Year: 2015

A Lakeview liquor store clerk was pushed to the ground by three teenagers who proceeded to steal booze on bustling Diversey Parkway yesterday afternoon. Police were called to Eastgate Liquors at Diversey and Pine Grove at 1:50PM Sunday after the clerk called for help. He reported that the three offenders drove off in a white

The alleged dog-nappers are seen in this image from Patsy’s Bar. UPDATE 6:52PM: “Stella,” the pilfered pooch has been reunited with its owners. ————— The alleged dog-napping of a 10-pound Maltese- Dachshund blend in Lakeview early Sunday has its owner turning to the Internet for help. Stella (Image: Patsy’s Bar) Police met with the owner

Hours after Area North detectives warned of a robbery pattern in our neighborhood, two victims of separate robberies walked into the 19th district police station to file reports Sunday morning. One of the victims was transported to Thorek Hospital for medical attention. These are the second and third mugging victims to walk into the Addison

A 32-year-old man is being treated at Illinois Masonic Medical Center after suffering a head injury during a melee inside a Boystown convenience store this morning. “My partner was at the counter to pay for his coffee when the first three people ran in,” a CWB reader told us. “The clerk screamed and he ran

Chicago police on Saturday issued a community alert after detectives linked two robberies that were committed in our neighborhood over the past few days. The alert, shown here, draws a connection between the July 8th mugging of a bartender in Boystown and yesterday morning’s robbery of a Lakeview resident near George and Mildred. Both robberies

A Lakeview man is facing charges after he allegedly stormed into his ex-girlfriend’s home and threatened to kill her new boyfriend with an ax. The accused just happened to have an ax with him, police say. Joseph Kardasz, 29, of the 3100 block of Southport is charged with armed home invasion and aggravated battery with

Map of robberies and a homicide reported in 2015 While Wrigleyville and Boystown have seen dramatic improvements in their robbery rate over the past year, a nearby neighborhood seems to be picking up the slack. The small nightlife district along Sheffield Avenue near Illinois Masonic Medical Center appears to be the new hot spot for

A couple of Cook County judges handed down stiff sentences for defendants in two cases that we told you about in 2013 and 2014. And the woman who was arrested late last month for taking selfies with a handgun at Broadway and Belmont has reached a plea deal. The deets: Baez (IDOC) First up, the

UPDATE 12:15PM–CWB has learned that the victim was stabbed 3 times in his back.  The incident occurred two blocks from Wrigley Field, where the victim lives. We have also learned that the suspect identified himself as a DePaul University student when he was arrested for allegedly failing to pay a $13.50 cab fare near Clark

A 32-year-old bartender was mugged early Wednesday, just one block from the 19th district police station. “It was like watching wolves hunting a rabbit,” according to a witness who contacted CWB minutes after the 4:10AM robbery. “I just took my dog out and witnessed two 20-ish males mugging a dude. 900 block Cornelia.” Indeed he

L to R: Amaya, Dominguez, Martinez, Smart (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Dept) Charges have been filed in a melee that broke out near the baseball fields at 3700 N. Recreation Drive. Police recovered a gun and tracked down a total of six suspects after the incident unfolded on the evening of June 27. According to court

Charges have been filed against a suspect in burglaries at Lake Shore Drive high rise residences. Brandon Taylor, 44, of the Grand Crossing neighborhood was arrested May 27 on the 19th floor of a residential building near Addison and Lake Shore Drive after a resident saw Taylor inside his condo via a remote security system.

Members (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Dept) A man who was arrested in February for attempting to use credit cards stolen from a purse at Roscoe’s Tavern to make $700 worth of purchases at a nearby 7-Eleven was arrested again on Pride Sunday—for allegedly stealing a wallet from a woman’s purse outside Roscoe’s Tavern! Jimmy Members, 48,