175 feet away, in the 7100 block of Cermak. The car also had illegal tinted windows. Driver Heliodoro Renteria, 20, of Cicero, was ticketed for the above and for having no driver’s license. The Dodge was impounded.
Stoner nooner
May 23, 2007,11:57 AM
When police saw a man smoking a marijuana-type pipe in the 2300 block of Euclid/Wesley alley, they asked him what he was doing. The man said, “Just smoking some weed.” The 19-year-old, a resident of that block, was charged with possession and issued a $50 ticket, which he paid in full.
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Injured dog found
May 23, 2007, 10:54 AM
A German Shepherd was found, apparently hurt, in the 2700 block of Kenilworth. Two officers tried to capture the limping animal but had to use a tranquilizer gun in order to safely handle the dog and take it to the vet.
Graffiti burst
May 23, 2007, 9:46 AM
Vandals put graffiti on the sidewalk in the 6700 block of 16th. In the 1400 block of Harlem, the rear door and drainpipe of a building were hit with gang graffiti, which was photographed and removed.
Burglary, criminal damage
May 23, 2007, early AM
A woman reported someone broke into her car, which was parked in the 7000 block of 35th, and stole her $300 GPS system. And in the 1500 block of Euclid, someone broke five windows of a Ford Explorer, using a brick.
An ungodly hour for noise
May 23, 2007, 1:53 AM
A black 1994 Mercedes in the 1400 block of Grove could be clearly heard 150 feet away. Police ticketed the driver, a man from the 2100 block of Gunderson, and impounded the peace-disturbing Mercedes.
Out too late
May 23, 2007, 12:58 AM
A 16-year-old girl who had been reporting missing by her mom was located at 16th and Oak Park by police. Police drove her home to the 2100 block of Kenilworth and gave her a ticket for curfew violation.
Drunk, sulky cyclist messes with Mustang
May 22, 2007, 11:49 PM
Police responded to a disturbance in the 3600 block of Elmwood. They found three men in a garage, drinking and working on vehicles. The men reported that a fourth man --a 25-year-old from the 2700 block of Ridgeland—showed up drunk and began to break beer bottles. He was asked to leave, and one man, from Elmhurst, offered to drive him home. This upset the bottle-breaker, who started a fight with the Elmhurst man. The drunken man threw a brick at the Elmhurst man’s 1991 Mustang, which was parked in the alley. The drunken man’s motorcycle was towed away and he was charged with criminal damage to property.
Cicero teen drives sans seatbelt, license
May 22, 2007, 10 PM
Polilce stopped a Cicero teen in the 7100 block of Cermak for wearing no seatbelt. Wendy Ryres, 17, told police her license was not with her. But a computer name check showed no license for her at all. When asked again, she admitted having no license to drive. She was ticketed for both offenses.
Small dog avenges self on pitbull owner
May 22, 2007, 9:45 PM
A 19-year-old woman—who had been ticketed only days earlier for lettting her dog run loose—got the same ticket again when her pitbull/boxer mix ran out her gate and bit a Jack Russell terrier walking with its owner. As the pitbull owner tried to break up the fight, the Jack Russell bit her left middle finger.
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