Month: November 2016

Vadillo Eight-time convicted burglar Armando Vadillo can now be accurately referred to as nine-time convicted burglar Armando Vadillo. Vadillo pleaded guilty to repeatedly burglarizing Wrigleyville landmark Nuts On Clark this spring. The judge slapped him with a 10-year sentence, which means he will be paroled in less than five years on May 24, 2021. Mark

A 48-year-old suburban man has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a maid at a neighborhood hotel in 2014. Dennis Sluskie Jr. will serve 85% of a 9-year sentence under the plea agreement, making him eligible for parole in October 2021. He is required to register as a sex offender for life. Sluskie | Illinois Dept of

Saturday afternoon, optimistic construction workers poured yards of fresh concrete in the Wrigleyville bar district along Clark Street. Then, as they prepared to leave for the day, they flagged down a cop and asked the officer to keep an eye on the concrete so no one would step it. Of course, that’s not the police department’s

Friday’s attack unfolded in this parking lot behind the school’s student center. | Google Chicago police are investigating a criminal sexual assault that took place in a DePaul University parking lot early Friday morning. It is the third sexual assault reported on the DePaul campus in the past month. The school’s public safety office warned

Police recorded more muggings in Wrigleyville and Boystown during October than in any other month since the peak of our 3-year robbery wave in 2013. Our robbery count tied 2011’s as the worst Octobers on the public record. Full list of this year’s robberies HERE Victims reported thirty robberies here last month, the most since

An 18-year-old Chicago man is now charged with attempted robbery after his would-be victim stabbed him repeatedly during a counter-attack in Boystown last weekend, prosecutors said. Douglas | Cook County Sheriff Wesley Douglas received three stab wounds to his chest when the victim fought back against him and another unidentified accomplice, police said. Cops caught up

Prosecutors today charged a 21-year-old Avalon Park man with firing a handgun at two people in Uptown on Sunday evening. Prosecutors also charged a 16-year-old juvenile with shooting at the two victims as well as at pursuing police officers, according to a source. Police said the shots did not strike anyone. Ogunleye | Chicago Police

Screen grabs showing an Uptown gang member flashing a gun at 1144 West Wilson in March | CWBChicago Two suspects are in custody after gunmen shot at people on an Uptown street and then fired on police officers who pursued them Sunday evening. No one was injured. Officers on foot patrol near Truman College reported

Chicago police are cautioning users of ride-hailing apps after a 21-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a man who gave her a ride in Boystown this morning. Boystown | TripAdvisor The woman told police that a friend ordered a car for her in the 3300- to 3500 block of Halsted around 2 a.m. Daylight Time

A would-be robbery victim fought back against two attackers in Boystown early Saturday and sent one man to the hospital with multiple stab wounds, police said. The second offender remains at large. Surprise! | LifeAndSkills.com image The 5:15 a.m. robbery attempt at Roscoe and Halsted is one of at least six muggings in the Boystown neighborhood since

Two men who tried to rob three Uptown roommates in River North were foiled when their would-be victims flagged down a passing police car. Then, cops discovered that one of the offenders didn’t need to be robbing anyone—he was carrying more than $1,400 cash! The incident unfolded outside of a multi-million-dollar mansion in the 800