Month: January 2016

A Lakeview woman barricaded herself inside a locked bathroom as burglars broke into her home in the 3800 block of N. Wayne around 11:30 this morning. She was not injured. According to a source, the suspects rang the woman’s doorbell, knocked on her front door, and then broke into her home, believing that it was

A man who once held a volunteer position in the local Chicago police CAPS program is facing felony reckless conduct charges for allegedly sparking a powerful police response by reporting a false “officer in distress” call to 911 from a local bar, court records say. 44-year-old Patrick Elbrecht of Uptown was taken into custody around

Legal troubles have worsened for two men accused of serious wrongdoing along the Clark Street bar strip recently. Playoff Pistol Pierce (CPD) Hoytuan Pierce, the 31-year-old who is accused of firing a gun near the intersection of Clark and Cornelia as a Cubs playoff victory celebration wound down has been slapped with a number of additional

A neighborhood pest went a couple of steps too far and he’s now charged with robbing a Walgreens and a 7-Eleven near Clark and Diversey last week. Bensfield (Cook County Sheriff’s Office) Prosecutors say 40-year-old Raymond Bensfield walked into the 7-Eleven at 2619 N. Clark Street around 9:30 last Wednesday and claimed to have a

A 23-year-old South Side man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbing a Lincoln Park woman at gunpoint in September 2014. Jonathan Ben allegedly donned a ski mask and brandished a blue steel revolver when held the woman up near Wrightwood and Clark around 6:15AM on September 18, 2014.

One of three men now charged with attacking a 77-year-old woman during a Wrigleyville home invasion this weekend was arrested last month after a Lakeview woman told police that he and another man tried to break into her home at 4:30AM—just two blocks from Saturday’s tragic crime. Ruff That woman and her four children were

Left to Right: Ruff, Taylor and Towbridge (Chicago Police Department) UPDATE: Bond is set at $2 million for each defendant. UPDATE 2: Cops say Ruff and Towbridge are members of the Black Disciple street gang. UPDATE 3: Lakeview mom had Ruff arrested last month when he pounded on her door at 4:30AM and refused to

Chicago police have identified the man who died in a triple-shooting incident Friday evening less than a half-mile from Rahm Emanuel’s home. Pablo Ulloa, 25, allegedly opened fire and struck two men during a “party” inside an apartment at Damen and Belle Plaine. Police say one of the two men returned fire, fatally striking Ulloa

Image: Meme Generator Hopes that a two-month long burglary spree in our neighborhood would end with yesterday’s capture of three suspects following a brutal Wrigleyville home invasion have been dashed. Two Boystown residents yesterday reported chasing intruders from their homes and at least one home was burglarized. Around 7:30 Saturday night, a woman returning to

The victim’s car, crashed on the Ryan. (ABC7Chicago screenshot) UPDATE JANUARY 11— Illinois State Police determined that the alleged home invaders were not connected to the expressway shooting. Rather, the suspect who was driving the car fell asleep at the wheel and crashed in the area where the shooting took place. Our original report follows.

The incoming snow and arctic cold cannot get here soon enough for us. While yesterday’s triple-shooting in nearby North Center takes the headlines, there have been plenty of other incidents to report: Yesterday, 9:03PM After escaping two would-be robbers outside of Wrigley Field, an Uptown woman seeks help at the 19th district police station. The

Officers near the scene of last night’s triple-shooting in North Center courtesy of  Craig Newman A 25-year-old Latin King gang member was killed and two other men were critically wounded Friday evening when an apparent drug deal went bad during a party just four blocks from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home. Three people were detained