Month: September 2016

McCune The 24-year-old man who was arrested after trying to break into a Boystown woman’s apartment this week was carrying a bag full of expensive electronics, jewelry, and other items that detectives believe were taken in other recent burglaries or auto break-ins around Lakeview, according to a police department source and documents reviewed by CWB

Attempted burglary charges are filed against an Englewood man who was caught trying to break into a Boystown apartment on Monday, police said. McCune 24-year-old Delvon McCune is charged with one felony count of attempted residential burglary for trying to break through the rear door of the victim’s home in the 800 block of West Aldine

Nope! That’s not Coolio. It’s Venson. A 22-year-old South Side man, released one month ago on parole, has been charged with Monday’s burglary of a home in the 1700 block of West Melrose, according to Chicago police and state records. Kaavar Venson was arrested at 10:40 p.m. Monday less than a block from the home

With burglary reports up over 87% in Lakeview and over 100% in our immediate area this year, there is finally some good news about break-ins. Actual criminal may vary. Yesterday evening, Chicago police caught two burglary suspects in less than three hours—one in Boystown and the other in Roscoe Village. The arrests come after several residents

The Uptown teen who pleaded guilty to robbing Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s son outside of the family’s home at Christmastime 2014 has been shipped off to prison after pleading guilty to narcotics and motor vehicle theft charges this week. Payne’s IDOC intake photo Phillip Payne, now 19, received juvenile probation for beating up Zach Emanuel and

It’s not what most people expect to see when they peer out of their front window in Lakeview. But with robberies up 68% this year, maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. A man who lives in the 2800 block of North Paulina told police that he looked out his window at 10:15 Saturday night and saw

Halsted bank robbery suspect (FBI) The FBI is investigating two Lakeview bank robberies that were reported hours apart on Thursday. In the first robbery, a man walked into the BMO Harris Bank at 3601 North Halsted at 10:56AM and handed the teller a note in which he implied that he was armed. Police describe the

A 29-year-old man was shot in his right shoulder as he walked on an Uptown street this afternoon. He is listed in good condition at Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He is the 28th person to be shot in Uptown this year. Witnesses reported hearing five or six shots ring out in the 4500 block of

A Lakeview man who stepped into his backyard for a “smoke” was robbed by four men overnight, police said. The victim told police that he was in his yard in the 3200 block of N. Clifton around 3:00AM when four or five men robbed him. He said he was “choked out” by one offender while

Thompson (L) and Washington. (Cook Co. Sheriff”s Office) Two men are facing robbery charges after a 23-year-old woman was beaten and robbed in Boystown this week. 26-year-old Steven L. Thompson of Joliet is charged with one felony count of robbery in connection with the incident, which was reported at 11:55PM Tuesday in the 800 block

A quick police response resulted in two robbery suspects being captured just two blocks from the scene of the crime in Boystown late Tuesday night. The Hoff Two men are now facing robbery and weapons charges. The two robbers attacked a woman in the 800 block of West Buckingham at 11:55PM and then fled toward

He shot himself in the ass. That’s the latest word on the 22-year-old Logan Square man who told police that he was shot in the 1000 block of West Belmont early yesterday morning. He is the 29th person to accidentally shoot themselves in Chicago this year, according to the expert trackers at HeyJackass.com 44th Ward

Police images of a man wanted in connection with the violent robbery of a cab driver in Lincoln Park. Chicago police this morning issued an alert seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly robbed a cab driver in Lincoln Park last month. And CWB Chicago has learned through a source that the