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Month: December 2013
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REAL HUMDINGERS: The Biggest Fibs Of 2013
This wasn’t easy. Of all of the half-truths, quarter-truths, and full-blown lies that have been spewed by various parties regarding the neighborhood’s escalating street crime problem, which were the biggest whoppers? After sifting through them all, we’ve decided that these five lies shall be honored with CWB’s very first Golden Pinocchio awards for the most
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PUMMELED: Man Attacked In Grocery Store Parking Lot
A man is being treated at Illinois Masonic Medical Center after he sustained serious injuries in an attack outside of the Treasure Island grocery store, 3460 N. Broadway, at 3:05 this afternoon. The offender, described as male, black, 23-24 years old, 5’9″ tall, and very thin, was last seen running westbound on Cornelia toward Halsted
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SATURDAY BLOTTER: “Mob” Shoplifts At Boystown Convenience Store
10:20PM Saturday, December 28 Officers have rounded up a large group of shoplifters who stormed out of the Circle K convenience store at Halsted and Addison with gobs of merchandise. The store clerk reported that 10 to 15 black men and black women, most wearing fatigue-style pants, fled on foot. At least five of the
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WOMAN ROBBED, CAB STOLEN, OFFENDER ARRESTED: Cops Look For Links To Recent Wave Of Attacks On Women
A robbery offender who targeted a woman in Lakeview Friday evening and then escaped in a stolen taxi cab is in custody. Area North detectives are working to determine if the robber is part of a crew that has been targeting women in southern areas of Lakeview and nearby Lincoln Park. The latest developments began to
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MANPOWER SHORTAGE?: What Manpower Shortage?
There are currently 8 police officers protecting the southwest corner of Water Tower Place. That’s about half of the manpower on the streets of our entire district Sunday morning.
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PLOTTED: Robbery And Purse Snatching Outbreak Mapped
As CWB has reported recently, there has been an outbreak of robberies in the area generally south of Belmont, east of Sheffield, and south in to nearby Lincoln Park. It appears that the bulk of these incidents appear to be the work of two crews, one of which has most recently targeted women during the
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SIGN OF THE TIMES: Center On Halsted Establishes “No Loitering Zone”
The Center On Halsted gave the neighborhood a little stocking stuffer this week. According to several readers, three signs declaring the Waveland Avenue side of the community center to be a “NO-LOITERING and a NO-SMOKING zone” went up in the past few days. The signs indicate that the new policy is “an effort to promote
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SUCCESS: Carjacking, Crime Spree Suspect Captured In Milwaukee
The rolling crime spree named Rockie Douglas was arrested at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Milwaukee this morning, according to media reports. Douglas became the subject of a federal manhunt after he allegedly collided with another vehicle during a police pursuit, killing an 11-year-old boy on Chicago’s South Side on Saturday. The vehicle Douglas crashed in
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AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN: Yet ANOTHER Woman Robbed In Familiar Fashion; Second Mugging At Halsted/Oakdale Since Thursday
Forget that junk about cold weather being a deterrent against crime. At least three robberies have been reported in the neighborhood since yesterday afternoon. Disturbingly, yet another woman was jumped and robbed by two offenders who fled the scene in a light-colored vehicle yesterday evening. The details of the attack closely resemble a series of