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Month: December 2017

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After Lincoln Towing Hauls Away Uptown Family’s Moving Truck, Alderman Re-Ups Call For Company To Go

December 31, 2017 9:05 PM CWBChicago

A Lincoln Towing “service truck” returns to the company’s lot on Clark Street. | DNAInfo Chicago A day after the North Side’s infamous Lincoln Towing company took possession of a family’s U-Haul and their personal car in Uptown, 47th Ward Alderman Ameya Pawar is renewing his call for the firm to be outlawed. And this

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Lakeview Man Brandishing Ax Claims He Did It Because Of Trump — And Cops Let Him Go

December 31, 2017 12:43 AM CWBChicago

A Lakeview man was released without charges Saturday evening after he told police that he took out his newly-purchased ax on a CTA bus “because of our current president.” Multiple 911 callers reported seeing a white male in a blue and white plaid shirt carrying an ax or waving an ax on the street near the 1300 block

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Guest List At Hotel Party Disrupted By Gunfire Included Four Convicted Of Gun Crimes—Including One On Parole

December 30, 2017 9:03 PM CWBChicago

Accused hostess Terraniqua Snow was the only adult who didn’t have an arrest record before the party. It was quite a party at the Homewood Suites hotel in River North early last Sunday. Three handguns were recovered in room 918 after shots were fired around 3:30 a.m, police said. Ten adults were arrested along with

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Idling Cars Stolen From Wicker Park 7-Eleven Three Times This Month

December 30, 2017 8:18 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are politely reminding drivers to turn off and lock their cars—especially if they’re just going to “run into” a particular Wicker Park convenience store. The cursed 7-Eleven at 1400 North Milwaukee. | Google Auto thieves have stolen three idling vehicles this month while their owners dashed into the 7-Eleven store at 1400 North

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COPS: Late Night Robbers Targeting Red Line Passengers

December 30, 2017 7:31 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police have issued a community alert after armed robbers targeted at least five CTA train passengers since Christmas. Victims have been approached while standing on Red Line trains or shortly after leaving a Red Line train by a man or men who’ve been armed with a handgun. Most recently, a victim was robbed around 3:45

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ATM Skimmers Found In Boystown, Nearby Lincoln Park

December 30, 2017 2:16 PM CWBChicago

The most recent skimmer discovery was made Saturday evening at Walgreens, 3201 North Broadway. | Google Cops recovered at least two skimming devices from ATMs in Boystown and nearby Lincoln Park this week. The latest discoveries of the information-sucking swipers are part of a growing wave of similar cases across the city, police said. The

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Cops: Man Stole Central A/C Units From Lincoln Park Homes

December 29, 2017 4:29 AM CWBChicago

Howard (inset) is charged with two counts of felony theft. Ronald Howard had an idea last week. So far, it has not panned out as he apparently hoped. Howard is accused of stealing two central air conditioners from Lincoln Park condominiums and then trying to sell the units at a nearby construction site. Two residents

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Boystown Rabble Rousers Move Their Act Downtown—And Get Charged With Attempted Robbery

December 29, 2017 3:37 AM CWBChicago

One of Boystown’s local pains in the arse stepped in a pile of trouble downtown last week. Donovan Mylander—banned from the Center on Halsted due to his conduct at the LGBTQ service agency—is now charged with trying to rob a businessman on State Street. Daffin (left) and Mylander are charged with attempted robbery. | Chicago

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North Center Bank Robbed Thursday Afternoon

December 29, 2017 2:37 AM CWBChicago

This man is wanted in connection with a Thursday morning bank robbery at 3401 North Western. | FBI The FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that leads them to the man who robbed a North Center bank this afternoon. The man entered Byline Bank at 3401 North Western around 2:40

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Police: Robbery Crews Beat, Robbed Men in Boystown And Uptown Saturday

December 24, 2017 10:53 PM CWBChicago

Police are investigating two robberies Saturday that involved groups of three or more offenders beating up and mugging men in the 19th District. No one is in custody. The first attack was reported in Boystown around 3:30 a.m. Police said a 54-year-old man was walking in the 3400 block of North Halsted when three unknown

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Humboldt Park

Serial burglar jumped from 3rd floor as Chicago cops moved in: prosecutors

June 6, 2023 1:34 AM

A Chicago man jumped from a third-floor balcony as police moved in to arrest him for a series of business burglaries, mainly in West Town, officials said.

Uptown

Cops hunt hit-and-run driver who left bicyclist badly injured in Uptown

June 6, 2023 12:56 AM

Chicago police hope the public will lead them to the hit-and-run driver who left a bicyclist critically injured in Uptown yesterday morning.

CTA

Man sexually assaulted woman at CTA station three days after being paroled for his 10th felony: prosecutors

June 6, 2023 12:34 AM

Three days after being paroled for his tenth felony last week, Anthony Richardson sexually assaulted a woman who passed out from drug use inside a downtown Chicago train station, prosecutors say.

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