Year: 2015

“I was walking to work, the sun was out, people were driving down the street. There was nothing I could’ve done except not carry so much in my purse.”              — Eight-year Lakeview resident, robbed this morning. Two more Lakeview women were mugged in the hours following last night’s robbery

A 19-year-old Iowa man who faced 47 charges for sex trafficking and kidnaping after he allegedly drove two teenage girls to a Boystown hotel and then forced them to work as prostitutes reached a plea deal Monday. In January, prosecutors said Ferid Mahalbasic drove the girls—ages 17 and 18—from Waterloo, Iowa, to a hotel near

A retired police officer was attacked and robbed of her purse as she parked behind her North Center home Monday night. Another woman was pushed to the ground and robbed of her purse in the same area earlier in the day. No one is in custody. Multiple 911 callers reported a woman screaming for help

A 25-year-old Uptown man has been charged in connection with the home invasion and sexual attack of a woman in Wrigleyville this summer. Chicago police say that 24th district officers recognized Marcel J. Geanes’ face from an internal investigative alert as they spoke with him about traffic violations in the 1700 block of W Howard on

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Three teens were raising money for a non-existent charity called “SOSAD” when one of them spit in the face of a Lincoln Park business woman who told them to leave her shop, prosecutors say. The three were arrested on September 17, within days of multiple businesses reporting that phones and other valuables had been stolen by young

A South Side man is charged with robbery after he allegedly stole a 58-year-old woman’s purse in Lakeview two weeks ago. A private citizen captured the suspect and an off-duty officer helped detain the man for cops. Noel Valentine, 22, entered the victim’s backyard in the 3400 block of N Marshfield around 2:45PM on September

A Boystown man reported being robbed at knifepoint near Belmont and Broadway around 2:30 Sunday morning. No suspects are in custody. The victim told police that two black men approached him, produced a knife, and took his ATM card. One offender was heavy set. The other wore a hat and had a “normal build.” The

A 29-year-old parolee is back in prison today after being charged with burglary, battery, and resisting police in the 3700 block of Bosworth two weeks ago. Police originally responded to calls of a man pulling on door handles in the area around 11:30AM on September 18. As they searched the area, officers came across a 40-year-old

Boystown resident Ted Rosinus still hasn’t received a response from Alderman Tom Tunney’s office to a September 10th letter about crime and policing in our neighborhood. Now, you’re invited to co-sign Ted’s follow-up message to the alderman. Here’s a quick link to his petition. “By signing this petition I will add your name to the

Chicago police detectives are warning residents of Lakeview and North Center after investigators found connections between two of the many recent robberies in our neighborhood. According to a newly-released community alert, the offender displayed a handgun while approaching victims in the 1000 block of Newport in Wrigleyville last Wednesday and again on Saturday morning near

Sorry. The Internet doesn’t work that way. A new low was reached Wednesday in local alderman Tom Tunney’s refusal to engage neighbors in an open conversation about crime and policing. Tunney, who fought off a social media manipulation scandal last year, is now deploying Facebook’s administrative “hide” feature to suppress recent negative feedback about crime