Month: November 2013

A neighborhood resident who lives near the 900 block of Addison awoke this morning to find a stranger breaking into his building’s laundry room. The citizen chased the offender toward the Addison Red Line and called 911. The intruder, who has yet to be located, is described as a 20-something male white with a red

At this week’s neighborhood CAPS meeting, a resident asked for more information about the police department’s Radio Assignment Pending status (also known as a RAP). A RAP is put in place when a district runs out of police units and there are 911 calls that need to be handled.  The 19th district has had at

What’s going on with the red-headed thievery around here? A resident saw a man break into cars and then poke around in the bike storage room of a building in the 700 block of Sheridan around 3:15 Saturday afternoon. A few minutes earlier and a few blocks away, another citizen saw a man with a

12:01AM: Battery in progress as 3 women fight on the street at Halsted and Newport. 12:08AM: “A large fight” with one man bleeding from the head at 3718 N. Clark. 12:50AM: A man reported down on the ground at the Wrigleyville Taco Bell after being beaten up by an offender who fled in an unknown

Damn, we’ve got some good street cops around here. It’s always impressive to see what they can do when there are enough of them available to handle calls appropriately. We’d like to share this story from last night. A Lincoln Park mother’s nightmare came true overnight when she was awakened by the sound of three

Updating… Fourth robbery recorded now. Failed attempt at Halsted/Aldine…. Now recording our THIRD robbery in under an hour. Belmont Red Line this time. Exercise extreme caution tonight. 2 robberies within 60 seconds in the area of Clark/Sheffield/Roscoe/School. One victim has leg broken…. The criminals are out tonight. Details developing. At least one robbery. Details to

Hey, it’s Friday. Let’s loosen up a bit around here… TSA: On The Case! Wednesday, November 6, 3:22PM—The Transportation Security Administration asked 19th district police to check on the well-being of an employee who lives in the 700 block of Waveland. The TSA said that the employee “hasn’t been to work in three weeks” and

Neighboring businesses teamed up to help after a thief stole $200 from a mom & pop dry cleaner near Belmont and Sheffield this afternoon. Police were flagged down by employees of neighboring businesses at 12:55 and were quickly offered surveillance footage of the offender. According to an officer, the creep distracted an employee at the

Note: The complete police reports, as issued by the Chicago Police Department are on our Google Drive: Click Here. The highlighting was made by a third party. On at least two occasions last year, the Broadway Youth Center (BYC) actively obstructed Chicago Police Department efforts to identify and capture individuals wanted for violent beatings inside of

 Some light reading. From: ****** (****@howardbrown.org)Date: November 7, 2013 at 5:20:35 PM CSTSubject: Urgent request from the BYC!  Dear trusted friends and allies of the Broadway Youth Center, I am reaching out with an urgent request. BYC staff, youth, and community supporters request your attendance at a meeting on Monday, November 11 (7-9 PM) in