Month: November 2017

A 25-year-old convicted felon who was charged with being a Peeping Tom in Boystown in September is now charged with beating and robbing a man downtown. Brown | Cook County Sheriff Jerry Brown of Woodlawn approached a 49-year-old man in the 300 block of North Lower Michigan Avenue around 2 a.m. on Tuesday and demanded

Two armed home invasions, one in Lincoln Park and the other in West Town, have been connected to the same offenders, police say. Now, a community alert has been issued. On Saturday, two men approached a Lincoln Park man on the side of his residence in the 900 block of West Wrightwood around 2:45 p.m.

Police at the scene of Sunday’s shooting; Brandon Ortiz was arrested nearby. | Kimberly Eberl; CPD  A 23-year-old suburban man opened fire in an alley near Clark and Diversey on Sunday afternoon, shooting out two condominium windows, but causing no injuries, Chicago police said today. Brandon Ortiz of west suburban Hillside is charged with felony

Approximate locations of four muggings near Michigan and Balboa during November. | BatchGeo Just days after police warned about groups of teenagers beating and robbing people near Grant Park, another man last night was attacked in the same area. Around 10:30 p.m,, a 22-year-old man was surrounded by four offenders in the 600 block of

An ATM skimmer was found Monday at this Southport Corridor CVS Pharmacy, police said. | Google An ATM skimming device, planted to steal victims’ debit card numbers and PINs, was discovered at a Lakeview pharmacy Monday morning. The finding comes less than a month after Chicago police announced that more than a dozen of the

Cmdr. Paul Bauer speaks at the annual meeting of River North Residents Association on Nov 14 | LoopNorth.com Editors Note: Commander Bauer was shot and killed while pursuing a man in the Loop on February 13, 2018.  The following story was published here on November 20, 2017, in partnership with Loop North News . ————————————————————

Karlie (left) and Joseph went missing Sunday evening from the 1500 block of West George, police said. | CPD UPDATE 10:22PM—The missing kids have been found by a Lakeview resident near George and Seminary. They are reportedly cold, but otherwise ok. UPDATE 9:20PM—Police have located video of the missing kids walking eastbound in an alley of

Shell casings were found in an alley behind this building at Diversey and Orchard, police said. A gunman opened fire during an apparent drug transaction Sunday afternoon in Southeast Lakeview, according to police and department sources. No one was injured in the incident, but two windows were shot out in a nearby condo building. A

Police say Cazares (inset) was found with this gun and ammunition on Recreation Drive. | Chicago Police Dept For the second time this month, police have confiscated an illegal handgun while enforcing the city’s park curfew ordinance along Recreation Drive in Lakeview East. Officers reported seeing 19-year-old Fabian Cazares sitting in a vehicle in the

Left to right: Dyrell Cooper; Tyron Cooper; and Jasmine Larking | Chicago Police Dept A drug sweep targeting dealers along Argyle Street in Uptown yielded five arrests last week. The average age of the offenders? 49-years-old. Ald. Harry Osterman (48) said the arrests “is an ongoing effort by the Chicago Police Department to address violence

Police are investigating a Saturday afternoon home invasion in Lincoln Park. The victim told investigators that he was on the side of his residence in the 900 block of West Wrightwood when two offenders approached him and forced him into his apartment at gunpoint around 3:50 p.m. Once inside his unit, the robbers tied the

Approximate locations of three robberies reported in Boystown and nearby Lakeview this morning. | BatchGeo At least five people were wrapped up in three separate robberies in Lakeview East early Saturday. Two of the muggings were reported in the heart of Boystown. No one is in custody and only minor injuries were reported, police said.