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DEEP FREEZE: January Robberies Down 67% vs. 2013

EDITORS’ NOTE, FEBRUARY 1, 2014: Below we joke that maybe someone would put out a press release to brag about the lower crime rate experienced during our 33-inch thick snow-covered, sub-zero temperature-filled January. We should’ve known that the CPD actually WOULD brag about lower January crime. ———————- Thank you, Polar Vortex (and son of Polar

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A POOR EXCUSE: Tunney Says “Staffer” Deleted Crime-Related Questions From Facebook

Remember our story about crime-related questions being routinely deleted from Alderman Tom Tunney’s Facebook page rather than answered? A resident posted this question, asking Tunney if our storyabout deleted comments is true. He deleted it. DNAInfo.com runs THIS story today with Tunney’s implausible response and reactions from residents. Yesterday, the alderman issued an “explanation.” The person

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ALDERMAN’S ANSWER TO CRIME QUESTIONS: Delete.

He’s the man without a plan. Wrigleyville and Boystown Alderman Tom Tunney’s strategy for handling our violent street crime problem in 2014 appears to be the same as his strategy for 2013: Pretend there is no violent street crime problem. While the alderman is able to whip up Facebook responses for constituents who ask why

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ENTERTAINMENT WEAKLY: Overnight Drunk Blotter

Arctic January nights have helped keep a lid on things in the “Entertainment” District. It seems that the drunken brawlers got a little cabin fever and ventured out Saturday night.  Here’s a taste of what will be tying up our severely-limited police resources in the warmer weeks ahead: 2:09AM—Fight outside of Roscoe’s Tavern, 3356 N.