Month: July 2014

An informational flier distributed by friends and family of Jacob Klepaczis secured to a light pole outside of Dugout sports bar in Wrigleyville.Klepacz is believed to have spent some of his final hours at Dugout, drinking with apparent strangers. The death of Jacob Klepacz, who was found severely beaten in Lincoln Park after having drinks with

At least two blocks of Halsted went without streetlights during themayhem that followed June 29th’s Pride Parade. We reported the issueto Alderman Tom Tunney’s office and they had the problem fixedwithin 24 hours. To say that we have been critical of Alderman Tom Tunney’s failure to take a public stand on the stripping away of

The yellow line shows beat 1924’s surge to the topof the city’s robbery hotspots since May 19. Otherlines indicate the beat’s change in rank for otherrolling time periods. It’s the encore that no one demanded. Chicago Police Department beat 1924, which covers the center of Wrigleyville + Boystown from Belmont to Addison and Southport to

A woman was robbed at gunpoint around 4:30 this morning near Southport and Roscoe in nearby Lake View. The victim called 911 from a Starbucks and told police that the offender brandished a silver revolver, took her property, then fled westbound on Roscoe. The offender—described only as a black man with braids—took the woman’s yellow

The bus stop in question.. No parking, baby.  Image: TimeOut It started off simple enough. It ended up being much more complex. Members of the Chicago Police Department’s 19th district entertainment detail saw a man sitting in a car that was illegally parked in a bus stop outside of Beatnix costume shop at Halsted and

Police work the scene of a double-shooting behind the tennis courtsnear Addison and Lake Shore Drive early Sunday morning. One thing’s for sure, our neighborhood’s rampant street crime did not take a holiday this weekend. • Two men were shot in a parking lot north of Belmont Harbor early Sunday morning, the second shooting here

And another man has been robbed along Boystown’s Halsted strip. Police officers requested an ambulance to treat the victim around 4:30 this morning at Halsted and Brompton, across from the landmark Las Mananitas Mexican restaurant. The victim told police that he was jumped and robbed near Halsted and Addison by a man who was in

As if having two people shot and another stabbed in the neighborhood overnight wasn’t bad enough, at least three people found themselves getting robbed on the streets of Wrigleyville and Boystown, too.  CWB expects that local police beat 1924 will once again become Chicago’s #1 beat for robberies this year—possibly as soon as tomorrow. The

Chicago Police work the scene of a double-shooting near the tennis courts  north of Belmont Harbor Sunday morning. Two men were shot in a parking lot just north of Belmont Harbor overnight, making this the second weekend in a row that police have handled shooting incidents in the Wrigleyville and Boystown area. Also in our

At least five people have been robbed in Boystown and nearby Lakeview since 8:30 last night, including one woman who was carjacked. Only one offender is believed to be in custody. Belmont Avenue logged its 14th confirmed robbery since June 8th as that street continues to spiral wildly after dark. As of 5:30 Saturday morning:

Alibegg (Cook County Sheriff’s Office) For the second time in under a week, a quick 911 call by an observant resident has led to police catching an alleged burglar in our neighborhood. Officers responded to the 800 block of Roscoe at 5:45PM Monday after a 911 caller reported seeing a man taking things from a

Rhodes Here are some follow-ups on recent CWB stories. All information is based on Cook County Criminal Court records and is current at the time of posting: • 20-year-old Anastasia K. Rhodes of North Center has been charged with aggravated battery to a police officer for allegedly punching a cop who removed her from the

At a community meeting last July, Alderman Tom Tunney dismissed neighborhood concerns about the overwhelming nature and disastrous after-effects of the Chicago Pride Parade in a not-so-gentle way, claiming that one audience member who spoke up was “just one person” who had “an ax to grind.” This July, he made a sharp change of course: