Month: September 2015

A woman who was accused of trying to rob a man on the Boystown bar strip on May 28th while she was on probation for a robbery in the suburbs has reached a plea deal. 20-year-old Denise McDowell of the North Lawndale neighborhood pleaded guilty this week to one count of attempted robbery and received

Marshall J. Howard probably thought that he got away with stealing a phone and wallet from an occupied home in Lakeview on Wednesday afternoon. He was mistaken. A homeowner in the 2900 block of N. Burling told police that he had encountered a burglar in his house and the intruder escaped by jumping out a

A Lake View woman was knocked to the ground and robbed of her purse and cell phone Thursday afternoon. No one is in custody. According to a witness, the woman was in an alley adjacent to the Brewster Apartments, 2800 N. Pine Grove, when she was attacked and robbed around 12:15PM. The woman got up

Two local cell phone stores and a burrito shop were targeted in apparent burglaries early Friday morning. No one is in custody. 3:03AM—Police responding to a burglar alarm at a cell phone store in the 2800 block of Broadway found that someone had thrown bags of salt through the front glass. Police are waiting for

NBC5 has now broadcast video of two men who are allegedly posing as basketball team fundraisers in order to gain access to businesses where they steal phones and other valuables. CWB Chicago first reported on the thefts this weekend. On Saturday, two young men who handed out fliers for a “basketball team” stole phones and

UPDATE 9:19PM:  The web site is now utilizing a street prediction function. Addresses within the city are now accepted and police reports may be filed online. Our original report follows. ———————————————————————————— The Chicago Police Department online crime reporting site does not recognize addresses as being in the CPD’s jurisdiction, including 1060 W. Addison, the address

This just in from our court clerk friend: Three men were arrested and charged with reckless conduct for allegedly battering a Chicago Police Department horse after the August 29 Foo Fighters concert at Wrigley Field. Suburban firefighter Michael Vaughn, 23, is accused of slapping the horse’s hindquarter several times “in a drum type motion.” Brent

They did it again. A group of thieves who steal phones and wallets from businesses while pretending to be raising money for a sports team struck at least two more times Monday afternoon. Both of the latest incidents were in the nearby North Center neighborhood. Three suspects pretending to be raising funds for a sports

Federal investigators have now identified 45-year-old Cynthia Wonsey of Edgewater as the woman they believe to be the “Uptown Beach Bandit” bank robber. Wonsey is charged with one count of bank robbery in connection with the hold-up of a TCF Bank branch in Boystown on August 5. She is also suspected of robbing two other

Most people go through life without ever getting shot. Others seem to be human magnets. CWB Chicago has learned that a man who was shot repeatedly in Uptown on Sunday afternoon just happens to be the brother of Shaquon “Young Pappy” Thomas, a North Side rapper who was shot dead in Uptown on May 29.

CWB Chicago has learned that Amari Jones, the 19-year-old Homewood man charged with one of the neighborhood’s eight robberies last weekend, was found not guilty of aggravated robbery in suburban Cook County earlier this year. And, just a week before he allegedly robbed that man at Melrose and Broadway on September 6, Jones pleaded guilty

The weekend’s robbery activity is proceeding at a much slower pace than last weekend, but that will be little consolation to these women: • A Lake View woman was attacked and robbed behind her home in the 1300 block of Henderson yesterday evening. The victim told police that an offender approached her around 6:15PM, told

Two thieves worked businesses hard in the southeast Lakeview area this weekend, getting away with a least three cell phones. Among the reports filed on Saturday afternoon: • Around 1:40PM, an employee of a Cuban restaurant in the 2800 block of Broadway told police that two black men came into the business with flyers, seeking