Month: December 2014

A 21-year-old Morgan Park man who was shot in the shoulder at a Lake View gas station Monday evening is in good condition under police guard at Weiss Memorial Hospital this morning. Sources tell CWB that 19th district police made contact with last night’s victim a week ago after a woman alleged that someone in

Stereobank Police are searching for three offenders who mugged a Wrigleyville woman near her home Monday evening. Tonight’s victim is at least the third woman to be robbed in the immediate area since Sunday afternoon. The victim was near the back of her home in the 1300 block of Addison around 8:30PM when the three

The ability of paroled convicts to immediately find their way to Boystown after being released from prison is simply amazing. Let’s meet some recent Wrigleyville and Boystown arrestees: Sowell (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office) Robbery Parolee Arrested—For Robbery Paroled on November 18 after serving a fraction of his 3-year sentence for robbery, Simon Sowell has already

Symbols typical of the Gangster Disciples street gang on a garage in the 1200 block of Roscoe last weekend. Police believe these tags were placed for shock value rather than to mark gang territory. A grammatically-incorrect tag behind the 3300 block of Racine. At least seven garages in nearby Lakeview were hit by taggers last

Police handle one in a series of fights and “disturbances” nearBelmont and Sheffield early Saturday. Three women being robbed at gunpoint on a Sunday afternoon? Yep. We got that. Here are some other low-lights from the weekend: Friday, 1:00AM — A man in the 2600 block of Sheffield wakes up to find that his television set

Three Lake View women were robbed at gunpoint Sunday afternoon in two separate but apparently related muggings. No one was injured and no arrests have been made. The first armed robbery took place near Grace and Wayne around 1:10PM. Police say two women were walking northbound on Wayne when an offender jumped from a passing

Some recent filings by 19th district police: • Cab driver Abdulrahaman Mohamed, 26, found himself in the 19th district station receiving “several” citations related to his taxi cab operation late on December 10th, according to police. But, when it came time for Mohamed to sign the citations, he allegedly refused: “Court is stupid. I know

Here’s a Christmas dinner conversation topic: Police are warning of thieves who have twice targeted elderly citizens in Lake View this month, most recently on Tuesday afternoon. The offenders pose as repairmen to gain access to victims’ homes or to distract the victim while other offenders steal property. In Tuesday’s incident, the thieves approached a

Early indications are that a robbery near Halsted and Waveland this morning may be related to a similar mugging that took place minutes earlier in nearby Lincoln Park. In the Boystown case, a man reported that two offenders robbed him near his home in the 700 block of Waveland around 1AM. The two muggers got

UPDATE 4:35PM—The Sun-Times reports that the 20-year-old man died at 9:10AM. UPDATE 7:53AM—NBC Chicago is reporting that a woman has been arrested and faces multiple counts of hosting a party with underage drinkers. ——— A man is in critical condition at Illinois Masonic Medical Center after falling from the third-floor of a Boystown graystone during

Image: cygnoir on Flickr A man walked into the 19th district police station at 5:30 Monday evening to report that he had just been robbed in the 3600 block of Halsted outside the Center on Halsted/Whole Foods building. The victim told police that he was walking down Halsted after leaving the nearby Cell Block bar

Dunbar after his arrest in Boystown on December 12.(Cook County Sheriff’s Office) UPDATE 2:03PM—CWB has reviewed a copy of the court date information that a 7-Eleven manager says the store was provided.  The court date on that paper is in January. However, the case number and time of occurrence on the sheet provided by 7-Eleven

Concerns are high that there is unfinished business among gang members in Uptown this morning after two cases of shots fired were reported in under 12 hours. No one has been hit. Yet. • At 1:55 this morning, multiple callers “blew up” the 911 call center with reports of approximately five shots fired in the