Year: 2015

As the neighborhood’s summer crime spree rolls on—and the frequently-touted police “entertainment district detail” continues to have summer nights off—police have responded to at least two more muggings in Boystown since Wednesday afternoon. Most recently, a man was beaten and robbed at Halsted and Brompton around 4:15 this morning after enjoying a night in the

UPDATE: Additional video released by the theater to DNAInfo Chicago subsequent to our report shows the man taking laptops and other equipment valued at $3,500 after following someone into the building. ———————– A long-time North Side improv group says they want to identify the man who walked into their unlocked theater Saturday afternoon and took

An Uptown woman reported that she was groped by a man as she jogged in the North Center neighborhood around 6 o’clock this morning. The victim said that she was jogging in the 4200 block of Damen when the offender came up to her, grabbed her, and then groped her before running away. She described

A few news stories that have been sent our way from readers recently: University College of London researchers say that street lights do not reduce crime. That research shows less than 1 percent of all nighttime traffic collisions occurred on streets where the lights had been switched off. And overall, the statistics showed no link

A large dumpster fire behind the former Leona’s restaurant, 3215 N. Sheffield, early Saturday is one of the latest alley fires to be reported in our area. Neither police nor fire investigators have officially deemed the fire to be suspicious. The restaurant’s back porch burned in a fire on June 6. That wasn’t officially suspicious

The local late night robbery scene continues to be vibrant despite the recent arrests of two suspected muggers. At 2:45 Friday morning, a woman reported that she was followed to her front door and attacked from behind in the 3600 block of Southport. Few details are available as the woman was unable to get a

Visitors to the Montrose Beach area may be wise to pack up and leave before the park closes at 11 o’clock nightly. A slightly less gang-infested Montrose Beach is seen in 1946. Robberies and batteries have been reported at closing time recently as large crowds are moved from the park by Chicago police. Wednesday evening,

Dan Gawne says he’s heartbroken. He says someone used a screwdriver to break into his building in the 4700 block of N. Racine yesterday morning and proceeded to steal Gawe’s car from the garage. “My only guess is that he found the valet key in the glove box,” Gawne said. “Lesson learned there I suppose.”

Sandifer (L) and Wolaridge. Update: Bail has been set at $150,000. Each. ——— A tenacious witness and equally tenacious cops successfully tracked down two attempted robbery offenders near Addison and Paulina early Thursday morning. Police said a 33-year-old woman was jumped and threatened with a belt by two men who tried to take her purse

A security company that provides private patrols in Boystown is “reviewing its hiring process,” Northalsted Business Alliance Executive Director Christopher Barrett Politan said, after one of its guards was found to have pleaded guilty to impersonating a police officer in November 2000. The guard, Ronald J. Lye, and a co-worker were accused in 1999 of

Hey, lady! You’re supposed to hold the note in the hand that has the glove! A Boystown bank was robbed by a woman who claimed to have a gun Wednesday afternoon according to the FBI and Chicago police. A person of interest was being questioned late Wednesday night, but no charges were filed. Cops say