Month: May 2015

Access was gained by cutting through the units’ wire roofs. Police say that at least a dozen units were targeted last week in a burglary at Uncle Bob’s Self Storage, 3626 Broadway. Witnesses report that the offender entered the units by climbing up and clipping through wire fencing that serves as each unit’s “roof.” “I

UPDATE MAY 18 6:53PM—WGN-TV is picking up the story. ——— A warm Saturday night dog walk took a terrible turn in Boystown last night when a pit bull attacked and killed two other dogs in the 3400 block of Broadway. No humans were injured. The pit bull was on a walk with a relative of

Uptown scored its 12th shooting of this increasingly violent year Saturday evening when a man caught four bullets as he sat in a car near Wilson and Malden. Witnesses say the man and another person were sitting in a 1990 Chevy Impala in the 4500 block of Malden around 9:05PM when a gunman opened fire

Broken glass in the front door of Lane Technical High School, which wasburglarized and vandalized this weekend. Image: @breezydayz UPDATE MAY 18: Police have now issued an alert regarding the restaurant burglaries. It is posted at the end of this report. ——————- At least 3 local sushi bars were forcibly entered and burglarized this weekend,

A Chicago radio reporter became the latest Boystown mugging victim Saturday when a woman brandished a weapon and robbed him in a vehicle in the 600 block of Cornelia around 2:05AM. She then fled in the car. The man’s call sat around for over six minutes before an officer became available to take the assignment.

Updated 5/16/2016 5:56PM ————————– The BOA robbery attempt in progress. (FBI) A prolific bank robber returned to our neighborhood Friday afternoon and attempted to hold up a Bank of American branch less than 100 yards from the Chase bank that he robbed last weekend. In Friday’s hold-up attempt, the robber handed a demand note to

Belmont Harbor (Gerald Farinas/Wikipedia) An apparent boat burglar who fled from security at Belmont Harbor early this morning is in custody after leaving his photo ID behind. A park district guard stopped the man around 12:15AM, but the suspect turned and ran away through the park. Unfortunately for the moron, he managed to leave his

Screenshot from a typical North Side gang’s online video taunts.This man, Keith Hayer (a/k/a Bang Da Hitta), was arrested shortlyafter posting this video. Hayer is scheduled to be paroled onAugust 28th. (Facebook) The blood just won’t stop flowing in Uptown this year. Of the 11 people shot there this year, five have died—more deaths at

Robbery reports in Wrigleyville and Boystown continued to decline sharply in April, with just six incidents reported last month compared to nine in April 2014. Even better, the year-to-date robbery count through April is the second-lowest on record, with a total of 22 cases logged. That compares to 29 through April of last year. But

Here’s what the decision to take away 27% of our neighborhood’s police force has left us with: Vallejo. (Facebook) Despite being the 3rd anniversary of a Lake View gang murder and the first anniversary of a gang shooting at a memorial service in the same location, nearly half of the 19th district’s police beats did not

UPDATE MAY 13: The FBI has identified the offender in this case as the “Bandage Bandit,” who is wanted for several bank robberies across Chicago. A $10,000 reward is offered for information leading to this man’s arrest. ————– A man who passed a note and implied that he had a weapon robbed the Chase Bank

Vacha (Facebook) Robert Vacha, who received probation after mugging a widow on the Boystown strip the day after the woman’s husband died last August, was arrested on a probation violation warrant as he left the Center on Halsted Thursday. It was his 22nd birthday. An officer who routinely patrols Halsted on foot recognized Vacha at

Lawrence Barlow, 47, has received a 13-year sentence after pleading guilty Tuesday to robbing a Belmont Avenue convenience store and one of its customers last May. Barlow (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Dept) Police say Barlow claimed to have a gun when he robbed the 7-Eleven at 1153 W. Belmont as well as a man who was