Month: April 2017

EDITORS’ NOTE: Details of another incident that were included in this report have been removed at 2:20PM on July 18, 2018. The individual accused in that matter 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

Robert Heath (inset) drank nearly $2,000 worth of booze with no intention of paying, prosecutors say It was a big, big bar tab. The biggest. Yuge. And Robert Heath had no intention of paying it, prosecutors say. The 30-year-old tourist from Canton, Georgia, ran up the tab at the rooftop bar of President Donald Trump’s

Tax money paid for this “emergency” phone near the Sheridan Red Line at a cost of $20,000. Two recently installed emergency call boxes on the far north end of Lakeview came at a steep price for local taxpayers: $20,000. Each. Even worse than the price tag may be the fact that some residents now want

A Lakeview server was robbed as they left work last night in the 2900 block of North Sheffield—the same block where a man was shot at a house party over the weekend. The server was jumped around 10 p.m. near Sheffield and Wellington, police said. They described the robber as a black man with a

The shooting happened here, in the 4500 block of North Clarendon, police said. | Google A 21-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot eight times in Uptown on Tuesday night. He is the third person to be shot in that neighborhood since last Thursday. Police said the man was standing in the 4500

UPDATE 2 May 1, 2017— OK. Now he’s charged with bank robbery…but not before he held up yet another branch. Story here. ———- UPDATE 1: The suspect was set free after the FBI told Chicago police to “only pursue local charges” unrelated to the bank robberies, according to court documents. Unfortunately for the look-alike, cops

A string of North Side taxi cab robberies has grown increasingly violent, with the latest victim being stabbed in the chest, Chicago police said. Detectives issued a warning about the robberies, including one in Wrigleyville, on Saturday. Since then, two more cabbies have been robbed. In the latest incident, the cab driver was stabbed in

A 46-year-old man with a long, violent criminal history has been charged with sexually assaulting and robbing a woman in her Lakeview apartment early on Sunday. Carter | Chicago Police Dept Alexander Carter is charged with armed robbery-indicating a firearm, aggravated criminal sexual assault-threatening the victim’s life, theft of lost or mislaid property, and reckless

Charges have been filed in connection with a shooting at a late-night house party in the 2900 block of North Sheffield on Sunday. Warren | Cook County Sheriff 24-year-old James C. Warren IV of the Auburn Gresham neighborhood is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm, according to court records. A judge

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A suspect is in custody after a woman was sexually assaulted here, in the 500 block of Oakdale on Sunday | Google An offender is in custody after a 24-year-old Lakeview woman reported being sexually assaulted and robbed early Sunday by a man that she met in a bar. The woman was attacked in an

The victim was shot in the building at right. | Google UPDATE 6:50PM APRIL 17 — Charges have been filed. Story HERE. UPDATE 5:19PM — Here’s the latest information on this morning’s shooting. The victim was shot in both legs, according to new information The offender is a 24-year-old man who most recently listed an

When city officials announced that the 19th and 23rd police districts would be merged in October 2011, they promised that there would be no reduction in officers on the street and no cutbacks in service. Despite those promises from Mayor Rahm Emanuel, 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney, 46th Ward Alderman James Cappleman, 43rd Ward Alderman