Month: October 2014

Russell J. Powell outside the Broadway Youth Center in 2012.Powell is currently serving 11 years for attempted murder.Inset top: Powell at the Center on Halsted Cyber Center.Inset bottom: Powell’s Illinois Dept of Corrections mugshot. Yesterday evening’s robbery of a man by three fellow Night Ministry outreach clients conjured up some old thoughts. We remember so

A three-on-one robbery beat down was reported outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church near Belmont and Halsted at 9:15 last night. The victim and his three attackers had all just attended the Night Ministry’s mobile Youth Outreach program at the nearby MB Financial Bank parking lot, police said. According to the victim, the male

Klemko (AOL) Sports Illustrated NFL reporter Robert Klemko did not escape an alleged weekend “cabjacking” unscathed, according to court documents acquired by CWB. Before officers knocked on Klemko’s apartment door to introduce themselves, they overheard Klemko talking on the phone, explaining that he “might have broken his finger while fighting with [a] cab driver.” Klemko

Our “Helmont” is a little moresimple-minded. The recent trend of weekend robbery sprees continues. This weekend’s attacks have hit close to home. New to the list: A 20-year-old DePaul student was attacked and robbed near Belmont and Seminary along the “Helmont” strip early Saturday. The victim was treated at Illinois Masonic Medical Center for injuries

Police guard the abandoned taxi at Waveland and Lake Shore Drive. UPDATE OCTOBER 21: Details of the court filing are up. Klemko did not escape unscathed. —— Robert Klemko, Sports Illustrated’s Chicago-based NFL reporter and a frequent sports media guest, was arrested in his Lake View condo early Saturday morning, after a Checker taxi driver

Police guard the abandoned, allegedly carjacked, taxi cab atWaveland and Lake Shore Drive this morning. UPDATE OCTOBER 21: Details of the court filing are up. Klemko did not escape unscathed. ———– Update 3:40PM: Misdemeanor battery and criminal trespass to vehicle charges have been filed. ——— Updated 10:43AM—Reliable police and media sources have told us that charges are

Three victims were relieved of their valuables in three separate incidents—two robberies and a phone snatching—at essentially the same Wrigleyville intersection this morning. None of the offenders is in custody. 12:47AM — Patrol car is flagged down at Newport and Sheffield after a victim has their iPhone snatched. The offender, described as a black male

Two examples of red Pelle Pelle brandletterman jackets. A Lakeview woman was beaten in an armed robbery early Wednesday morning by a man whose jacket retails for over $1,000. Police and a fire department ambulance met the victim near the crime scene at Lakewood and Henderson shortly after 3AM. She told them that the offender

Thursday 12:11PM — Police respond to the 7-Eleven at Broadway and Waveland after two “youths” came into the store and punch an employee. The suspects are known to hang out at the Center on Halsted, according to the victim who describes the primary offender as male, Hispanic, 5’8″ tall, 150 pounds, wearing a gray/purplish hoodie

Scott (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office) A 28-year-old convicted felon, out on parole for just two months, has been charged in connection with Friday morning’s attack of a woman in a Wrigleyville garage. Ozzie Scott of the 7100 block of S. Cornell Avenue is charged with attempted armed robbery and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. Bail

Robberies, the most obvious measure of our neighborhood’s multi-year street crime explosion, continued their steep decline in September. CWB estimates that 11 incidents were recorded by police last month, down more than 50% from the 26 cases reported in September 2013. Through September, there have been 111 officially-reported robberies in Wrigleyville and Boystown this year,

UPDATE 2:53PM: The victim reportedly rents a parking space in the garage. UPDATE October 11, 2PM: Charges have been filed. —— Chicago Police are investigating a violent attack on a woman in the 3300 block of Sheffield this morning. Officers responded quickly, apparently interrupting the incident in progress, and detained two individuals. The victim, who had

UPDATE 12:11PM — CWB has learned that the police operation also included Illinois Secretary of State Police and citations were issued by them as well as Chicago Police. Six individuals were cited for illegal consumption of alcohol by minors; three were cited for misrepresentation of age by a minor; and seven were cited for possession