Month: June 2013

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WILDINGS: Fresh TV Report Added To Our List

June 23, 2013 6:53 PM CWBChicago
The sixth wilding in less than a month has been added to our list of mob attacks in Wrigleyville and Boystown.  Channel 2’s website has minimal details. The incident is classified as an aggravated battery with a knife/cutting instrument under Chicago Police Department case #HW331319. UPDATE 26 JUNE 2013: Two persons have been charged in
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WRONGED: Sex Crime In Wrigleyville Bar

June 23, 2013 12:27 PM CWBChicago
Sunday 23 June 2013 3:31 AM Chicago Police Department Case #HW331220 A woman was sexually attacked in the basement of the Irish Oak bar, 3511 N. Clark Street in Wrigleyville early this morning according to officers who responded to the alleged incident. The woman was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center for treatment. At least
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ONE HOUR, FOUR ROBBED: ATM Users Targeted

June 22, 2013 12:11 PM CWBChicago
Two men were robbed at ATMs near Belmont and Sheffield overnight, including one at this Bank of America. Image:Google 19th district officers responded to four robberies in under half an hour overnight, with two of the victims being targeted at ATMs around Belmont and Sheffield. In the first incident, a black male offender wearing a
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BLOTTER: He Must Be New Around Here

June 22, 2013 11:59 AM CWBChicago
Compared to everything else that went down overnight, this one almost seems quaint: Shortly after midnight, officers stopped a tall white male with brown hair wearing a white t shirt and blue jeans at the intersection of Halsted and Newport. Witnesses say he was tugging on car handles as he walked along the street. No report
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SCHOOL'S OUT: "Youth" Liven Up Halsted And Addison

June 20, 2013 12:49 PM CWBChicago
Locations of fights reported within 90 minutes after the Center on Halsted’s (red box) closing time Wednesday. They’re baaaaaack. Most Chicago public school students enjoyed their last day of the school year Wednesday. It took mere hours for Wrigleyville and Boystown’s “youth” shelters to draw some of the students to our part of town. Last
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BAD COMBO: Noisy, Pushy, And Stupid

June 19, 2013 12:50 PM CWBChicago
The Potbelly at 924 W. Belmont. (Image: Potbelly) Wednesday  19 June 2013 5:05AM A passerby reported 12 men and a woman arguing and “getting ready to fight” in front of Potbelly, 924 W. Belmont. Several officers made their presence know, but decided to let the group find its way to the Red Line without intervention.
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AROUND THE HORN: 3 Robbed In 51 Minutes

June 15, 2013 1:24 PM CWBChicago
The locations of this morning’s three Wrigleyville robberies. Image: Google Three people were robbed within 51 minutes on the streets of Wrigleyville this morning. No arrests have been made. 1:06AM One block east of Wrigley Field (and one block west of the 19th district police station) a robbery victim flagged down officers to report being
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BLOTTER: Belmont Battery, Two Suspicious Fires

June 15, 2013 1:21 PM CWBChicago
Saturday15 June 2013 1:57AM: 911 callers reported a battery in progress at 850 W. Belmont, near the “Punkin’ Donuts” parking lot. A shirtless male carrying a white tank top and wearing black shorts walked up to a woman, smacked her in the mouth, and continued westbound on Belmont. He was arrested by undercover officers at
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GIMME GIMME GIMME: Phone Theft on Roscoe

June 14, 2013 10:51 AM CWBChicago
Friday  14 June 2013 1:23 AM Chicago Police Department Case #HW317717 An Apple picker stole a man’s white iPhone 4 in a purple case in the 1000 block of West Roscoe this morning. Police searched for the thief, described as male, black, in his 30’s, 5’10” tall, wearing a red hoodie and blue jeans, who