Month: August 2014

A 24-year-old man was shot in the face as he traveled southbound on Lake Shore Drive between Diversey and Fullerton this morning. Police responded to the area of Fullerton and Cannon Drive, just north of the Lincoln Park Zoo, at 12:26AM after a woman called 911 to report that her boyfriend had been shot in

UPDATE: As of August 25, no charges have been brought in the robberies. —– The thick, soupy weather is drawing out the street urchins who ruined our neighborhood over the past three years. Fortunately, like several recent offenders, this morning’s criminals wound up in jail. Two victims were strong arm robbed by a band of

CWB has confirmed details of a robbery that was reported early last Thursday at Belmont and Halsted. Officers were called to Halsted and Melrose around 2 o’clock that morning to help a woman who said she had been pepper sprayed by a group of people. Other witnesses said the woman had been “beaten up and

Vacha (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office) UPDATE 11:13AM: Earlier this year, the suspect created a video while attending the Windy City Times’ Youth Summit. His closing thought? “Don’t trust everybody at first glance…always be aware of your surroundings.” UPDATE 2:45PM: DNAInfo Chicago has a story with details about the victim, a woman whose husband died from a

Image: FBI 19th district police handled their third bank robbery in two weeks this afternoon after a man walked up to a teller at the Chase bank near Clark and Barry and implied he had a gun. He walked out of the bank onto Halsted Street around 2:34PM without getting any money. Officers recovered the

Here are the details on a few recent arrestees in the neighborhood, according to Cook County Criminal Court records: Nagamine • Jefferson Park resident Jeffrey Nagamine, 24, was arrested in Wrigleyville early Sunday morning after allegedly breaking three front windows of the Cubby Bear with his bare hands. In court records, police say Nagamine was

Left: Photo of graffiti submitted to the city for removal on July 16.Right: Same location with today’s Redeye included for timing validation.The city says the graffiti was removed on July 22. One month ago, CWB told you about large swaths of gang graffiti that have been plastered on the lakefront seawall near 3700 N. Recreation

A quick, forceful response by 19th district officers foiled a Lake View bank robber’s getaway plan this morning. Police responded to a silent alarm at North Community Bank, 742 W. Diversey near Halsted, at 11:13AM. They were on scene within two minutes and almost immediately released a suspect description: Male, black, 6-feet tall, thin, dark

Image: Scandal Fans Suddenly, it seems like old times around here. This summer has been substantially different from last summer in many ways. Robberies are way down in Wrigleyville and Boystown. The overnight shift has not been running out of cops nearly as often as it did in 2013. Not this weekend, though. Nope. Not

Chicago police on the scene of a fight at the Night Ministry’s weekly outreach program. (Image: Some Guy) Police were called to the Night Ministry’s weekly outreach mission at Halsted and Belmont last night after a fight broke out and 911 callers reported rocks being thrown and hitting passing vehicles. Officers arrived on scene at

Show me “cop out!” Funny story. We sent Alderman Tom Tunney’s office an email on Tuesday. This weekend’s news from the Bud Billiken Parade has us wondering about any conclusions or plans regarding the Pride Parade. – The Alderman said that he has an annual post-parade meeting with organizers. Has that meeting happened this year?

19th district officers patrolling a dark Wrigleyville alley came upon a 19-year-old man “lurking” under the L tracks just north of Addison early on the morning of August 3, according to a report they would later file. The officers, who were “aware of the increase in robberies in the area,” report that they saw the

A Google map of the area where two large streetdisturbances have erupted this week. For the second time this week, 19th district police were called to quell a large street disturbance in Uptown last night. At least thirteen people were taken into custody after police broke up a huge “party” that spilled into the street