Berwyn

Several displaced after fire in Berwyn apartment building

Feb 22, 2017 | WLSAM Staff

Firefighters battled a blaze Tuesday night at an apartment building in the 2300 block of Euclid Avenue in Berwyn. | Network Video Productions

(BERWYN) At least eight people were in need of shelter late Tuesday after a fire broke out in an apartment building in west suburban Berwyn.

Firefighters responded about 8:30 p.m. to the fire in the three-flat building in the 2300 block of Euclid Avenue, Berwyn Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Sam Molinaro told reporters at the scene.

Police officers helped several residents exit the build and no injuries were reported, he said. The fire started in a second floor apartment and was contained to that unit.

Water damage rendered the building uninhabitable and at least eight people were displaced, Molinaro said. The cause of the blaze was under investigation.

FBI: Berwyn bank robbery was man’s second heist in two months

Oct 21, 2016 | WLSAM Staff

Surveillance photo from an Oct. 19 bank robbery at 6532 W. Cermak Road. | FBI

(BERWYN) A man robbed a bank for the second time in less than two months Wednesday afternoon in west suburban Berwyn.

He made off with an unspecified amount of cash about 5:30 p.m. from the Chase Bank branch at 6532 W. Cermak Road, according to the FBI.

The same man is also suspected of holding up the Huntington Bank branch at 4012 N. Pulaski Road on Chicago’s Northwest Side on Sept. 1. Both robberies were described as “non-takeover,” authorities said.

He is described as a thin man in his 40s or early 50s, about 5-foot-4 with a dark complexion. He wore a gray hooded sweatshirt, black sunglasses, black hat and jeans along with a dark-colored bag in Wednesday’s robbery.

Anyone with information should call the FBI at (312) 421-6700.

Surveillance footage from a Sept. 1 bank robbery at 4012 N. Pulaski Road. | FBI

Woman, four police officers injured in Berwyn fire

Jan 7, 2015 |

photo credit: Network Video Productions

(BERWYN) A woman and four police officers were injured in a fire early Wednesday in west suburban Berwyn.

Crews were called to the scene of a fire at an apartment building in the 3200 block of Maple shortly after 1 a.m., Berwyn Fire Department officials said.

The fire had been extinguished and all crews had left the scene by 4:15 a.m., fire officials said.

One resident injured in the fire was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with burns, Fire Chief Denis O’Halloran told a reporter at the scene. Fire officials said she was a woman thought to be in her 40s.

Four Berwyn police officers hurt in the fire were treated for minor injuries and released from area hospitals, fire officials said.

The cause of the fire remained under investigation Wednesday morning.

Man suspected in three previous bank robberies strikes again in Berwyn

Dec 11, 2014 |

photo credit:FBI

(BERWYN) A man suspected of robbing three banks in a week last summer struck again Wednesday at a west suburban bank he’d already robbed once before.

The most recent robbery happened at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday at the Metro Bank branch at 7025 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Berwyn, according to the FBI.

In June, the same suspect struck three banks in the west and southwest suburbs in one week.

He robbed the same Metro Bank branch in Berwyn on June 24, according to the FBI. The next day, on June 25, he struck a Cole Taylor Bank branch at 501 W. 79th St. in Burbank.

The robbery spree began on June 20, when he robbed the Metro Bank branch at 8744 Ogden Ave. in Lyons at 12:50 p.m., according to the FBI.

The suspect is described as an 18- to 20-year-old Hispanic man, about 6 feet with a thin build, short black hair and brown eyes, according to the FBI.

He has implied he had a weapon during previous robberies, but has not shown one.

In 2014, there have been 174 bank robberies in the Chicago area, according to the FBI. Last year, there were 122 bank robberies.

Anyone with information should call the FBI at (312) 421-6700.