CHASING RAINBOWS: Calls of Interest

Thursday, July 25, 2013
2:22PM: A fire broke out on the upper floors of a wooden deck behind 3723 N. Wilton, about a block northeast of Wrigley Field. Fire Department personnel successfully contained the fire to the deck structure. No injuries.

Friday, July 26, 2013
5:32AM: A caller reports a male, white, wearing multicolor shorts and no shirt, is “pacing back and forth, talking to himself, acting crazy” at Halsted and Cornelia.

5:57AM: A male, white, wearing rainbow shorts, no shirt, and no shoes, is rambling to himself at Halsted and Roscoe. The caller thinks the man is “confused.”

6:55: A male, white is at Roscoe and Broadway, acting crazy and throwing trash into the street. This time, the man was transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation under case HW379505.

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CWBChicago was created in 2013 by five residents of Wrigleyville and Boystown who had grown disheartened with inaccurate information that was being provided at local Community Policing (CAPS) meetings. Our coverage area has expanded since then to cover Lincoln Park, River North, The Loop, Uptown, and other North Side Areas. But our mission remains unchanged: To provide original public safety reporting with better context and greater detail than mainstream media outlets.