Month: April 2014

Chicago magazine and the the City of Chicago Inspector General have each released reports today that raise questions about Chicago Police Department statistics. • The Inspector General’s office reviewed one category of crime (assault) for one year (2012) and found that the Chicago Police Department underreported “victim offenses” by 24%. Guess what? The police department

Top stories that CWB reported this weekend: • PHONEJACK FRIDAY: One man was punched and robbed on Halsted and another was phonejacked on Roscoe during Friday festivities in Boystown. • MANPOWER SLIPS: 19th district staffing slipped by two more officers in March. Manpower is down 27% here since October 2011. • UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT: Video shows an unofficial Cubs

Today, 1:05AM — Security at the New York building, 3660 N. Lake Shore Drive, asked an intoxicated man to leave the premises. That man proceeded to pass out inside of a pizza delivery car that was idling in the driveway. Police are now needed because the pizza boy wants the man removed from the delivery

Now that is one very displeased bear. A video posted to YouTube late Saturday night appears to show a not-ready-for-Disneyland baseball mascot punching a bar-goer who removed the mascot’s head inside of a Wrigleyville bar. Background details in the video appear similar to the interior of John Barleycorn in Wrigleyville. The distinctly unofficial mascot in the

It may have looked like two guys beating someone up, but it turned out to be two men struggling to detain a burglary suspect this afternoon in the 500 block of Addison. Actual burglar may vary. Passers-by reported a battery in progress in front of an apartment building there at 12:55 this afternoon. At nearly

Image: Deadspin Here’s the police activity tick-tock from Cubs opening day: 12:15PM — Well before the first pitch, we have our first arrest. Transportation is needed at Gate J for a man who damaged a police vehicle. 4:36PM — The manager is detaining a guy who tried to punch a doorman at Rebel, 3462 N.

A man was punched in the face and robbed of his cell phone by three attackers near Halsted and Buckingham in the heart of Boystown early this morning. Police met the victim outside of Replay arcade bar, 3439 N. Halsted, at 12:45AM. The victim told officers that he was socked in the face by a

The police district that covers Wrigleyville and Boystown lost two more officers between mid-February and mid-March, bringing the total number of officers assigned here to 340. Staffing in our district has plummeted 27% since October 2011 when 468 officers were assigned to protect the area. The headcount information comes directly from the Chicago Police Department

Irene Carrera, 51, is believed to be the “Shady Bandit” bank robberwho has struck five North Side banks, police say.  Image: Cook County Sheriff’s Office One down, one to go. Police and the FBI believe that the “Shady Bandit,” a female bank robber who held up several TCF Banks on the North Side over the

Wednesday, 6:14PM—Police are called to Zea Salon, 3707 N. Halsted, after a man pulls a knife on an employee and then begins spitting on him. The offender is described as male, black, and wearing a White Sox hat with blue pants. Recorded as an aggravated assault with a knife in CPD case HX208554. Robbed By

The crew at Chicago Spectrum has updated their series of maps that plot reported crimes in Wrigleyville and Boystown. A couple of observations: • The robberies map shows these crimes have been occurring around Clark/Addison and the Addison Red Line station in 2014. • The burglary map illustrates the recent break-in spree along Broadway. ———-

It should have been one of the safest areas in the world tonight. Should have been. As President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser at Fullerton and Janssen this evening, up to six hooded men battled bumper-to-bumper traffic to successfully storm and rob a nearby GameStop, escaping with hundreds of dollars in merchandise. No arrests have

A lesser man’s back would be thrown out by the twisting, turning, and spinning that Chicago authorities go through in an effort to hide crime increases. A number of local “news” outlets were quick to fire off re-writes of the Chicago Police Department’s first-of-the-month “Crime Is Down” press release yesterday. Since Chicago’s March and February