Month: June 2015

Mikkelson a/k/a Castillo (Chicago Police Dept) Media reports are telling the story of a Diversey Harbor boat owner who returned to his vessel early Friday only to discover that someone had been living in the boat for several days while he was out of town. The boat owner told the Chicago Tribune, “He has been

Two men who were charged in separate robberies around our neighborhood have been handed prison sentences: Quinones • Michael Quinones received a 12-year sentence after pleading guilty to the armed robbery of two women during the mayhem that followed 2013’s Pride Parade. Quinones was accused of pulling an knife on the victims at 11:30PM near Halsted

(Ill. Dept of Corrections) A career criminal who was paroled for armed robbery on April 15 is in custody, accused to being the man who has robbed several boutique stores at knifepoint in Lincoln Park and Bucktown over the past month. Willie A. Doles, 39, is charged with five counts of armed robbery and one

Alderman Tom Tunney’s office has sent an email to residents who expressed concern over this past weekend’s homicide as well as the community’s public safety force in general. Here is the text of that email: Alderman Tunney has spoken to Supt. McCarthy’s office about how imperative it is that we receive more police manpower in

As the 2015 Chicago Pride Parade approaches, many media outlets continue to publish incorrect information about the number of Pride-related arrests that have been made in recent years. “A handful” or “eight” arrests or “minimal” arrests. So, just for the record,  here’s a Chicago Police Department memo that lays out the real numbers. ———- Email us.  Facebook us. Twitter us.

Local Alderman Tom Tunney’s office Tuesday night began announcing steps he believes will make the 2015 Chicago Pride Parade safer and more neighborly. Virtually everything that was announced has already been reported here on CWB. • Parade organizers will hire 90 off-duty cops to supplement Chicago police efforts. We told you about that on Monday.

Ortega (Cook Co Sheriff’s Dept) A serial shoplifter who’s on parole for stuffing 14 bottles of shampoo into his pants at a Wicker Park CVS may be going back to prison after being arrested for allegedly stuffing 18 sticks of deodorant into his pants at  a Boystown CVS. Gamalier Ortega, 32, was arrested at the

How twisted is Chicago’s police dispatch policy? Very. When three men ran out of a Lincoln Park boutique with $6,000 worth of merchandise last week, 911 operators refused to send police to the scene, citing a Chicago Police Department policy that says cases in which no offender is on-scene, no one is injured, and no

A couple of days before 20-year-old North Side rapper Shaquon “Young Pappy” Thomas was shot to death on an Uptown street last week, cops saw Thomas and several other bangers hanging out on CHA property in the 4400 block of Racine. Knowing that the crew didn’t live at the facility, officers attempted to conduct a

Orange (left) and Ponzu Sushi (right) have both been burglarized in the 2 weeks. In the days since three local sushi restaurants were burglarized on May 17, even more local eateries have fallen victim to prowlers. Employees arriving for work Friday morning discovered that burglars had broken into Lincoln Park’s popular Orange restaurant at 2413 Clark.

He spends a lot of time in schools. It’s too bad he’s not going there to learn… An admitted Gangster Disciple street gang member allegedly slipped into Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Academy, 720 Belmont, students attended after-school classes on May 18, court filings show. Joshua T. Harris, 20, of the Woodlawn neighborhood allegedly pushed

(Yelp) Police believe that a man who has been robbing high-end clothing boutiques at knifepoint struck again in Lincoln Park this afternoon. According to witnesses, a man armed with a kitchen knife entered the The Blues Jean Bar at 2210 N. Halsted around 2:45PM and demanded money. After getting about $150 from the till and

(Yelp) With just 4 weeks remaining before the annual Chicago Pride Parade kicks off, city officials have still not told area residents how dangerous crowding and post-parade mayhem will be addressed. As for the parade itself, few changes are expected. CWB revealed last week that, despite local politicians’ claims that the parade might be moved