March 25, 2007, 10 PM
The 911 board lit up with calls about a man standing in the middle of the Ogden/Oak Park Avenue intersection, causing cars to swerve to avoid him as he yelled gang slogans and made gang hand signals at passing cars and people. The man turned out to be a 17-year-old Lyons boy wearing jeans, a black baseball cap and no shirt. When police arrived they recognized him as a known gang member, and told him to put his hands on the hood of the squad car. At this, the boy threw down a plastic 375 ml bottle of Smirnoff vodka, now three-quarters empty. Both his breath and the rest of him smelled of alcohol; he wobbled when asked to stand still. Police called the boy’s dad, who responded, "And he was doing so good, too, staying out of trouble."
Once in the Berwyn lockup, the teen was verbally abusive to other prisoners. Asked for his address, he told police, "I’m not telling you shit." In his cell, the teen banged his hands against the door, yelling "I know my rights! I wanna call my dad! F---- the Berwyn police," and more in that vein. After carrying on this way for some time, the teen yelled "I need medical! I broke my hand!" The booking officer looked in his cell and saw blood on his hand, so the boy was taken to MacNeal Hospital. Seven other prisoners stated they had heard him screaming, using racial epithets, cursing, pounding on his door and yelling "I want my mom!"
Showing posts with label gang. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Friday, March 16, 2007
Gangbanger graffiti suspect arrested
March 13, 2007, 11:54 PM
Just before midnight, an officer in the alley between the 3500 block of Harvey and Lombard saw an older gray Buick stopped, and by it, a man standing in front of a garage door. The man entered the Buick and drove away. The officer stopped him because he was a known gang member from a gang wanted by Berwyn police for numerous recent graffiti incidents. He was arrested. A search of the vehicle turned up three pairs of latex gloves.
Just before midnight, an officer in the alley between the 3500 block of Harvey and Lombard saw an older gray Buick stopped, and by it, a man standing in front of a garage door. The man entered the Buick and drove away. The officer stopped him because he was a known gang member from a gang wanted by Berwyn police for numerous recent graffiti incidents. He was arrested. A search of the vehicle turned up three pairs of latex gloves.
Gang member arrested for driving on revoked license
March 13, 2007, 5:30 PM
An officer on patrol watched a 1994 brown Chevy sedan ignore a stopsign and fail to signal a right turn at 18th and East. The driver, a 34-year-old man from the 1800 block of Clarence, was not seatbelted, nor was his passenger. He could show neither license nor insurance. A computer check on the driver showed his license had been revoked and he was an active gang member. He was arrested and the car towed.
An officer on patrol watched a 1994 brown Chevy sedan ignore a stopsign and fail to signal a right turn at 18th and East. The driver, a 34-year-old man from the 1800 block of Clarence, was not seatbelted, nor was his passenger. He could show neither license nor insurance. A computer check on the driver showed his license had been revoked and he was an active gang member. He was arrested and the car towed.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
HOUSE DEFACED WITH EXTENSIVE GANG GRAFFITI
March 2, 2005 7:23 PM
A 44-year-old Berwyn woman called to report gang graffiti on her house. Officers found that someone had used black spray paint to mark "T 6 K" on the glass of the front storm door, on the front cement walkway, on the brick wall next to the front door and on the back door. There was even more on the east side of the garage. Footprints in the snow showed the offender had entered the property by jumping the back fence. The homeowner's daughter had been receiving threatening letters from a former friend who is known to hang out with gang members, and the mom said the graffiti resembled the ex-friend's handwriting.
A 44-year-old Berwyn woman called to report gang graffiti on her house. Officers found that someone had used black spray paint to mark "T 6 K" on the glass of the front storm door, on the front cement walkway, on the brick wall next to the front door and on the back door. There was even more on the east side of the garage. Footprints in the snow showed the offender had entered the property by jumping the back fence. The homeowner's daughter had been receiving threatening letters from a former friend who is known to hang out with gang members, and the mom said the graffiti resembled the ex-friend's handwriting.
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