Month: May 2018

Approximate locations of eight mysterious auto thefts mentioned in a community alert. It’s a mystery. But, somehow, someway, car thieves are managing to steal legally-parked vehicles that do NOT have their keys left inside. The latest rash of mystery thefts occurred in Lincoln Park near the Lakeview border between April 10 and May 1. In

Chicago police are warning that catalytic converter thieves have returned to the 19th (Town Hall) Police in recent weeks. At least six cases have been reported since April 9, according to a community alert that was issued by Area North detectives. Police said the thefts have been taking place on residential streets, usually during overnight

Locations of 3 convenience store robberies in the Loop this week. Three Loop convenience stores have been robbed since Monday,  all between 10:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m., police say. No one is in custody. Around 10:40 on Monday night, two men put a handgun to the cashier’s head at Urban Grocers, 729 South State. The

Center on Halsted reps failed to show up in court twice, giving Gerald Harris (inset) the rare experience of being charged with the same crime twice and having the charges dropped twice. | CWB; CPD We’ve filed several reports about Center on Halsted’s failure to show up in court when people are charged with committing

Shane Sleeper was arrested on the fourth floor of this Uptown apartment building, according to a source. UPDATE 5:10 p.m. — The injuries to Sleeper’s legs were minor, self-inflicted knife wounds, according to a Sheriff’s Office source. ———————- Shane Sleeper, jailed for allegedly threatening a mass shooting in a Boystown bar and then mistakenly released

Latroy Wiley was arrested thanks to detailed descriptions offered by diners at a nearby Giordano’s. | CPD, Google Teamwork between two downtown police districts resulted in the arrest of a man who allegedly robbed a 23-year-old woman on Rush Street Tuesday evening. Police say Latroy Wiley wrestled a woman’s phone away as the victim walked

Shane Sleeper | Instagram UPDATE 1:30 PM: Sleeper is back in custody. Details coming… ——————- Two major developments unfolded Wednesday evening in the case of Shane Sleeper, a 31-year-old man who was accused in February of threatening to bring a Pulse Nightclub-like mass murder to Chicago’s Boystown. First, CWBChicago reported that a grand jury on

UPDATE 1:30 PM: Sleeper is back in custody. Details coming… ——– UPDATE MAY 3: CWB’s team has obtained sheriff’s records that suggest errors in data provided by the court clerk may partially responsible for Sleeper’s release. See the documents HERE. ————– A 31-year-old man who had been ordered held without bail for making terroristic threats

James Roberts (inset) poured alcohol over his wife and set her on fire in this Uptown parking lot. | IDOC; Google A man accused of setting his 60-year-old wife on fire in an Uptown grocery store parking lot four years ago has been found guilty on all counts in a bench trial overseen by Judge

Shane Sleeper (inset) is now facing terrorism, hate crime, stalking, and 20 more counts. BREAKING 9PM: Police tonight confirmed that a manhunt is underway after Sleeper was erroneously released by the Cook County Jail. Info HERE. —————- A Lakeview man who allegedly threatened to unleash a mass shooting inside a popular Boystown bar is now facing

Approximate locations of burglary cases included in today’s alert. | BatchGeo Cops are warning residents of Lakeview East and nearby Lincoln Park about a series of home and apartment break-ins that appear to be connected. Since April 11, at least nine homes and apartments have been burglarized in a relatively small area of the city.

Ricardo Pasco (inset) was carrying $67 worth of quarters when he was arrested, cops say. | CPD Some people never change. A 58-year-old career burglar who has been sentenced to a combined 51 years since 1987 is back in jail—accused of stealing coins from apartment complex laundry machines during forced-entry burglaries. Ricardo Pasco of Humboldt Park