Month: October 2015

A woman who called police after seeing an unknown person’s hands sticking through her roommate’s bedroom window last night became the latest local resident to report strange activities as a month-long streak of burglaries claims more victims here. The creepy, curious hands were not able to grab anything during the incident, which was reported at

A coachhouse in the 1400 block of W. Diversey is boarded up after an October 17 arson fire. Chicago police are investigating links between a number of fires in west Lakeview and North Center after coachhouses and garages have been burned in recent weeks.  Three cases have been officially classified as arson. While no police

The local alderman who just 9 months ago promised citizens that police officers will transfer into our district every month “until we are back to the staffing level that we were [in 2012]” is singing a much different tune today. In justifying his vote yesterday for the city property tax hike and 2016 budget, 44th Ward

Making it difficult to report crimes is a great way to keep Chicago’s impossibly low crime rates heading in a downward direction. Just when we thought we’d heard every hoop and hurdle that can be thrown in a citizen’s way as they try to file a report, we caught wind of a doozy. Twitter DM

Chicago police today issued an alert in which they warn of an armed robbery pattern that includes two robberies at gunpoint in our neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park.. According to the alert, three similar robberies have been reported in which multiple offenders approach victims on the street while displaying or implying that they have a

Marshall J. Howard is back in prison. It’s his third trip up the river for burglary since 2000, according to state records. It’s also his longest sentence: 6 years. Howard (Ill. Dept of Corrections) Howard pleaded guilty to entering an occupied Lakeview home and stealing a cell phone at 1PM on September 16. When the

An armed robbery crew robbed at least three people at gunpoint in our neighborhood and nearby Lincoln Park after 6 o’clock Saturday morning. No one is in custody. In the first attack, a man was beaten in the face and robbed by three men who were armed with a black semi-automatic handgun near Southport and

Bonner (L) and Rey Two men are facing burglary charges after they allegedly broke into an occupied Wrigleyville apartment early Wednesday morning and then stuck around the neighborhood to use the victims’ credit cards. Police arrested John Bonner, 24, and Jamal Rey, 20, near the Wrigley Field 7-Eleven store where a stolen credit card had

UPDATE: 10:40AM October 22 Chicago Police have identified the suspect as Jose Arturo Calderon, 27, of the 3600 block of N. Lake Shore Drive.  Calderon is held on a charge of financial institution robbery. Our original report follows. ————————————- A frequently-robbed Boystown bank was held up again Wednesday afternoon and a suspect is in custody.

An enormous police presence did not dissuade two criminals from attacking and robbing a man as the Cubs played the Mets less than three blocks away last night. A passer-by came upon the victim near Waveland and Wayne shortly before 10PM and called for police. The suspects are described as two males ages 18 or

A serial bank robbery suspect who has been sought by the FBI since August struck a Lakeview bank for the second time Tuesday afternoon. The Chase Bank branch at 3335 N Ashland was robbed by the so-called “North Center Bandit” at 4:09PM, the agency said. The suspect robbed the same branch at 4:02PM on August

King (left) and Lee Criminal charges have been filed in connection with the mugging of a woman outside of MB Financial Bank at Clark and Belmont last night. And, a CWB reader who saw the arrests take place has high praise for Chicago police. Michael A. Lee, 22, who lists a West Loop homeless shelter