Month: April 2014

Some notes and less serious items from the weekend: Burglary Beat A couple of forcible entry burglaries in LSD/Sheridan highrises. Rather unusual. • 3000 block of Sheridan. Forcible entry. Friday. • 3700 block of Lake Shore Drive. Forcible entry. Sunday. • 3800 Sheffield. Forcible entry. Sunday. • 2900 block of Racine, a burglary through the

Which streets within Wrigleyville and Boystown are the most “popular” with robbery offenders? CWB analysis of the Chicago Police Department’s 2013 crime data for police beats 1923, 1924, and 1925 arrived at an unsurprising answer:  The 900 block of Belmont blows the doors off every other stretch of road, with 27 robberies reported last year.

Boystown’s ugly side came out again overnight, leaving two fun-seekers to spend the Easter weekend recovering from strong-arm robberies. Both robberies, which may have been pulled off by the same attackers, occurred as the “early” bars closed around 2 o’clock. Robbery #1: Halsted And Roscoe The first victim was robbed on the southeast corner of

More burglary action around Wrigleyville. Among the reported break-ins this week: • 3500 block of Reta. Wednesday. Forcible entry. Case HX226227. • 3700 block of Fremont. Wednesday. Forcible entry. Case HX226224. • 3700 block of Fremont. Tuesday. Classified by police as a “theft.” Case HX224758. Lincoln Park: Woman Robbed Near Youth Hostel A female robbery

Thanks to the city’s decision to take away 27% of our district’s police force over the past two years, situations like this one from 7 o’clock Tuesday evening are becoming more and more common. DISPATCHER: For the units in [the 19th district], no cars available. Got a domestic-related person with a knife. 45XX Sheridan…Girlfriend inside armed with

Marcus Lynch, the man charged with raping and robbing a woman in a Boystown alley Monday afternoon, was accused of sexual assaulting another woman in December, but prosecutors did not file charges, the Chicago Tribune reports: [P]rosecutors acknowledged that another woman had come forward in December alleging Lynch had sexually assaulted her. But prosecutors decided

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Prior to facing criminal sexual assault and armed robbery charges in connection with Monday’s attack in Boystown, 20-year-old Marcus Lynch had three relatively minor brushes with the law as an adult. Charges were dropped in all three cases. Prosecutors say Marcus Lynch confessed to Monday’sattack. We are pleased to hear that he did notfollow his

Marcus Lynch. Charges have been filed in Monday afternoon’s sexual assault and robbery in Boystown. Back of the Yards resident Marcus Lynch, 20, is in custody and facing charges of criminal sexual assault and armed robbery. A bail hearing is set for today. Also in court today will be the man that the FBI says is

This will be the last time he wears a hoodie to a photo session in a long, long time. FBI The Benchwarmer Bandit,  who held up 6 banks in 30 days, beginning with a Boystown TCF branch, was arrested moments after this surveillance photo was taken during a Loop bank hold-up Tuesday afternoon. Chicago Police

Following yesterday’s sexual assault and robbery in Boystown, Alderman Tom Tunney has strapped on his well-worn superhero outfit. In typical post-tragedy fashion, the alderman is portraying himself as a hands-on crime-fighter, telling Facebook readers I have been working closely with the Chicago Police Department on this case. We’ve often wondered exactly what the alderman brings to the

For the third time in six months, a highly concentrated area along the Lake View – Lincoln Park border has recorded a hammer attack. Police were called to the 2500 block of Lincoln at 10:25 last night after a man got clobbered in the head. The victim—said to be alert and talking, but bleeding—was taken

Latest info regarding yesterday afternoon’s rape and robbery in Boystown: Images and possibly video of the suspect were being prepared for release, according to ABC7. CWB can confirm that police have been in possession of good quality video since yesterday evening – good enough to determine that the offender’s winter hat sports a White Sox