2015 - Page 14 of 37 - CWB Chicago

STUNNING: Workers Robbed Outside Local Pizza Hut; Boys Rob “Elderly Man” In Uptown Park

August 20, 2015 8:06 AM CWBChicago

Two Pizza Hut employees were robbed as they closed the store at 3009 N. Clark Street early Thursday. The victims told police that a pair of offenders brandished a stun gun and demanded their cash as the workers left the store for the night around 1:30AM. Both offenders were described as black men. One wore

MONTROSE BEACH: Cabbie Rescues Severely-Beaten “Kid”

August 20, 2015 7:49 AM CWBChicago

Once again last night, Montrose Beach was definitely not the place to be after sundown. Officers on patrol near the park at 9 o’clock last night were waved down by a cab driver who had essentially rescued a young man who had been attacked at Montrose park minutes earlier. “This kid is beaten so badly,”

THE CHERRY PICKER: Violent Crime Soars 33% In Uptown, But Alderman Says “Crime Is Down”

August 20, 2015 7:24 AM CWBChicago

Prepare yourself for what must be the most blatantly misleading crime statistic to be released by a local politician this year. Uptown Alderman James Cappleman on Tuesday Tweeted a “5-year trend of violent crime in Uptown for [the] month of July, when violent crime tends to be highest.” Just look at that declining bar graph!

NOT SO FAST: Man Faces Robbery Charges After Witnesses Get Involved In Daylight Mugging

August 20, 2015 4:58 AM CWBChicago

A 62-year-old Lincoln Park man faces robbery charges after allegedly mugging a woman and taking her purse outside of the Edge restaurant, 2720 N. Clark, around 12:30PM last Tuesday. Several witnesses detained Richard J. Lopez outside of a neighboring Best Buy store until police arrived to take him into custody. Lopez, who gave St. Clement

SAY CHEESE: Poorly-Disguised Man Robs Uptown Bank

August 19, 2015 6:43 PM CWBChicago

It shouldn’t be too hard to ID the guy who the FBI says robbed a PNC Bank at 4400 N. Broadway at 11 o’clock this morning. He had sunglasses. but they were on top of his head. He has distinctive tattoos, but he didn’t cover them up. And the bank gave him a dye pack

SAY WHAT? City’s Pride Parade Crowd Estimate Was Made 5 Days Before The Parade

August 19, 2015 5:21 AM CWBChicago

Most CWB Chicago readers know that we believe that Chicago Pride Parade estimates are a bunch of hooey. Two years ago, we broke down the math and showed that it is physically impossible for a million people to fit along the parade route. We even cited an executive of Chicago Special Events Management who called

FOILED: Robbery Charges Filed In Sports Authority Case

August 18, 2015 10:03 PM CWBChicago

A 44-year-old Garfield Park man has been charged with armed robbery after he allegedly pulled a knife when a loss prevention worker attempted to apprehend him for shoplifting at a Boystown sporting goods store Friday evening. Prosecutors say a security guard at Sports Authority, 3134 N. Clark, watched as Patrick Day placed three pairs of

SLASH & BURN: Despite Promises, Police Manpower Hits All-Time Low

August 18, 2015 8:43 AM CWBChicago

While a local alderman publicly states that the Chicago Police Department is increasing the “resources” dedicated to our area in light of a robbery and burglary spree, new information provided by the department directly shows that the 19th police district’s manpower has actually reached a record low this month. A police manpower document, secured through

FROM HIGH-RISE TO HOOSEGOW: Accused In Local Attack, Streeterville Man Heads To Prison

August 16, 2015 8:03 AM CWBChicago

Eugene Cathery, whose tony Streeterville address raised some eyebrows when he was charged with a Boystown robbery last summer, has been sent to prison. Cathery, 24, was sentenced this week to a 5-year term after being found guilty of aggravated battery to a transit employee in the incident, which unfolded near the Addison Red Line

BURNING UP: Alley Fires Move To Lincoln Park

August 16, 2015 7:38 AM CWBChicago

Either a lot of people are throwing away hot charcoal at very odd hours or someone’s setting trash cans on fire again. The latest spree of alley fires is popping up in nearby Lincoln Park. One trash can burst into flames at 4:40 Thursday morning near Clark and Wrightwood. Even more improbably, another fire broke

BIG & LITTLE: Wanted In Boystown Bank Robbery, Woman Strikes Again In Edgewater

August 16, 2015 7:24 AM CWBChicago

The FBI says a floppy-hatted woman who robbed the TCF Bank branch inside of Boystown’s Jewel-Osco store on August 5 held up another bank Friday in Edgewater. Friday’s robbery targeted the TCF Bank branch inside of the Jewel-Osco store at 5343 N. Broadway around 3:50PM. As she did in Boystown, the woman presented a note

BAD SPORT: Shoplifter Pulls Knife, Faces Robbery Charges

August 15, 2015 7:14 PM CWBChicago

Robbery charges are pending today after a man allegedly threatened workers with a knife during a shoplifting attempt Friday evening at Sports Authority, 3134 N. Clark. Police searched the area for the suspect—described as a black man in his 40’s, 190 pounds, wearing a black baseball cap with white “sparkles” and khaki cargo shorts. They

ACTION JACKSON: Gunmen Rob Lakeview Man, Get $20

August 15, 2015 7:00 PM CWBChicago

Two men armed with semi-automatic handguns robbed a pedestrian in the neighborhood early today. The victim told police that he was in the 3100 block of Racine at 4 o’clock this morning when a small, tan Toyota pulled up and both occupants produced handguns while demanding his valuables. After getting “maybe $20” and the man’s

Year: 2015