Month: May 2018

Map showing approximate locations of robberies listed in today’s alert. Police today warned residents of the 19th (Town Hall) Police District about a series of hold-ups that have been reported over the past week Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Roscoe Village, and North Center. Community alerts are typically issued when detectives believe a crime pattern is the

Linzy (inset) was arrested here, in the first block of West Chicago, police said. | Google; CPD Oopsie! A twice-convicted robbery offender is back in prison, picked up on a parole violation warrant in River North after cops realized that he was selling individual servings of liquor on the street, according to court records. Robin

Smothers (inset) and Chicago police personnel at the scene of his arrest in October 2016.  A man who shot three people and threatened two cops with a firearm in Lakeview has reached a plea deal that will have him out of prison less than two years from now. Ricky Smothers, 23, pleaded guilty to three

A 28-year-old man who’s on parole for robbery is back in custody, charged with robbing two people along the Lakeview-Lincoln Park border early Friday morning. Police said that a 22-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man were walking in the 1100 block of West Diversey around midnight when they were confronted by two strangers. Kontrell Jones,

Approximate locations of Thursday’s robberies. A 14-year-old boy was among two people robbed at gunpoint in separate incidents across North Center on Thursday evening, police said. A third victim was robbed in the neighborhood earlier in the day. Police said the boy was in the 2100 block of West Byron around 4:30 p.m. when two

Dustin Garza falsely reported that a group of black men attacked him near Wrigley, police say. A suburban man called 911 with a false report of a person with a gun near Wrigley Field on Sunday evening, police said. Dustin Garza, 36, of Elgin allegedly made the emergency call around 9:30 p.m. When police arrived,

Chicago police today issued a community alert after two women reported a man behaving indecently on Brown Line trains over the past 10 days. Both women are pregnant, police said. The women told police that the man pictured here began masturbating near them as they rode trains in Lakeview and Lincoln Square during afternoon hours.

Map showing approximate locations of incidents. NORTH CENTER — Police are investigating the armed robbery of a woman near Cornelia and Leavitt early today. The victim was approached by two offenders when one of them pulled out a handgun and announced the robbery around 1:10 a.m. The men took the woman’s purse and fled northbound

The rich, fertile fields of Cook County seem to produce a bountiful supply of repeat criminal offenders. But a few of these “revolving door” types have really stood out lately. Here are three of our favorites: Third Time’s The Charm? Santiago | Chicago Police Dept Most people manage to go through life without ever being

Andrew Horton (inset) is charged with burglarizing an apartment building in the 900 block of West Dakin.  An observant neighbor and some conveniently-located cops teamed up to lasso a burglar near Wrigleyville and Boystown on Tuesday afternoon, police said. The 19th (Town Hall) Police District celebrated the arrest two hours later with a tweet cheering,

Preckwinkle marches in a recent Chicago Pride Parade. | Wikipedia Fresh off her primary win and coasting to certain re-election this fall, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is giving young Chicago carjackers a hug and a pat on the back. Reporting in Crain’s Chicago Business today, political columnist Greg Hinz reveals that Preckwinkle is

The May 5 attack took place in the 1200 block of North Lake Shore Drive, police said. | Google Chicago police today admitted that the case of a man who was critically injured in a lakefront beating on May 5 was mishandled, contradicting information given to the media as recently as yesterday. For the first