Month: May 2016

Police say they recovered a loaded handgun during a routine traffic stop outside of Wrigley Field and the vehicle’s driver now faces weapons and other charges. 23-year-old Anthony Coleman of Kenwood was pulled over in the 3600 block of N. Sheffield around 1AM on May 4 for traffic violations, police said. When officers asked Coleman

A deliberately-set dumpster fire displaced two Boystown residents Saturday after flames spread to their adjacent home, police said. The fire came one week after detectives warned that someone was setting fires in Lakeview and Lincoln Park alleys. Arson detectives believe they know the identity of Saturday’s offender, a source said. Fire was set to contents of a

Two offenders punched a man in the face and placed a silver handgun in his mouth during a robbery in the heart of Boystown overnight. Uncyclopedia The victim told police that he was walking from Halsted to Broadway on Roscoe Street when the robbery took place around 2:05AM. It is at least the 56th robbery

EDITORS’ NOTE: Some details of this story have been removed at 11:11 AM on July 24, 2020. The accused individual succeeded in having the case expunged from his/her Cook County Criminal Court record. While not required by law to remove truthful reports, CWBChicago editors do extend this courtesy to individuals who go through the legal

Court developments this week in cases that you read about on CWB Chicago: Radcliffe (top) and Craig • 18-year-old Dezmond Radcliffe received a 4-year prison sentence Thursday after he pleaded guilty to burglarizing a home in the 3700 block of N. Lakewood in late December. Radcliffe’s alleged partner in the burglary is Eli Ruff, a

How does a simple disagreement between a cab driver and a passenger turn into a cop being battered, three people being arrested, and one getting tazed? Welcome to Wrigleyville. Weber, Bryne, Weber Chicago police assigned to Wrigleyville after Sunday’s Cubs game say they came upon a cab disturbance in the 3400 block of N. Clark

Tactical officers responding to a suspicious person call arrived just in time to see a man peering into an apartment window in the 3100 block of N. Clifton Wednesday afternoon. The suspect fled, but cops eventually found him hiding in a nearby yard. Davis (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office) After telling cops that he saw a