Month: June 2014

The police department’s 19th district, which includes Wrigleyville and Boystown, has seen its first manpower increase in years, the department says. The department’s response to a CWB reader’s Freedom Of Information Act request reveals that the district experienced a net increase of 11 officers—to 351 cops of all ranks—in April. As of May 15th, the

Following two allegations of criminal sexual assault along Wrigleyville’s bar strip, police sources say the department is “confident” that there is not a predator running free in the area. The department has taken both allegations seriously and “with utmost concern,” but they have found no connection between the alleged incidents and they do not believe

A dreadlock-sporting white guy with tattoos and a “grunge rocker” appearance who wanders the area around Clark and Diversey is single-handedly ruining the Chicago Police Department’s trite “crime is down” mantra. Police were called to Monsignor Murphy’s bar, 3019 Broadway, at 3:15PM today after the man was seen ripping a sign off of the storefront.

Image: 10 Best UPDATE JUNE 4: Police sources say they are “confident” that there is “no rapist on the loose” in the area. ——————- Detectives continue their investigation into a criminal sexual assault that allegedly took place early Sunday in the basement men’s room of Wrigleyville’s Irish Oak bar. After Sunday’s attack, the victim appeared

Rockabilia Remember our tidbit yesterday about a white guy with tattoos and dreadlocks who was said to be stealing tip jars near Clark and Diversey? It appears that he—or someone who looks very much like him—is an early riser. Police were called to the new Walgreens at Clark and Diversey around 6:30 this morning after

Atta girl! The man who tackled and robbed a woman in Wrigleyville overnight got a little going-away present from his victim: A fist to the face accented by the woman’s spiked house keys. Several callers reported hearing the woman’s screams around 1:45 this morning as the man tackled her and ripped away her gray leather

Multiple callers reported the shots. Officers found the shell casings and the people who were targeted. But there is no police report for the May 25th shots fired incident across from Wrigley Field. And the shooting will not be counted in the police department’s crime statistics because if there is no police report, the crime

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One of many informational flyers posted by friends and family ofJacob Klepacz tells his story outside of Wrigley Field. It’s been just over a month since a 911 caller summoned police to the 1500 block of Fullerton where they found 32-year-old Jacob Klepacz dead or dying after he suffered severe head trauma. There have been

• For the second consecutive weekend, police responded to a criminal sexual assault along the Wrigleyville bar strip. Police found the victim in Sunday’s assault across from Wrigley Field. She appeared to be unconscious. UPDATE: New information indicates that the victim lost consciousness near Sports World on the corner of Clark and Addison after the assault

A Boystown resident was robbed of $100 cash around 3 o’clock this morning at Belmont and Broadway. When officers met the victim at a nearby Walgreens, he told them that the offenders, described only as black males, ran south on Broadway and then east on Briar Street. Case number HX286092. Google Plus Losers Last night’s

A kosher barbecue festival at the Anshe Emet synagogue was disrupted this afternoon by a man who yelled “kill the Jews” while sporting a swastika and a black ski mask, according to off-duty police officers on the scene. The officers were working as private security for the event near Broadway and Grace. Around 12:20PM, a