Month: May 2014

Friends and family of Jacob Klepacz distributedthis flier on Saturday. A PDF of the flyer isavailable on our Google Drive. UPDATE: DNAInfo Chicago has a report on the CAPS meeting. —— The police department offered an update on the investigation into the death of Jacob Klepacz, who died after being found with severe head trauma

Image: Chicago Post Card Museum Thanks for visiting, pardner! A Texas man who wrapped up his visit to Chicago with a few beverages on Sunday received a classic Lake View send-off: He was strong-arm robbed of his gym shoes. The man, who had been drinking at Yak-Zies, 506 W. Diversey, returned to the bar at

One offender was arrested for hitting a man in the head with a brick early Saturday morning in the 900 block of School Street, just west of Clark. Police were originally called to Belmont and Sheffield in response to multiple calls of up to 20 people fighting in the street. After securing some initial details,

An apparently homeless man reached into a car and snatched the driver’s purse near the 7-Eleven at Broadway and Waveland on Saturday. The victim was in the strip mall parking lot when the offender—described as male, black, in his 40’s with long braids or dreads, a green and yellow “Jamaican-like” knit cap, dark green jacket,

1:51AM – CTA calls in a fight, street level at Addison Red Line. 2:13AM – Clark Street police detail witnesses a “big fight” inside Dimo’s pizza, 3463 N. Clark. 2:32AM – Fight in front of Red Ivy. 3:12AM – Officers request an ambulance at 3525 N. Clark for a 30-year-old male with “a boatload of

That’s what a Chicago Police officer told a CWB reader when she tried to file a theft report yesterday afternoon. The story goes like this: Also not a crime (sometimes): Stealing someone’s phone. The woman walks out of Marshall’s on Fullerton Avenue and realizes that her phone is gone. She runs inside and asks a

Boystown’s not-so-easy robbery button. Another Boystown robbery was foiled early this morning when the victim fought back. Police say the victim was near Halsted and Buckingham around 4:30 a.m. when a male offender attempted to pull off a strong-arm robbery. The victim had other ideas. Upon facing a good challenge, the would-be robber fled empty-handed.

Flowers on a lamp post near where Jacob Klepacz’s body was found. Friends and family of Jacob Klepacz turned to social media last night in an effort to find the person or persons responsible for his death. Justice For Jacob K went live on Facebook and Twitter last night. Friends and family will also pass out flyers

Two thieves hit the jackpot, getting away with $3,500 cash from an art gallery near Clark and Oakdale this evening. Police were called to the M & D Gallery, 2933 N. Clark, after two offenders entered the store, took the employee’s wallet from her purse, and then fled around 5:30PM. The man who took the

The monthly Chicago Police Department CAPS meeting for Wrigleyville and Boystown will be tomorrow night, Wednesday, at 7PM in the 19th district police station’s community room. CAPS meetings are good opportunities to ask questions, get evasive answers, and watch your alderman stare blankly when you ask him who we should contact to complain about the

Jacob Klepacz (Facebook) Chicago police continued their work on the case of Jacob Klepacz, who suffered severe head injuries and died after being beaten early last Monday. The latest info that we’ve gathered: • Detectives had been working to interview two other strangers who drank with Klepacz and the 911 caller at Dugout sports bar

Sometimes. Sometimes. CWB readers are becoming increasingly familiar with the Chicago police term “RAP.” RAP stands for “Radio Assignments Pending.” It’s a status declared by the Office of Emergency Management and Communications when a police district has run out of police cars to handle calls for service. During RAPs, calls for help sit around until