Year: 2015

Google Two offenders robbed a man at gunpoint as he walked out of a neighborhood Walgreens Tuesday morning. No one was injured. There have been no arrests. The hold-up occurred as the victim walked from the Walgreens at the intersection of Halsted, Clark, and Barry around 6:15AM. Two black men—one in a black hoodie, the

Image: Random Letters To The World Sunday evening’s Cubs home opener brought some of the season’s firsts: • The first crime against a Cubs fan was reported 1 hour, 51 minutes before the first pitch as a woman got pick-pocketed at the Addison Red Line. • The first ambulance was summoned for a fan 4

A large group of troublemakers wandered through Wrigleyville and Boystown, leading to a flood of 911 calls reporting everything from street fights to burglaries over the course of an hour Wednesday evening. At least one person was arrested. The first call for help came around 7:40PM when a man called from Kit Kat Lounge, 3700

Surveillance photo of a suspect in the Roosevelt U arson (L); andMiller’s CPD mugshot (R) A Lincoln Park man today has been charged with attempted arson and trespassing for allegedly starting a small fire in a Roosevelt University rest room on April 1. Lavale Miller of the 1000 block of Fullerton has not yet been

Image of a man identified byChicago police as a suspect intwo fires on school campusesthis week. DePaul University public safety officers are believed to have detained a man overnight who is wanted for setting a fire on their campus Thursday as well as a fire on Roosevelt University’s Loop campus on Wednesday. Police and fire

Source: City of Chicago Robberies in Wrigleyville and Boystown are off to a very slow start in 2015, with only 16 cases reported in the first quarter. That is the third-lowest Q1 number since 2001, the first year for which Chicago crime data is available to the public. Street robberies became one of the most

No, this is not an April Fool’s gag. Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications this week cited a fear of terrorism in refusing to release any information whatsoever about past or future Chicago Pride Parades. The response came five months after a Lake View resident requested the documents under Illinois’ Freedom Of Information Act.

“You know we’re short on cars tonight, right?” That’s how one seasoned 19th district dispatcher suggested to an officer that they had a full shift ahead of them on Friday night. (Wait. Short on cars on a Friday? In an “entertainment district?” Will things EVER change?) We haven’t yet received the line-up from Friday to

Branch. (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Dept) Prosecutors Saturday charged a man and a woman in connection with one of three early-Friday convenience store robberies that culminated in a vehicle and foot chase on the city’s near West Side. The two have not yet been charged with participating in a series of similar convenience store robberies in

Clark (Cook Co Sheriff’s Dept) An 18-year-old Calumet City man faces charges of burglary, unlawful use of a weapon, and possession of burglary tools after police found him inside an apartment building in the 1300 block of Waveland. Officers went to the location at 2:30PM on March 12 after a motorist reported seeing a man

UPDATE APRIL  This video has been taken down due to a copyright claim by Ron Perrillo. ———- Did Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel really shove a man who refused to shake his hand inside a Target store recently? With a child watching from just steps away and cameras everywhere? That’s the accusation of YouTube user Hechosdcolon,

Witney/Whitney/Wite/Etc A man whose Cook County Criminal Court record sprawls across 192 separate entries has been arrested again in Boystown. Prosecutors say Danny Witney, 56, asked a man for money on the corner of Roscoe and Halsted. When the man said he didn’t have any money, Witney allegedly punched the 33-year-old waiter in the face.

Brandis. Again. (Cook Co Sheriff’s Dept) Good news for neighborhood nuisance Ryan Brandis: A judge threw out his latest theft charge last week. Bad news for Ryan Brandis: He managed to get arrested again on Tuesday. Judge Marvin Luckman ruled that there was no probable cause to try Brandis for allegedly stealing a bike from