Year: 2015

Lawrence Barlow, 47, has received a 13-year sentence after pleading guilty Tuesday to robbing a Belmont Avenue convenience store and one of its customers last May. Barlow (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Dept) Police say Barlow claimed to have a gun when he robbed the 7-Eleven at 1153 W. Belmont as well as a man who was

A new CPD bike registration sticker is seen in thisphoto from the 19th district’s CAPS office. A surge in bicycle thefts has prompted our neighborhood’s 19th police district to spearhead a new bike registration initiative. Bicycle owners who register their rides with the police department online can then stop by the 19th district station to

A Cook County grand jury has returned upgraded charges in two cases that we recently reported on: • The hits keep coming for the Uptown teenager who pleaded guilty to robbing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s son in December. Phillip Payne’s brother, Boshaun Jackson, 27, was shot dead in the 4800 block of Lake Shore Drive last

A Lincoln Park woman Wednesday became the latest resident to come face-to-face with our area’s burgeoning burglar population. The victim told police that she woke up just before 5 o’clock this morning and discovered an unknown man in her living room in the 800 block of Lill. The intruder, who had entered through the back,

Burglars continued their spree across our neighborhood this weekend. A couple of residents managed to see the prowlers eye-to-eye. Surveillance photo of a suspect in the April 19 garage burglary. The most brazen incident of the weekend came Friday night when a prowler broke into several cars in the parking garage at 918 Belmont. We

Two Lake View High School students became unresponsive and two others became “aggressive” after apparently becoming intoxicated on campus Friday afternoon, police say. While the students were referred to as being “drunk,” the exact nature of their intoxication is not known. Four ambulances and several police units responded to the school, 4015 N. Ashland, around

Two men who taxied home from a Clark Street bar early Saturday were followed by a carload of men who jumped out, beat, and robbed at least one of them when they arrived at their destination, police say. When victims exited their taxi in the 3300 block of Hamilton around 3:40AM, at least two men

FBI The Standard Bank and Trust at Broadway and Irving Park Road was robbed at 9:45 this morning by a man who told the teller “give me your money and nobody will get hurt.” Witnesses say the offender fled westbound on Irving Park with about $2,500 cash in his hand. (Pro tip: Always bring a

Two men who’ve made frequent appearances on CWB had typical Cook County Court experiences this week, with charges dropped in two of their three cases. More Luck From Judge Luckman Brian Conner, who was facing felony-upgraded charges after being accused of stealing Coricidin from the Jewel-Osco at Broadway and Addison, walked out of court after

Image: SF Examiner At least five storage lockers were burglarized in the condo building at 3150 Sheffield yesterday, just one day after police issued a warning about similar break-ins through out the area. Police say the offender used force to enter the storage lockers and take residents’ property. Other burglaries reported over the past few

Helmont, the crime-laden strip of turf from the 700 to 1200 blocks of Belmont Avenue, is really hitting its warm weather stride. More than 25% of the robberies reported in Wrigleyville and Boystown this year have taken place on Helmont—including 3 this month. In the latest mugging, a man called the 19th district station desk

Chicago Police Department Chicago police detectives are trying to track down a suspect in several residential and vehicle break-ins throughout our area over the past few months. The suspect, described as a bald, heavyset black man with a mustache, often uses a shopping cart to haul away stolen items, police say. Most of the incidents