Month: September 2015

Two men who were charged with flinging a woman to the ground during an attempted robbery in Lake View last month have reached quick plea deals that will allow them to avoid prison time. Kendrick Sandifer, 19, and Lawrence Wolaridge, 22, each pleaded guilty this week to one count of attempted robbery before Cook County

A resident of the 3500 block of North Racine yesterday became at least the eighth victim of a burglary spree that began in our neighborhood last Friday. Chicago police issued an alert to warn residents about the break-ins, which detectives said were committed by a prowler (or prowlers) who entered through open windows. CWB Chicago

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 4: After consulting Chicago Police Department annual report archives, we can now report that Uptown’s murder count for 2015 is the highest for that neighborhood since at least 1998.  The updated graphic on this page adds the years 1998-2000 to our original chart and also corrects the homicide numbers for 2001 and 2002,

Remember the surge in burglaries that we told you about this weekend? Well, the Chicago Police Department just issued a community alert to warn Wrigleyville and Boystown residents of….a surge in burglaries! According to the alert, the offender(s) have been entering apartments through unlocked windows during evening and overnight hours. Detectives have linked the following

Cut the size of the Chicago City Council in half. Uptown Alderman James Cappleman failed to include that idea from a citizen in his live Tweet of a city budget-cutting brainstorming meeting last week. The alderman happily Tweeted a dozen other ideas garnered from the audience. But, somehow, he couldn’t bring himself to Tweeting the

Chicago police are investigating after two victims—one in Lincoln Park and one in Boystown—reported being threatened by man who pointed a gun at them from a vehicle Monday afternoon. No shots are known to have been fired and no one was injured. The first report came from a parking attendant who was working near Diversey