Berwyn Police Blotter
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Hey, Fruit Market thieves: the boss saw your license plate
November 16, 2008, 3:58 PM
The owner of the Berwyn Fruit Market, a 48-year-old Oak Brook resident, told police a woman left the store without paying for a fully loaded cart of merchandise. The woman was described as a female Hispanic with brown hair in a ponytail, 5’6”, 180 lbs, in a dark sweatshirt; the owner said she pushed the cart outside through the “enter-only” door. The owner chased her and saw her enter a waiting white Ford truck with a male Hispanic driver; they fled sans cart and stolen goods. The owner got the license number, which was registered to a couple in Cicero. The incident was captured on surveillance video. The recovered items totaled $463.46, and the owner wished to sign a complaint.
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Gang graffiti
November 16, 2008
Graffiti from one gang designed to threaten another was spray painted on a door in the 3600 block of Elmwood.
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Windows need replacing
November 16, 2008, 10:09 AM
Someone shattered the living room window of a residence in the 1300 block of Gunderson.
8:39 PM
A Chevy Blazer in the 6200 block of Cermak was found with a broken window, apparently done by a BB gun shot.
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Loud on Cermak
November 16, 2008, 9:04 AM
A white Mercury Marquis was towed to the impound yard after police stopped it in the 6200 block of Cermak for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. Driver Diane A. Vandeveer, 23, of 2213 south Central, Cicero, received the $500 ticket associated with the offense.
Main Street • Noise violations • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Burglary and attempted burglary
November 16, 2008, 12:41 PM
Someone at Lombard and Vacin pried open a Ford Explorer to get at its radio, TV, speakers and amp. The victim was a Forest Park man.
11:11 AM
A man reported finding pry mark damage to the service door of his garage in the 3600 block of Kenilworth.
10:17 PM
Someone pried open the front door of an apartment in the 1800 block of Harlem, removing a TV and two leather coats.
Too lazy to bother reporting gang graffiti
November 15, 2008, 4:06 PM
Two buildings were defaced with graffiti in the 6500 block of Windsor.
4:49 PM
Police found extensive gang graffiti, including coded threats, crowns and bunny heads, on property in the 1500 block of Clinton. The 24-year-old woman resident told police she had noticed it three days earlier.
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Friday, November 21, 2008
Blue Neon exceeds its fair share of decibels
November 15, 2008, 1:52 PM
Police stopped a blue Dodge Neon at Vacin and Highland for excessive noise. The car was impounded. Unlicensed driver Humberto Gonzalez, 22, of 2109 north LaVergne, Chicago, was cited for driving unlicensed and given a $500 noise ticket.
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Topless battery suspect found under trampoline
November 15, 2008, 1:47 AM
A 31-year-old man told police he was walking his dog when he saw a shirtless man kicking the door of a building on 32nd near Clinton. When challenged, the dog walker said, the stranger battered him and ran away. Police located a shirtless man, running nearby, when he jumped a back yard fence and was found hiding beneath a trampoline. The victim positively identified the highly intoxicated man as the offender. Police took Colonel A. Palcer, 20, of 1626 south Washtenaw, Chicago, into custody. According to the report, Palcer told police he had a lot to drink and was “acting stupid”. He explained his bare torso by stating he had been involved in “a couple of fights” earlier. Palcer was charged with battery.
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Lost Lab sported biker garb
November 15, 2008, 10:02 AM
An at-large chocolate Lab dog, captured by police at 18th and Wenonah, was wearing a Harley-Davidson collar.
Heeeere I come to trash your caaaaaar
November 15, 2008, 3:04 AM
At Euclid and 35th, a large rock was used to break the windshield, passenger window and hood of a Chevy pickup truck. The victim suspects a 21-year-old guy he knows—a resident of the 1400 block of south 58th Ave, Cicero—who was around earlier and goes by the nickname “Mighty Mouse”.
10:43 AM
A Schaumburg woman told police she parked her Honda Accord near Oak Park and Ogden the previous night, only to return and find someone had scratched up the side, trunk and hood of the car. The victim blames her ex-boyfriend—known as “Mighty Mouse” for two reasons. First: he has committed acts of criminal damage in the past. Second: scratched on the trunk was a letter “M”.
Tooth knocked out in street fight
November 15, 2008, 2:22 AM
Police came to 23rd and Cuyler on reports of a fight in the street. What they found was two men walking. One, an 18-year-old from the 2400 block of Highland, told police four guys jumped him and his 18-year-old cousin, a Chicago resident. The first man suffered a cut lip. The Chicagoan had a tooth knocked out. Anonymous witness reported seeing three men flee the scene.
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Sleep disturbance
November 15, 2008, 1:58 AM
In the 6500 block of 16th, an unknown offender woke a sleeper by throwing a rock through the glass of the victim’s front door.
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Home, garage and auto burglaries
November 15, 2008, 1:23 AM
A woman came home to the 2100 block of Oak Park to find her living room in disarray. The rear door had been forced open. Missing items included jewelry, apparel and a laptop computer.
2:50 AM
A Chicago man parked his Ford Explorer at Ogden and Euclid and later found it with a shattered window. Missing were a stereo and speaker box, and a coat with house keys in the pocket. At the same location, a Chevy Tahoe’s door was pried open to gain access to its stereo, amp and speaker box.
5:26 AM
Stereo gone, window shattered on a silver Buick parked in the 1800 block of Clarence.
11:11 AM
Someone broke into a garage in the 1800 block of Oak Park Ave.
Wanted for theft, nabbed for driving on a suspended
November 14, 2008, 10:30 PM
Police looking for a man wanted for felony theft approached his neighborhood, aware that the man’s driver’s license was suspended, only to see his black Ford Explorer at 18th and Ridgeland, and himself at the wheel. Police followed as Ardel R. Buchanan, 31, of 6401 west 18th, headed north on Ridgeland, then onto his own block, where he was arrested for driving despite the license suspension. The SUV was impounded.
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Basement flat denuded of games, players
November 14, 2008, 7:38 PM
The resident of a basement apartment in the 6500 block of 19th came home to an open back door and kitchen window. Missing were an XBox 360, a PlayStation 2, an Ipod and numerous games.