Month: March 2018

A man who allegedly threatened to kill himself in a Boystown apartment brought a SWAT team response and street closures along the Halsted Street nightlife strip early Saturday. No serious injuries were reported and the man was safely taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center for evaluation, police said. SWAT team called to Boystown apartment

An Irving Park woman who intentionally unleashed pepper spray in a crowded concert hall at House of Blues last Thursday night wound up getting much more than she bargained for, police said. The  sold-out crowd, packed in to see rapper Lil Skies, turned on 23-year-old Jocelyn Martinez and beat her silly, according to a CPD

The 19th District stretches Fullerton to Lawrence, the lake to the river. Calls for police service in the 19th (Town Hall) Police District grew into “backlogs” 239 times last year, according to newly-released city data. By comparison, in the 56 months between January 2011 and August 2015, the district had just 167 backlogs. The district is

Now it’s official. Area North detectives this afternoon released a business alert that warns about a series of late-night burglaries to salons, restaurants, and shops throughout the 19th (Town Hall) District. CWBChicago previously reported on the pattern yesterday evening and on Sunday. The alert says an offender has been making entry to businesses at off-hours

Ahh. Remember those crazy nights on spring break when we all cut loose and robbed homeless people. No? That’s not how you spent your spring break? Well, welcome to Chicago where things are just a little bit different. Police have just released details of a crazy two-boy crime spree that unfolded early today in the

Edwin (L) and Marquise Doyle | Chicago Police Dept Twin brothers have been charged with robbing a 34-year-old man in the Loop on Tuesday evening, police said this afternoon. Eighteen-year-olds Edwin and Marquise Doyle of the 5700 block of South Racine are each charged with one felony count of aggravated robbery-indicating presence of a firearm.

Wikicommons A gunman robbed a bar and grill at Union Station this morning, leaving the restaurant’s manager tied up in a back office for nearly an hour, Amtrak police said. Around 10:15 a.m., a 53-year-old manager of The Junction bar was approached by an offender who displayed a black gun, pistol-whipped the victim, and restrained

Image: FBI A North Center bank was robbed for the second time in three months on Wednesday afternoon, police said. No one was injured. Just before 4:30 p.m., a man wearing a “security” sweatshirt walked into Byline Bank at 3401 North Western and passed a demand note to the teller. After receiving cash, the suspect

A 54-year-old Uptown man is charged with sexually assaulting a transgender woman whom he met through an app. The man’s LinkedIn resume includes years of experience working at Chicago social service agencies. Dean Kruel allegedly met the 24-year-old woman around 8:30 p.m. Saturday via Jack’d, prosecutors said. After drinking wine at Kruel’s apartment in the

Images: CWBChicago reader A Lakeview resident’s home camera caught some pretty good video of a local package thief in action on Wednesday afternoon. This particular theft took place near Sheffield and Wellington. One of the better takeaways from the video is what “suspicious behavior” can look like. It was about 50-degrees outside when these images

There still hasn’t been an alert from Chicago police, but businesses are continuing to experience an unusual number of overnight burglaries in Lakeview and nearby areas. In nearly all of the cases, force has been used to enter the businesses. Cash boxes, register drawers, and merchandise have been taken. CWBChicago first told you about the