Berwyn Police Blotter
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Surly group inflicts late-night disturbance on neighbors, but won’t cooperate with cops
October 3, 2008, 11:38 PM
Police were dispatched to the 3200 block of Highland on reports of a fight in the street, involving a man in a red shirt. Police located three women and a man in a red shirt, all sitting on the steps of a house on the east side of the street. The man, age 23, said he was not involved, but the women were in a dispute with a group that already left.
The three women were, according to the report, “in disagreement about what had occurred” and “extremely uncooperative”. One woman, from the 2200 block of Gunderson, apparently had an ex-boyfriend whose new woman showed up to start a fight. The ex himself arrived in the company of a man who displayed a gun, then all fled the scene. The woman herself claimed to be unable to describe the gun and asked police, “can you just go away?”
Assault, battery • Disorderly conduct • Domestic • Gang activity • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
The color of cheese
October 3, 2008, 8:56 PM
Police stopped a yellow Hummer at East and Ogden for excessive noise. Driver Jose G. Granados, 24, of 824 S. Cesar Chavez Drive, Milwaukee, WI, received a $500 noise violation ticket, and the SUV was towed.
Noise violations • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Three gang members arrested after gun-display call
October 3, 2008, 8:05 PM
Seven officers were sent to Cermak and Clarence after calls of a disturbance involving a brown van and the possible display of a gun. The brown Chevy van was found at that intersection; Jonathan M. Rogers, 18, of Fairbury, was in the driver’s seat. Rogers’ name came back “armed and dangerous” and “gang member”; he also had a suspended license, so the van was impounded.
Two other men involved in the disturbance were detained in the Dunkin Donuts parking lot at Cermak and East. An off-duty Chicago police officer told Berwyn police he saw the disturbance, then saw men fleeing eastbound on Cermak carrying a tire iron and a chain. He detained the men and called Berwyn police.
Rogers was charged with driving on a suspended license and without insurance. The other two men, both self-admitted gang members, were Miguel A. Rcio, 18, of 1310 Maple, and Marcelo Cruz, 21, of 2347 Clarence. Cruz was charged with reckless conduct. Rico was charged with reckless conduct and permitting an unauthorized person to drive.
Disorderly conduct • Gang activity • Main Street • Suspicious people, objects or events • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Lots of gang graffiti found
October 3, 2008, 2:41 PM
In the 7100 block of Ogden, police found graffiti etched on glass on a business. Five overhead garage doors were defaced with gang graffiti; one in the 1900 block of Kenilworth, two in the 2400 block of East, one in the 2400 block of Clarence and one in the 2400 block of Scoville.
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Victims say woman fled after threatening them with knife, Mace
October 3, 2008, 2:55 PM
That’s the spray kind, not the medieval kind. Police came to the 1600 block of Gunderson after a 911 call reported a woman threatening somone with a knife in front of a residence. A 35-year-old man told police he was home talking on his cell phone to a 35-year-old woman, who was on her way to his address. But the call was overheard by the man’s 33-year-old sister, who apparently overheard some comments about herself to which she took exception. As the 35-year-old woman pulled up in her car, she was met outside by the sister, who held a knife in one hand and Mace in the other. The offender reportedly yelled and threatened the man, getting within two to three feet of him while holding the weapons. According to the man, “I thought I was going to get cut”. When the 35-year-old woman approached the offender, the offender raised the knife over her head as if to stab the woman. The offender was not at the scene when police arrived. Both victims signed complaints against Ericka Gordon, 33, whose address is the same as that of the victims. When police ran Gordon’s name, they learned she was listed as the offender in a few other crimes in Berwyn.
Suspicious people, objects or events • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Junking on a suspended license
October 3, 2008, 10:41 AM
An officer saw a man behind a garage in the 1400 block of Gunderson/Scoville. The man placed a large item in the truckbed and drove away, but was stopped in the next block. Driver Jhovany Olvera had a suspended license because of several previous arrests for driving unlicensed. The items in the bed of the Chevy pickup appeared to have been scavenged from neighboring garbage. Olvera was charged with driving unlicensed and uninsured, and with illegal scavenging.
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Criminal damage roundup
October 3, 2008, 2:33 AM
A red Mustang parked in the 1900 block of Wenonah was found with a broken window; a BB pellet was lodged in the window frame. In the 3700 block of Clarence, someone with a BB gun shot out the rear side window of a Chevy Cavalier.
8:24 PM
In the 2600 block of Clarence, a 24-year-old woman told police that strangers on bicycles threw a brick through the rear window of her red 2005 Chevy Cobalt while it was parked in her driveway. The offenders fled northbound. The victim told police she was unable to give any kind of description of the offenders.
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Team shout-out an expensive mistake
October 3, 2008, 12:24 AM
Just because two guys are wearing all-black doesn’t guarantee they’re Sox fans. A 31-year-old Berwyn man told police he was driving home when he saw two young men, dressed in black and riding bicycles in the 2400 block of Elmwood. He decided to yell out “WHITE SOX FAN!” But the darkly-dressed pair followed the man’s car to the 2500 block of Gunerson, then shattered his rear windshield using a paving stone. The offenders fled northbound.
Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • Suspicious people, objects or events • Unusual, mysterious, odd or just weird • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Debris removal, pot possession
October 2, 2008, 5:55 PM
Police summoned to deal with debris in an alley near 31st and Maple noticed a grey vehicle parked in the 300 block of Maple, occupied by two people. After the debris complaint was dealt with, the men and the car were still in the same spot. Driver Adam C. Satala, 18, of La Grange Park, appeared nervous and could not adequately explain his presence. He permitted a search of his car, during which police recovered a marijuana cigarette from the center console. Satala received a $100 marijuana possession citation.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Pitbull bites woman in leg, tries for her face
October 2, 2008, 4:06 PM
A woman told police she was standing by the side of her house in the 2700 block of Lombard when a white pitbull ran up and attacked her, unprovoked. When her husband heard her screams, he came outside to try to get the dog away from her. After the pitbull bit her leg, it attempted to bite her face. Immediately after the attack, the victim said, a man in a white Chevy Caprice with tinted windows drove through the 2800 block of Lombard/Harvey alley, stopped at the alley mouth, called the dog into the car, and drove off. The woman was left with several puncture wounds to her leg.
Beer on a bench
October 2, 2008, 3:24 PM
Many citizens and business owners complained to police about a man drinking a 40-ounce beer while seated on a bench at Cermak and Elmwood. Police arrested Lawrence J. Randa, 42, of 5819 16th Cicero, and charged him with disorderly conduct.
Disorderly conduct • Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Main Street • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
School’s out, pot’s confiscated
October 2, 2008, 2:38 PM
A police sergeant was in the area of Morton West high school, 23rd and Home, because police had information that a large fight was planned for dismissal time. While most of the crowds of students were headed north, the sergeant saw two students heading back toward the school. When he stopped the pair, one of them threw down a clear bag of marijuana weighing 1.9 grams. Juan A. Diaz, 18, of 2216 Scoville, received a $100 pot possession citation.
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Noise-violation impounds of the day
October 2, 2008, 12:48 PM
Police stopped a blue Olds Delta 88 for excessive noise in the 6500 block of Cermak. It was impounded, pending payment of the $500 fine. The ticket went to driver Andrew L. Cunningham, 21, of 4849 west Adams, Chicago.
4:08 PM
At 19th and Harvey, an Impala was stopped and impounded for noise. Driver Jose Nunez, 22, of Cicero, got tickets for noise and driving unlicensed and uninsured; police also discovered he had an active arrest warrant out of Lombard.
6:26 PM
Too much noise got a white Yukon pulled over at Oak Park and Ogden, then impounded. Driver Gabriel A. Castellano, 23, of 1931 Elmwood, received the noise ticket, as well as one for driving on a suspended license.
8:08 PM
A blue Tahoe stopped for noise at East and Cermak earned a $500 ticket for driver Eduardo Ortiz, 20, of 1815 south Central, Cicero. The truck was impounded.
9:49 PM
At Harlem and Ogden, police stopped and impounded a red Envoy for violating the noise ordinance. The ticket was issued to driver Ivan Guzman, 26, of Hanover park.
Noise violations • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Downspouts still not safe from thieves
October 2, 2008, 9:54 AM
In the 3500 block of East, a thief stole the aluminum downspouts from a garage.
Gang graffiti roundup
October 2, 2008, 2:39 AM
Graffiti touting a local street gang was drawn on the east wall of a building in the 7000 block of Cermak. More of the same was placed on the overhead garage door of a residence in the 1900 block of Kenilworth.
12:15 PM
Someone put gang graffiti on a garage door in the 2400 block of Scoville.
Gang activity • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • Main Street • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink