Month: August 2016

Police were in the right place at the right time after an Uptown man armed with a “huge knife” broke into an elderly woman’s apartment last Wednesday evening, court records say. Benitez-Sanchez Prosecutors say Jose Benitez-Sanchez, 42, covered his face with a black plastic bag and entered the woman’s home by cutting through a screen

A Winnebago County man is accused of trying to steal a Brazilian Bowl delivery driver’s car in Boystown, police said Maney The store delivery driver told police that he stepped into the restaurant and Belmont and Broadway to pick up a round of deliveries. When the driver came back outside, 24-year-old Tyler Maney was trying

Four children were robbed. One woman was robbed and nearly sexually assaulted. Another woman was the victim of an attempted carjacking. And at least five other people were successfully robbed. The crimes, all believed to be the work of three teenagers or young adults armed with a knife, were reported in less than 2 hours

A single robbery crew is believed to be responsible for at least two robberies this weekend in Boystown and nearby Lincoln Park. In both cases, two men each produced a handgun to rob victims on the street. The first case involves a boyfriend and girlfriend who were robbed by the offenders near Schubert and Racine

An undercover police narcotics operation has resulted in the arrests of 18 men on the streets of North Side entertainment districts this month. And, in true Wrigleyville fashion, one arrestee tried to rob the undercover cop! Williams Paris L. Williams of the South Deering neighborhood is charged with battery and theft after police say he

An unmarked police unit sits outside of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home at 4228 N. Hermitage (Google Street View) A woman had her computer bag snatched from her hand in the 4200 block of N. Hermitage yesterday afternoon—the same block that is home to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his 24/7 personal police force. No one

A 30-year-old South Shore man was tazed three times and now faces a long list of criminal charges after he refused to be arrested for performing as an unlicensed “bucket boy” in Wrigleyville, police say. Jackson (Chicago Police Dept) Cops say they first tried to arrest Nathan Jackson for banging on a white 5-gallon bucket

Just as one local fugitive has been rounded up, two more criminals awaiting trial have gone missing as Cook County’s defendant-friendly court system continues to put dangerous (and allegedly dangerous) people back on the streets. Boystown Widow Beater Found Vacha (Winnebago Co. Sheriff) Robert Vacha, who received a laughable 30 months probation for mugging a

He’s a self-described “serial entrepreneur.” He’s the Johnny Appleseed of North Side coffeeshops. And, now, he’s accused of domestic battery. Tadros Philip Tadros, the 37-year-old man behind the Bow Truss coffeeshop chain, is free on $2,000 bail after being arrested at his home in the 3600 block of N. Wayne last Thursday evening. Police did

A wave of violent crime is washing across the North Side this year as Chicago police officers face increasing threats and scrutiny. Through July 31, violent crime reports are up in every lakefront neighborhood from the Loop to Edgewater. Reports of the most serious crimes—homicide, criminal sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated battery—are up as much