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WEEKEND UPDATE: Highlights From The Weekend

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

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LIGHTER SIDE: Calls That Kept It Interesting

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

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CORKED: Baseball Mascot Wallops Wrigleyville Bar-Goer

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

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SLIPPAGE: 19th District Headcount Drops Again In March

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

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ROUND-UP: Recent Activity In The Hood

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

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UPDATED: Neighborhood Crime Map

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. ———-