Berwyn Police Blotter
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Teen curfew stop turns up bag of weed
May 11, 2007, 1:43 AM
Police stopped a boy at 26th and East because he appeared to be underage and out after curfew. He turned out to be a 17-year-old resident of the 2500 block of East. While being patted down for officer safety, the boy blurted, “I have some weed in this pocket.” His right rear pocket did indeed contain a bag of marijuana: .5 gm, for which he received a $50 possession ticket.
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Early morning seat belt checks
May 11, 2007, 12:11 AM
Police checking for seat belt compliance in the 6300 block of Cermak caught a 26-year-old man in a black 1996 Tahoe. He was cited for his lack of seat belt, driver’s license and insurance. Minutes later a beltless 34-year-old woman was ticketed for exactly the same things. Not long after that, a 31-year-old man driving a gold Ford Explorer got ticketed for not wearing a seatbelt, no license at all and driving with only one red tail light. Before 1 AM, police in that block had also impounded a very loud 2007 Tahoe, driven by a 29-year-old man from the 2100 block of Wesley.
No front plate
May 10, 2007, 11:52 PM
An officer noticed a silver Mitsubishi Galant with no front plate traveling eastbound in the 6300 block of Cermak. The driver, 23-year-old Lorenzo A. Gonzalez of Palatine, was issued tickets for having no front plate, no valid driver’s license and failure to notify the Secretary of State’s office of an address change.
Cocker spaniel captured
May 10,. 2007, 9:20 PM
Police were called about a dog at large and came to the 7100 block of 34th, where a tan male Cocker Spaniel was found under a car. The dog wore a blue collar with tags. The dog’s address was in the 3400 block of Maple, but nobody answered when police knocked. Since the property did not have a secure gate, the spaniel was taken to A-American vet for safekeeping.
Smart security foils burglar
May 10, 2007, 9:41 PM
Someone tried to break into a Ford work van parked in the Vacin Fairway at Elmwood and failed. The owner’s security system prevented the burglar from getting inside the truck.
Car theft on 32nd
May 10, 2007, 6:34 PM
A 1994 Nissan Quest was stolen from the 6300 block of 32nd.
Saturn-driving stranger swears, scares
May 10, 2007, 5:06 PM
A 26-year-old man told police a guy in a Saturn stopped at 35th and Elmwood to yell at a young man walking down the street. The witness says he told the guy to ‘leave the kid alone”. The Saturn driver then reportedly insulted the witness, shook his fist, threatened him and said he’d be back, with the added caveat “You don’t know who you’re messing with, I’m a cop!” The witness noted the Saturn’s license plate number. When Berwyn police ran the plate through the computer to check it, it returned “no record.”
Possible insight into reasons for license revocation
May 10, 2007, 4:28 PM
A black Eagle Talon blew the stop sign at 36th and Maple in front of a police officer. The driver, 26-year-old Jorge Mata of Chicago, received tickets for disobeying a stop sign, improper display of plates, driving without insurance and driving while his license was revoked.
Leaving scene represented as good citizenship
May 10, 2007, 4:11 PM
A caller alerted police to a hit and run accident at 21st and Oak Park Avenue. Witnesses heard a loud crash, then saw a black Chrysler, badly damaged. The offender, in a white 1998 Cadillac Deville featuring front end damage to match that of the black car, was last seen southbound on Oak Park Avenue. Police quickly located the white Caddy, which was parked in the Oak Park/Euclid alley. The driver, a 19-year-old woman from the 6700 block of 21st, told police she drove it to the alley so it would not block the street. The car was registered to her boyfriend. The woman was positively identified by fingerprints. She was ticketed for improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, displaying suspended registration and driving with a suspended license.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Fight call nets pot haul
May 10, 2007, 4:01 PM
Two males seen walking very fast away from 28th and East – where a disturbance had just been reported – told police they had been fighting “with a friend,” a person whose name they did not know. The two 16-year-olds were patted down; one was found with four small clear bags of marijuana, totalling 3.1 grams. He received a $100 ticket for possession of marijuana.
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Opossum spotted
May 10, 2007, 2:53 PM
A resident of the 1500 block of Gunderson told police there was an opossum lurking beneath a plastic cover in the backyard. An officer set a trap for it.
Piggy bank not spared by burglar
May 10, 2007, 2:35 PM
A 39-year-old man came home to his flat in the 2200 block of Elmwood to find his door unlocked and his bathroom window open. The bedrooms were in disarray. The burglar stole four watches, two chains, three rings and a bracelet – all made of gold – as well as a video recorder and an unknown amount of cash from a child’s piggy bank.
Baked bedsheets
May 10, 2007, 12:44 PM
An elderly woman living in the 3100 block of Oak Park Avenue attempted to dry bedsheets in her oven, then fell asleep. The resulting fire filled the hallway of the apartment building with smoke. Berwyn firefighters extinguished the fire.
Van criminally damaged
May 10, 2007, 11:50 AM
Someone smashed out the rear window of a 2000 Astro van parked in the 2700 block of Grove.
PM graffiti roundup
May 10, 2007, 12:15 PM
Someone put gang graffiti on property in the 3400 block of Ridgeland. And in the 1900 block of Oak Park Avenue, black marker was used to do graffiti representing the same gang.
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