Year: 2015

Keith Hayer, a Rogers Park rapper and gang banger who goes by the name Bang Da Hitta, is getting out of prison today. Like most Chicago rappers that you’ve never heard of, his real claim to fame is churning up online drama (NSFW) that seems to get people killed. What do you expect from a guy

Yet another person has decided to add “robbing local banks” to their LinkedIn profile. The Chase branch at 3335 N. Ashland was robbed at 4:02PM yesterday by a man who passed a note under a thick pane of bulletproof glass. The teller filled an envelope with cash and slid it back to him…under the thick

Chicago police believe they have apprehended a man who has been passing fake $100 bills at area businesses for several months—usually while wearing an orange or yellow construction vest. A bartender at Roscoe’s Tavern in Boystown called police at 1 o’clock Monday afternoon to report that a customer had just tried to pass a questionable

A 54-year-old man was struck twice in the back of the head with a brick in what police say was a “completely unprovoked” attack at a busy intersection Monday afternoon. Multiple 911 calls were made after the man was battered near the intersection of Roscoe and Inner Lake Shore Drive at 3:45PM. Officers believe the

A Boystown restaurant worker called police Tuesday morning after discovering an unknown man had made his way inside the supposedly-closed restaurant. The incident at Wood Restaurant, 3335 N. Halsted, is remarkably similar to another incident that unfolded nearby during a rash of restaurant burglaries this spring. In Tuesday’s incident, the worker confronted the stranger in

Well, he won’t do that again. A delivery driver who unwisely left the keys in his car while he dropped off items at the newly-opened Belmont Cafe, 930 W. Belmont, is now in the market for a new vehicle. The driver told police that he left the car running on “Helmont” for just a brief

A career criminal who was once charged with using a fake $100 bill to buy Culver’s milk shakes is now charged with theft by deception after he allegedly sold three previously-used Cubs tickets on the street during a recent night game. Prosecutors say Raymond Barnett of West Englewood got his hands on three used game

Two convicted felons are charged with robbing a Lakeview man near Racine and Roscoe early Saturday morning. A third suspect remains at large. Charged now with robbery are Titus Meadows, who previously received a 4-year sentence for an aggravated robbery in 2010, and Joshua Tucker, who did time for burglary. They are both free on

To the surprise of few neighbors, DNAInfo Chicago yesterday reported that more people are cited for public urination under the Addison Red Line tracks than at any other location in the city. While cash-strapped Chicago will certainly continue to address the issue with revenue-raising $300 citations, other cities around the world have taken a different

Two robbery suspects are in custody after Chicago police tracked a mugging victim’s cell phone pings to a yard near Boystown’s Halsted strip. A third offender remains at large. The victim called police at 1:08AM Saturday after three men jumped, beat, and robbed him near Roscoe and Racine. Officers followed his phone’s pings to a