Month: June 2015

Three men charged with burglarizing a lakefront bicycle stand last September have pleaded guilty to theft charges. At the time of the break-in, Lakeshore Bike owner Demian March estimated his losses at $18,000 to $20,000. All three men pleaded guilty to theft charges last week. Jeremiah Avilles, 19, received second chance probation, 30 hours of

Police reports filed overnight in Wrigleyville and Boystown: 2:31AM – A woman in the 500 block of Aldine tells police that she was sleeping in her her car with the windows down when a man reached into the vehicle and stuck his hands down her pants. The woman goes on to say that she was

Two major charities reported burglaries to their facilities in Lakeview and nearby North Center Friday morning.  No immediate connection has been drawn between the cases. • The Salvation Army Officer Training School in Boystown reported that the school’s safe had been drilled and several computers were taken from throughout the building. The school occupies a

It’s party time in Boystown. There’s a lot of fun to be had, but it’s a good time to exercise a little (just a little) good judgment. A police source we don’t hear from very often dropped us a line recently, suggesting this would be a good time to share some friendly advice—things to keep

And the hits just keep on coming. A 19-year-old Uptown man became that neighborhood’s eighth homicide victim of the year late Wednesday. He is Chicago’s 200th murder victim of 2015, according to W.H. Thompson at Hey Jackass. The man, identified as Sam L. Johnson, was shot twice in his left side as he stood in

L to R: Tillett, Torres, Wesley (Cook Co Sheriff’s Dept) Chicago police late Tuesday announced that five officers were injured and 25 people were arrested during Monday night’s Blackhawks victory celebrations—very close to CWB’s sunrise estimate of 23 arrests. Four of the 25 arrests were for felonies. Here is our first batch of arrestee information: •

With homicides and shootings on the rise, Chicago’s master manipulator of crime statistics should be jettisoned, Crain’s Chicago Business says in a new editorial. McCarthy has had four years. It’s time to turn to someone else. “McCarthy” is Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, who oversaw the decimation of manpower in our police district, then made it

Two offenders threatened to stab a man during a robbery near Roscoe and Racine early Monday. No one is in custody. The victim told police that two men in their 20’s approached him and demanded his valuables around 1 o’clock this morning in the 1200 block of Roscoe. Both offenders then fled toward Racine with

A 36-year-old Uptown man was robbed late Sunday night and witnesses report that anti-gay slurs were yelled before the attack. The victim, who is gay, was battered and robbed of his wallet and iPhone 6 by two men in the 4400 block of Malden around 11:35PM. Witnesses describe the offenders as two Hispanic men, possibly

The Uptown neighborhood claimed its seventh murder victim of the year Sunday night, putting our neighbors to the north on track to set a new annual homicide record within weeks. Last night’s victim was slashed in the throat at 9:45PM during an altercation with another homeless man outside the Target store at Broadway and Sunnyside.