Month: January 2014

At least three people were attacked and robbed on the streets of Wrigleyville and Boystown Friday night into this morning. The outbreak seems to further indicate that a lull in criminal activity that followed the new year has ended. Boystown: Robbery on Buckingham A woman was attacked and robbed of a teal handbag as she

We hesitated to use the term “wilding” to describe attacks by large groups on individuals and much smaller groups. Unfortunately, there is no other way to describe some of the attacks in Wrigleyville and Boystown. While many of these incidents are classified by police as robberies, others are batteries — actually causing physical harm to another

UPDATE JANUARY 31: CWB has confirmed that the BYC client was injured in the event that was reported as “15 people fighting” on the street at 2:50PM. ———————- It looks like the Broadway Youth Center (BYC) “Good Neighbor Agreement” is going to get an early test. Just two days after BYC received a zoning variance

Want to watch as violent crime migrates to our neighborhood? Now you can. Chris Chaten has put together an outstanding series of heat maps to illustrate our neighborhood’s problem in 10 seconds.  (Watch his animation HERE.) While the 19th police district had roughly the same number of robberies in 2013 as it had in 2008, the

The thieves who target the wheels and tires of small import cars made their way north overnight,  striking this Hyundai in the 300 block of Wellington. See our report from earlier in the week HERE. ——————— CWB is now on Facebook. Come “Like” us. ———————

Violent offenders came out of hibernation in force Tuesday evening as police responded to three separate robberies at gunpoint in Boystown and nearby Lakeview.  All of the incidents took place before midnight and involved multiple offenders. No one is in custody. Woman Held Up In Boystown Two robbers held a woman at gunpoint in the

Two robberies were reported today in the 19th district, one at Broadway and Irving Park and the other near DePaul’s campus. • A woman who is six months pregnant reported that she was kicked in the stomach, beaten, and robbed of her orange iPhone in the alley behind the McDonald’s at Fullerton and Lincoln Avenue

Chicago Spectrum has mapped every Wrigleyville and Boystown burglary of 2013. Zoom in to street level and get the details of any incident. ——————— CWB is now on Facebook. Come “Like” us. ———————

At least four people were punched by two men in separate incidents Monday. In the first case, a man was punched in the face for no reason at Sheffield and Waveland around 3:45PM. Officers found the offender, described as male, black, about 19 years old, with a green back pack, green jacket, and beige pants,

Two Hondas stripped of their wheels sit on Briar Place in November. Lock down your import car ‘cuz they’re back. At least three Hondas have been found up on milk crates and stripped of all four wheels in Lakeview and nearby Lincoln Park today. A rash of similar thefts hit that area as well parts