Month: August 2015

Chicago police are investigating after a woman reported being awakened by an attempted criminal sexual assault Sunday morning near Wrigley Field. Around 6:30 this morning, the woman told police that she woke up in the 1100 block of West Patterson to discover a shirtless man on top of her. The offender fled the apartment with

A fresh string of home break-ins may indicate that another enterprising burglar has set up shop in the neighborhood. In two cases yesterday, a burglar took car keys from residences and stole the victims’ vehicles, too. • At 8:30AM on Friday, a man woke up in the 600 block of W. Roscoe and discovered that

At least three more people have been robbed in the immediate neighborhood this weekend as a renewed wave of muggings shows little sign of slowing down: • A man and a woman were robbed at gunpoint in the 3100 block of Kenmore around 12:40 this morning. The couple told police that two men approached them,

A Boystown resident who made a quick trip to his own basement Friday afternoon returned to find something unexpected: A complete stranger in his living room. Once confronted, the unknown man reportedly fled out the back door of the home in the 800 block of Bradley Place and ran toward Halsted Street. He stopped running

A 29-year-old gang member is in stable condition after being shot at 3601 N. Western Avenue this morning, across the street from Lane Tech High School. No one is in custody. Several police units were already in the area to disperse a large party nearby. Officers believe the shooting and the party are related. Officers

A convicted arsonist and burglar is now accused of stealing a woman’s phone from a Boystown bar, court records show. Robert Rapp, 54, is charged with one count of theft of lost or mislaid property in connection with the August 15 incident at Town Hall Pub. According to a witness, a bartender followed Rapp out

Hey! Here’s an idea. If you’re gonna wander through a bar and ask strangers if they want to buy cocaine, try to avoid asking the off-duty cop. That advice may be coming a bit late for Xavier Sancho, 33, who was arrested after allegedly offering to sell cocaine to an off-duty 19th district cop who

Keith Hayer, a Rogers Park rapper and gang banger who goes by the name Bang Da Hitta, is getting out of prison today. Like most Chicago rappers that you’ve never heard of, his real claim to fame is churning up online drama (NSFW) that seems to get people killed. What do you expect from a guy

Yet another person has decided to add “robbing local banks” to their LinkedIn profile. The Chase branch at 3335 N. Ashland was robbed at 4:02PM yesterday by a man who passed a note under a thick pane of bulletproof glass. The teller filled an envelope with cash and slid it back to him…under the thick

Chicago police believe they have apprehended a man who has been passing fake $100 bills at area businesses for several months—usually while wearing an orange or yellow construction vest. A bartender at Roscoe’s Tavern in Boystown called police at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon to report that a customer had just tried to pass a questionable

A 54-year-old man was struck twice in the back of the head with a brick in what police say was a “completely unprovoked” attack at a busy intersection Monday afternoon. Multiple 911 calls were made after the man was battered near the intersection of Roscoe and Inner Lake Shore Drive at 3:45PM. Officers believe the

A Boystown restaurant worker called police Tuesday morning after discovering an unknown man had made his way inside the supposedly-closed restaurant. The incident at Wood Restaurant, 3335 N. Halsted, is remarkably similar to another incident that unfolded nearby during a rash of restaurant burglaries this spring. In Tuesday’s incident, the worker confronted the stranger in

Well, he won’t do that again. A delivery driver who unwisely left the keys in his car while he dropped off items at the newly-opened Belmont Cafe, 930 W. Belmont, is now in the market for a new vehicle. The driver told police that he left the car running on “Helmont” for just a brief