Month: July 2017

For the second time in less than a week, Chicago police have issued a community alert to warn about child luring in Lincoln Park. The newest warning comes after a 14-year-old girl was targeted as she walked in the 1900 block of North Orchard on Monday afternoon. Police say a 34-42 year old Hispanic man

Justin Milos (left) was caught stealing bikes on surveillance video, police said. | Chicago Police Dept A suburban man has been charged with three felony counts of burglary in connection with a series of high-end bicycle thefts across the South Loop. 30-year-old Justin Milos was arrested in an Edgewater apartment complex at 5650 North Sheridan

Barnett Crossbows An Alabama man is facing charges after cops say they caught him with a crossbow and razor-tipped arrow near Diversey Harbor. Patterson | Chicago Police Dept Police approached 65-year-old Harold Patterson because they saw him drinking a can of beer on park property around 11:30 last Saturday morning, according to their report. As

Heads up to local businesses—a woman is working the neighborhood with fake $100 bills. The woman seen here tried to pass a bogus Benjamin Sunday evening at a restaurant near Ashland and George, an employee told us. She’s 23-28 years old and was last seen walking east toward Southport, the man said. You can support

It was one of those nights in Boystown. A rainbow pylon on Halsted Street | David Rivera via Flickr At least two robberies, a pepper-spraying, and plenty of good old-fashioned mayhem were reported along the Halsted bar strip early Saturday. The first robbery was reported around 4:30 a.m. when six offenders stopped a man on

McGill on the court of the Milwaukee Bucks’ BMO Harris Bradley Center | Facebook UPDATE JULY 17 11:27AM:  In response to an inquiry from CWBChicago, UNC spokesperson Kate Luck this morning stated, “We have no record of an applicant or enrollee by the name of Bryce McGill at UNC-Chapel Hill.” It appears that McGill and his

Today’s mugging is at least the fifth hold-up since last Wednesday that is believed to be connected to the duo. Cops got close but ultimately came up short early today in their pursuit of two men suspected in a series of robberies across Southeast Lakeview and nearby Lincoln Park. Around 11:55 last night, the men

The latest brawl broke out near Sidetrack bar and Venicci Pizza. | YouTube “LOVE WINS.” Once the sidewalk cafe fence goes down, it’s every man for himself in the latest Boystown street brawl video to hit YouTube. See the video HERE. With Sidetrack bar’s signage boasting “Love Wins” in the background, the 10-person melee unfolds directly

Shots and Pringles. Lambert at The Closet before the alleged incident. Adam Lambert rolled into Chicago Tuesday ahead of his show with Queen at the United Center on Thursday—and he immediately went into The Closet. That’s a bar at 3325 North Broadway in the Boystown neighborhood. And, a Lakeview man told police that a member

Several witnesses confirmed they saw him rob a man near the Belmont Red Line. Cops chased him down. And the victim identified him too. Hampton But there will be no robbery charges for the man who allegedly brandished a knife in an armed robbery around 3:30 p.m. on June 25 while the Chicago Pride Parade was

They’re b-a-a-a-ck! Area North detectives tonight are warning North Side residents about a rash of catalytic converter thefts over the past two weeks. Striking mainly between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., the thieves have sawn converters off of at least eleven vehicles since June 30, the alert said. Cops offered no descriptions of the offenders.

Christian Sewell (inset) is the only person charged with possessing fireworks in Chicago since 2016. Christian Sewell may be the unluckiest man in Chicago. In a city that seemed to be filled with the sounds of fireworks exploding for days at time over the 4th of July weekend…. In a city so laden with the

A 31-year-old man has been pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in a Boystown bathhouse Tuesday morning. Police are conducting a death investigation. Steamworks Baths at 3246 N. Halsted | Gay Party Blog Today’s incident is the second death since January at Steamworks Baths, 3246 North Halsted. Town Hall cops responded to a call of