Month: July 2015

Things have been heating up at local service agencies over the past few days: • A Crib Youth Shelter client who refused to cooperate with police was transported to Illinois Masonic Medical Center after being beaten near the shelter at 865 W. Addison Wednesday evening. • Two hours later, around 8:15PM, Crib staff members—who are

A Boystown woman on her way to work at Weiss Hospital was robbed early Thursday morning by two men who were armed with a handgun. The victim told police that the two offenders approached her from behind. Then, one of the men grabbed her purse while the other man pointed a chrome semi-automatic handgun at

Police believe that a crew of two to three men who have been robbing convenience stores at gunpoint in west Lake View, Lincoln Park, and Wicker Park struck again on Sunday—in Avondale. Police say two men who closely resemble those seen in a recently-released community alert entered a convenience store at 3600 W. Belmont around

Two counts of arson have been filed against 22-year-old Eric Howard of the Chicago Lawn neighborhood in connection with two fires in the 3200 block of Sheffield on Tuesday. Howard is currently on parole for burglary, according to the Illinois Department of Corrections. As CWB Chicago reported exclusively yesterday, police were on the look out for

UPDATE: Arson investigators took a suspect into custody at the Center On Halsted Wednesday afternoon. —— CWB has confirmed that Chicago police are seeking a known suspect for questioning in at least one arson fire near the Belmont Red Line station. Investigators are looking into a fire that they believe was intentionally set in a

At least three more local businesses have been victimized in overnight burglaries since Sunday as a month-long spree shows no signs of slowing down. Restaurants have been particularly hard-hit in the crime wave. The owner of Ceres’ Table, 3124 N. Broadway, became the latest victim at 4:40 this morning when a single burglar busted through

After CWB Chicago reported large swaths of gang tags along the lakefront to the city for removal on July 16, the city closed our service requests out and marked them complete—even though they had done absolutely nothing. We reported on the lack of effort over the weekend. Now, we can happily report, the tags have

With a 16th mugging victim in an ongoing spree reporting that he was beaten and robbed shortly before sunrise today, local alderman Tom Tunney has done one of his classic flip-flops. Talking to ABC7’s Rob Elgas about the robbery spree yesterday, Tunney said, [The police have] got plenty of resources out here, no one can

At least 15 people have been attacked and robbed on our neighborhood’s streets since the Fourth of July—sharply reversing a successful anti-robbery campaign that was launched in 2013 by recently-transferred district police commander Elias Voulgaris. Last night, two of this month’s victims told us their stories: Beaten & Robbed On Halsted Strip At 1:17AM last

UPDATE 6:13PM – Chicago police just issued a community alert to warn of a robbery pattern in our neighborhood. ——————- Two offenders who hid in the vestibule area of a Boystown 3-flat beat and robbed a man as he returned home early Sunday. No one is in custody. The victim told police that the men

Top: Our city service request marked “closed.”Middle: Our photo of gang symbols at Marovitz Golf Course on July 14.Bottom: The same location on July 20, after the tags were “removed.” For the second summer in a row, CWB Chicago editors last week documented significant gang tag activity along the lakefront north of Belmont Harbor. And,

Golfers teeing off at Marovitz Golf Course are unaware of the gang tag war that lies steps away. A man and a teenage boy were stabbed Friday night near the Sydney Marovitz Golf Course at 3600 N. Recreation Drive. Both victims walked into Illinois Masonic Medical Center to seek treatment at 11:15PM. The 16-year-old was

The burglar(s) in action at Lakeview Smoke Shop (top) and Clark St. Sports.Images:ABC7Chicago A spree of local business burglaries is rolling into its third week. Salon Envy at 2658 N. Halsted became the latest shop to be victimized. Employees found the back door popped open as they arrived for work Friday morning. Detectives are reviewing