L to R: Williamson, Perry Two of the five men who were charged in connection with the theft of 24 catalytic converters last month have reached plea deals. Mychael Williamson, 18, and Angelo Perry, 22, each pleaded guilty to one count of theft of lost or mislaid property on Monday. Both were sentenced to one
The December beating and robbery of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s son was tagged “confidential” by the city, which prevented the incident from appearing in the city’s vaunted crime “transparency” site. That’s the word from Tom Schenk Jr, the city’s chief data officer. CWB reported exclusively last week that the Emanuel robbery had gone missing from
Wanted. Chicago police have just issued a community alert warning the public about a man who has robbed two businesses at gunpoint in our area. Both crimes were first reported here on CWB. The man is wanted for robbing Plato’s Closet resale shop at Broadway and Diversey over the weekend as well as robbing a
Two days after CWB revealed that the robbery of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s own son did not appear on the city’s lauded crime statistics “transparency” site, the city “fixed” it. In a lonely Tweet Friday afternoon, Chicago Chief Data Officer Tom Schenk Jr wrote “We ID’d the issue and fixed it. It’s now online with
At least two victims reported being pickpocketed on the CTA or CTA property in our area last week: • A #22 Clark bus passenger reported being victimized as they stepped off the southbound bus at Belmont around 5:30PM last Monday. The offenders were described as a male and female couple: The male is black with
Surveillance photo of the suspect robbing Plato’s Closet on Saturday.(Chicago Police Department) UPDATE 9:09PM: Police have issued a community alert regarding this crime. Our original report follows, with surveillance photo added. ————- The hustle and bustle of a major 3-way intersection did not dissuade a man from robbing a Lake View clothing store at gunpoint
A “Fang Banger Dual Blade Vampire Lover’sFolding Pocket Knife.” $10 on Ebay. A man charged with brandishing a knife at the Center on Halsted earlier this month is the same man who was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a security guard there on January 20th. Brian Conner of Uptown is charged with aggravated assault
Feldman (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Dept) A man who was wanted for questioning in connection with a series of armed robberies around our neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park is in the custody of Lake County authorities tonight. Adam B. Feldman, 26, of Northbrook is charged with robbing a Subway restaurant at knifepoint in that city on
UPDATE FEB 21, 2:15PM—City Chief Data Officer Tom Schenk Jr. stated via Twitter Friday that “we [identified] the issue and fixed it.” The Emanuel robbery is now online with another 114 crimes that were “omitted in the past 8 years” due to the glitch, Schenk said. We have asked Schenk for more information about what
WTXL Developing: In addition to the robbery at gunpoint reported below, the CVS Pharmacy at 4051 N. Lincoln—about five blocks from the mayor’s home—was robbed at knifepoint at 5:15AM today. It is the second time that store has been robbed this year. A CVS clerk told police that a white or Hispanic man brandished a
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