Month: April 2016

A Wrigleyville man became our neighborhood’s 52nd robbery victim of the year this morning. At least three others have been targeted in robberies and attempted robberies in nearby areas over the past week. Muggings in Wrigleyville and Boystown are on pace to set a new record high in 2016, with reported cases up 138%. In

A convicted burglar who is currently on parole for theft is charged with breaking into a Lincoln Park store early Monday and running off with its cash register. King (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office) Police say they saw Kenneth King sprinting down a side street with a cash register on his shoulder around 12:30AM as they

Arson investigators have issued an alert after six fires were set in Lakeview and Lincoln Park alleys early Monday morning. Police say someone set fire to garbage cans in a half dozen locations between 4:30AM and 5:30AM. Some of the fires spread to nearby garages. Locations and times of Monday’s incidents: 2800 block of N.

There are developments to report in cases that you read about on CWB: Boykin (Chicago Police Dept) • A Cook County grand jury returned additional felony charges against Nicholas Boykin, the 33-year-old West Side man who is accused of fondling and groping a woman with two other men as the victim walked near the Lakeview

A 22-year-old Woodlawn man is charged with burglary after an undercover Chicago police unit caught him leaving the scene of a Lincoln Park burglary, court records say. Walker (Cook County Sheriff’s Office) Detectives working to reverse the area’s surging burglary rate say they saw James E. Walker ducking into gangways and alleys near Southport and

Two people are in police custody after fire swept through an abandoned home in Boystown Sunday evening. No one was injured in the fire, which was reported at 6PM. Watch video of the fire burning as first responders arrive Peter Skrabacz lives nearby: “I smelled something outside and when I went out to take my

Concerned that “crime in Lakeview seems to be getting worse day by day,” Elaine Osgood is organizing a community meeting at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, at 7PM this Wednesday. Osgood, sales manager at nearby Diag Bar and Grill, says “it’s time to come together as a community and discuss ways we as residents

Got a minute? Let’s meet “Larry Tolliver,” the man who’s accused of attacking and robbing a 74-year-old woman as she pushed her walker out of an elevator in her Lakeview high-rise on Easter morning. “Marcus Wells” (top) and “Antonio Tollman” His story is a blood-boiling tale of yet another violent offender who has been released

Shell casings have been recovered from the scene of an attempted shooting near the 1500 block of W. Addison Thursday evening. No one was injured, but a small group of people told police that they had been targeted. Police responded to the area around 8:15PM after several 911 callers reported hearing shots fired. Witnesses reported

Two people were robbed in Boystown overnight—the 49th and 50th muggings of 2016—putting this year on pace with 2013, the single worst year on record for robberies here. Image: Flickrhivemind Today’s first victim was punched in the face and robbed of his money and phone by a man who asked him for a cigarette near