Month: September 2014

Grunauer Daniel Grunauer, the 30-year-old former Wrigleyville bartender who has been called a “suspected arsonist” by a North Side alderman’s office, may now officially be referred to as an accused attempted arsonist. Attempted arson charges were filed against Grunauer Friday afternoon in connection with an incident early on the morning of August 26 in the

A Lincoln Square Boost Mobile store has been robbed at gunpoint twice in less than a week. The store, located at 4774 Lincoln, sits at the gateway to the neighborhood’s popular dining and shopping district. A man armed with a black semi-automatic handgun entered the store around 7:20 last night, the clerk said, pulling her

A man who left his back door open overnight awakened Monday morning to find that someone had locked his dog in a room and then stolen his stuff. The incident, recorded as an unlawful entry burglary, took place near Sheffield and George. Three blocks away, a resident discovered that a burglar had forced their way

Party Frog. Image: Amazon.com Hannah S. Cousins of Lombard is a 19-year-old vixen who believes she can park anywhere she pleases, if 19th district police officers are to be believed. Her story leads our weekly review of less-serious police matters from the ‘hood. Police say they were called to the 7-Eleven store at Halsted and

Image: Smart Tan Two guys were peeking into Boystown yards early Saturday morning. A cop was dispatched an hour later. A drunk reportedly climbed behind the wheel of a car around the same time. A cop was dispatched 70 minutes later. Welcome to the world of RAPs and the incredible effort to deny that they

Friday 2:17AM – Suspected arson fire in a garbage can, 900 block of Roscoe. 2:27AM – Suspected arson fire in a dumpster. 800 block of Buckingham. 3:12AM – Fight in the church parking lot, 835 Addison. 11:33AM – Shoplifting crew raids Verizon Wireless store at 3019 Clark, taking thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. Offenders,

Four robberies were reported to police between 8 o’clock last night and 5 o’clock this morning. All of the reported incidents occurred along or slightly west of Clark Street. None of the offenders is in custody. Police are known to have made contact with three victims: • Two men placed an object to a woman’s

A 26-year-old Elgin man is in custody today, accused of being the guy who defecated in a bucket and then tried to kick in the back door of a Lake View home as a surveillance camera rolled early Saturday morning. CWB posted the video after receiving it from the homeowner who was dissatisfied with the

The Verizon Wireless store at 3019 N. Clark Five suspected members of a cell phone theft crew are in custody after reportedly stealing $2,000 to $3,000 worth of merchandise from the Verizon Wireless store at 3019 N. Clark this morning. Officers believe the crew is responsible for a very long list of similar heists across

Left: Remnants of this morning’s fire at 917 Roscoe.Right: The near dumpster, under the balcony of an occupied homewas set on fire this morning at 863 Buckingham.Below: Map of recent suspicious fires. This morning’s incidents are in red Two more suspicious fires broke out in an alley east of Clark street overnight, likely the work

Map of recent suspicious fires. Red icons mark thesites of the latest three incidents. Two suspicious fires erupted in fifteen minutes here Wednesday afternoon. The daytime blazes come as Chicago police continue to search for an arson suspect in the neighborhood. Arson investigators became aware of a third, already-extinguished fire in Boystown this morning. In

A woman has told police that she was tied up and robbed underthese L tracks in the 1100 block of Roscoe this morning. UPDATE 7:02PM: Two separate readers have told CWB that the woman was a carjacking victim. Also, from our comments section: “I am a resident who called the police. This woman had gotten

Speed camera image showing the mayor’s 2-car caravan  traveling more than 11 MPH over the posted limit within hours of the mayor’s order to “Follow the law…Slow down.” UPDATE: Ben Bradley aired a follow-up to his May report on Wednesday, September 24th. He was kind enough to invite CWB to appear in his report. Due to the