Month: October 2014

Boyd Jessica I. Boyd, 26, was arrested Saturday for allegedly stealing wallets and cell phones from revelers at Big City Tap, 1010 Belmont. It’s the third time Boyd has been accused of stealing from customers in local clubs since December. When police arrived at Big City, a woman told them that she caught Boyd with

Defendants in two recent Chicago crime stories—brothers accused in a series of rapes spanning 11 years and a man charged with murder after his elderly robbery victim died—have connections to our neighborhood, court records show. Serial Rapist Leondo Joseph (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office) Leondo Joseph, 38, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual

Pizza Hut at 3009 Clark got robbed last night. Some guy just wandered in at 8:55PM, demanded cash, got a few bucks, then fled westbound on Wellington. Employees describe the offender as a Hispanic man in his late 30’s, 5’4” tall, 180 pounds (too much Pizza Hut!), bald, wearing a black hat, a black sweater

At least four robberies targeting women were reported in the neighborhood and nearby Lakeview this weekend. Two women, including a 64-year-old, were attacked from behind in separate incidents early Saturday. Those attacks may be related. (Details HERE) • Our friends at HeyJackass learned of a robbery in our neighborhood Saturday morning. A woman told officers

Talk about exceptional police service! Our mayor, whose house is guarded 24-hours-a day, 7-days-a-week, by multiple 19th district police units, must be one satisfied citizen. At 9:38PM on Saturday, additional cops were called to the mayor’s neighborhood because a party was letting out on the next block and Rahm’s security detail wanted officers to “disperse

A Boystown woman was walking to work one morning last month, when a 20-year-old man allegedly came up behind her, fondled her, then forcibly kissed her directly across the street from our 19th district police station. That day, the victim sat down and wrote a Facebook post about what happened. It has collected 84 “likes.”

Two women were attacked and robbed in separate west Lakeview incidents overnight. No one is in custody. The first victim was punched in the head and robbed of her purse around 4:45AM at Irving Park and Hermitage, just two blocks south of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home. She described her attacker as male, black, 5’6″ tall,

Organizers of Houston’s pride parade this week announced that they are going to move the parade out of that  city’s LGBT enclave, Montrose, in favor of a downtown location. Houston organizers have been wanting to move the parade downtown for years, but kept it in Montrose due to public opinion. Next year, Houston’s parade will

Image: Pixels1 When police wake you up at 4AM, it’s rarely because they want to share good news. But, things could have been worse for a woman who received just such a visit early this morning. Around 3:30AM, witnesses reported seeing two men sawing the catalytic converter off of a vehicle under the L tracks

A man was seen setting fire to newspapers in an alley near the Diversey L station Thursday afternoon. The small fire was extinguished by a resident who immediately notified police. The incident took place in the 2700 block of Wilton’s west alley just before 5PM. According to the witness, papers were set on fire by

Remnants of two mattresses lie against a Wrigleyville garage Wednesday. CORRECTION: The mattresses were NOT removed.  Someone stripped out the metal elements and the “carpeting”  is what remains.  Adjust our story accordingly. —— Considering the current arson outbreak in Wrigleyville and Boystown, you’d think the city would proactively pick up giant flammable items that are

The 21-year-old The Crib youth shelter resident who’s accused of fondling and forcefully kissing a Lakeview woman as she walked to work earlier this month failed to show up in court this week. An arrest warrant has been issued. We are pleased to report that the victim of that incident has given us the green

The October CAPS meeting for Wrigleyville and Boystown will be held tonight, Wednesday, 7PM at the police station on Addison. • A sergeant from the Bomb and Arson unit will be on-hand to discuss the current situation. • A CWB reader is unconvinced by the publicly-released results of Alderman Tom Tunney’s Pride Parade survey. The