Month: September 2015

Yet another neighborhood resident was victimized in a daylight robbery on Sunday, at least the sixth daytime attack since last weekend. Yesterday’s victim told police that two men jumped him behind the 3100 block of Kenmore at 4:45PM and took his backpack and phone. The suspects are described as two tall, skinny, black men in

At least one offender is in custody after an attempted robbery at the Sam Adams Lakeview Taco Fest yesterday afternoon. A victim reported that a man and a woman grabbed him and tried to take his cell phone near Southport and Cornelia about 4:45PM. Needless to say, there were plenty of witnesses on-hand. Responding officers

Chicago police detectives linked two recent daylight robberies of women in a community alert on Saturday afternoon. Last Saturday’s 6:15PM robbery of a 60-year-old woman behind her home in the 1300 block of Henderson and Thursday’s 12:10PM robbery of a woman near Diversey and Pine Grove are specifically mentioned in the police announcement. The offender

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