Month: July 2015

UPDATE 12:15PM–CWB has learned that the victim was stabbed 3 times in his back.  The incident occurred two blocks from Wrigley Field, where the victim lives. We have also learned that the suspect identified himself as a DePaul University student when he was arrested for allegedly failing to pay a $13.50 cab fare near Clark

A 32-year-old bartender was mugged early Wednesday, just one block from the 19th district police station. “It was like watching wolves hunting a rabbit,” according to a witness who contacted CWB minutes after the 4:10AM robbery. “I just took my dog out and witnessed two 20-ish males mugging a dude. 900 block Cornelia.” Indeed he

L to R: Amaya, Dominguez, Martinez, Smart (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Dept) Charges have been filed in a melee that broke out near the baseball fields at 3700 N. Recreation Drive. Police recovered a gun and tracked down a total of six suspects after the incident unfolded on the evening of June 27. According to court

Charges have been filed against a suspect in burglaries at Lake Shore Drive high rise residences. Brandon Taylor, 44, of the Grand Crossing neighborhood was arrested May 27 on the 19th floor of a residential building near Addison and Lake Shore Drive after a resident saw Taylor inside his condo via a remote security system.

Members (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Dept) A man who was arrested in February for attempting to use credit cards stolen from a purse at Roscoe’s Tavern to make $700 worth of purchases at a nearby 7-Eleven was arrested again on Pride Sunday—for allegedly stealing a wallet from a woman’s purse outside Roscoe’s Tavern! Jimmy Members, 48,

Chicago police tonight have issued a familiar warning: People are being robbed when they show up to sell valuables to strangers whom they’ve met via Craigslist. Friday evening, a man was kicked and punched in the face by two offenders who robbed him of his valuables after meeting up in a CVS Pharmacy parking lot

EDITORS’ NOTE: Some details of this story have been removed at 8:03PM on August 13, 2020. One of the accused individuals succeeded in having the case expunged from his/her Cook County Criminal Court record. While not required by law to remove truthful reports, CWBChicago editors do extend this courtesy to individuals who go through the

Image: Alex Graves via Southport Corridor News & Events Two coach houses and at least two garages were damaged by fire Sunday afternoon along an alley between the 1500 blocks of Wellington and Nelson in nearby Lakeview.  Investigators have yet to announce an official cause of the fire, but several neighbors reported that fireworks were

A man and his friend became Boystown’s latest robbery victims early Friday morning. The pair was walking near the three-way intersection of Halsted, Clark, and Barry when they were mugged by two offenders around 4:10AM. Offender descriptions, per the victims: 1) male, black, 5’10” tall, goatee, multi-color shirt 2) male, black, red shirt CPD case

A man was safely taken into custody early Friday after he attempted “suicide by cop” near Montrose Beach. 19th district officers responded to the area of Wilson and Simonds Drive around 3AM after a juvenile reported that his uncle was armed with a knife and had slit his own wrists. Officers immediately called for back-up

Chicago police are looking for the man who pistol-whipped a clerk during a Lakeview convenience robbery early Friday morning. The incident unfolded at the 7-Eleven, 2821 N. Ashland, around 12:30AM. According to police who reviewed surveillance footage, a masked man entered the store and struck the victim in the head with the butt of a

A career criminal who has been sentenced to a combined 97 years in prison since 1976 is back in jail, accused of breaking into a Lake View home on Thursday morning. Robert German, 59, had been released on parole 16 days earlier. German (Cook County Sheriff’s Dept) Police responded to the 3900 block of Janssen