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Month: October 2015

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IN-N-OUT BURGLARS: With 20+ Recent Burglaries, Prowler Stories Get Creepy

October 30, 2015 6:18 PM CWBChicago

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

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FLAMED: With 3 Arson Fires This Month, Cops Look For Connections In West Lakeview

October 29, 2015 3:15 AM CWBChicago

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

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WHAT HAPPENED, TOM? Alderman Who Promised 135 More Cops During Election Campaign Sings A Different Tune

October 29, 2015 1:59 AM CWBChicago

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

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THAT’S BETTER: New Felony Charge For Woman Accused Of Shooting Gun On Busy Lincoln Park Street

October 28, 2015 11:03 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors early Wednesday filed upgraded felony charges against a Broadview woman who allegedly fired multiple gunshots on a busy stretch of Halsted Street in Lincoln Park on October 10. Jennifer Stegall, 32, is now charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm in the case, which was captured on cell phone video that later went viral.

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RETURN TO SENDER: Police Department Rejects Package Theft Reports — And You Won’t Believe Why

October 27, 2015 8:49 AM CWBChicago

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

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FRESH ALERT: Cops Warn Of Armed Robbery Pattern In Lakeview, Lincoln Park

October 25, 2015 11:27 PM CWBChicago

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

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COURT REPORT: One Burglar Gets 6 Years, Another Gets Probation

October 25, 2015 5:08 PM CWBChicago

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

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AFTER 6: Three Attacked And Robbed By Gunmen Saturday

October 24, 2015 5:29 PM CWBChicago

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

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TEAM PHOTO: Gallery Of Cubs Post-Season Arrestees

October 23, 2015 3:27 PM CWBChicago

EDITORS’ NOTE: The name of one arrestee and an accompanying mugshot that were included in our original report have been removed at 10:10 a.m. on Feb 7, 2020. The individual accused in that matter succeeded in having the case expunged from his/her Cook County Criminal Court record. While not required by law to remove truthful

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SLAM DUNK: Burglary Suspects Busted After Wrigleyville Victim Hides In Closet

October 22, 2015 4:11 PM CWBChicago

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

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3 days after getting probation, a ‘Kia Boy’ is charged with attempted robbery and home invasion

May 31, 2023 6:34 AM

Two Chicago men who were arrested for trying to steal a Kia together last summer are now accused of trying to rob a man at gunpoint together on Monday — just 3 days after one of them pleaded guilty in the Kia case.

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Chicago mayor’s neighbor killed woman with baseball bat, dumped her in the alley: prosecutors say

May 30, 2023 1:23 PM

A man who lives across the street from Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was held without bail Monday after prosecutors accused him of beating a woman to death with a baseball bat inside his home,

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Man stabbed during argument near Streeterville fountain

May 30, 2023 9:42 AM

Chicago police say a man was stabbed during an argument near a landmark fountain in Streeterville last night.

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