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AFTERNOON APPLE PICKING: iPhone Swiped on Newport

July 12, 2013 1:23 PM CWBChicago

A woman’s iPhone was snatched away on Newport Avenue between Halsted and Clark around 4:30pm yesterday. An officer came up empty handed in his search for the suspect, described as a male, black, in his late teens, wearing a red shirt and black shorts, last seen running toward Clark. Chicago Police Department case #HW357964 Editors’

BLOTTER: House of Hookah Hustlers Halted

July 12, 2013 1:06 PM CWBChicago

Thursday, 11 July 2013 3:28PM: An aggressive panhandler punched a passer-by on the street at Broadway and Grace. The victim followed the bum northbound on Broadway until police arrived. 4:59PM: An angry girlfriend stabbed her man in the arm during an argument in their apartment on Briar Place, east of Broadway. The victim refused medical

LIGHTER SIDE: What's A Guy Gotta Do To Get Arrested In This Town?

July 12, 2013 12:42 PM CWBChicago

Thursday, 11 July 20133:42PM: A man who identifies himself as “Mr. Edwards” asked police officers to come to the Addison Red Line station because he wanted to turn himself in for stealing something from a house. Officers could not locate Mr. Edwards upon arrival. He is believed to be the same man who has been

CAPS FACTS: Some Thoughts Before Tonight's CAPS Meeting

July 11, 2013 12:34 PM CWBChicago

Wow. Two quiet nights in a row? How refreshing. It was so slow, we had time to put together a few thoughts for tonight’s CAPS meeting for beats 1924 and 1933. Everyone is welcome tonight, even if they don’t live in the specified area. The meeting will be at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W. Wellington,

NEARBY: Overnight Home Invasion

July 10, 2013 12:02 PM CWBChicago

Wrigleyville and Boystown are waking up from a generally peaceful night, but a family just west of us was terrorized by an overnight home invasion. A woman fled her home shortly after 2 o’clock this morning and called 911 after two men wearing masks broke in while she was sleeping in the 3700 block of

INBOX: Emails And Editorial

July 10, 2013 2:41 AM CWBChicago

The CWB crew truly appreciates the emails and comments we’ve received from so many of our readers. Thank you for being a part of this project and for sharing your opinions and points of view. Even if you don’t like our sense of humor sometimes. We’re okay with hearing that. From our inbox: I absolutely

CAPS: Meeting This Thursday At 7PM

July 10, 2013 1:02 AM CWBChicago

If you weren’t able to make last week’s Chicago Police Department CAPS meeting for Wrigleyville and Boystown’s beats 1923 and 1925, you have another chance to experience the blood boiling BS session this Thursday. Beats 1924 and 1933, which cover the area from Addison to Diversey and Halsted to Southport/Lincoln, will meet at Illinois Masonic

HANGOVER: City Data Details Pride Sunday Crime

July 9, 2013 3:14 PM CWBChicago

Chicago’s 2013 Gay Pride Parade is a memory now. Only the glitter and the police reports remain to remind us of what it was. The parade and its aftermath brought hours of mayhem to Boystown streets and police reinforcements were brought in from at least six North Side districts as the Town Hall commander tried to

BELMONT: Baseball Bat Beating

July 7, 2013 3:42 PM CWBChicago

Sunday7 July 20132:58AMChicago Police Department Case #: No report taken. A witness flagged down officers on patrol outside of Big City Tap, 1010 W. Belmont, to report seeing a 20-year-old man getting beaten with a baseball bat. 911 handled a call about a similar incident around the same time. No victim was found. Officers may

BLOTTER: Machine Mischief

July 7, 2013 3:40 PM CWBChicago

Saturday, 6 July 2013 8:16PM: The Closet bar, 3325 N. Broadway, reported that 4 offenders—2 black men with 2 women, stole the money from inside a gaming machine. The offenders were last seen driving southbound on Broadway toward Belmont in a red Dodge Caravan with a temporary license plate. Case #HW351086. 9:25PM: One arrest for

FEAST OR FAMINE: Mich Ave Bursts With Police Coverage; 19th District Starves

July 7, 2013 1:33 AM CWBChicago

Image: thedoctor1963 It looks like Michigan Avenue continues to be generously coated with police officers tonight. There were 7 more groups of cops just like this one protecting a mere block and half of Boul Mich between Water Tower and Lake Shore Drive this evening. Correction. Not all of the groups of cops were exactly

SEX ATTACK: Man victimized in Boystown

July 5, 2013 2:11 PM CWBChicago

A male victim reported being sexually assaulted in the 3200 block of N. Dayton Street this morning. The victim was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center for treatment. Dayton street is the short street that runs between Belmont and Aldine, one block west of Halsted. This is the second criminal sexual assault involving male victims reported

PRIDE PHOTOS: Belmont & Sheffield "After Party"

July 5, 2013 1:27 PM CWBChicago

Our trusty carrier pigeon arrived this morning with some pictures that show the conditions at Belmont and Sheffield early Monday morning, long after Sunday’s Gay Pride Parade had concluded. Time codes embedded in the photos align perfectly with our report at 1:09AM of a “big fight at Belmont and Sheffield.” About 30 minutes later, a

Month: July 2013