Month: August 2018

The victim was attacked just west of Halsted Street on Waveland Avenue | Google Detectives are investigating after a 27-year-old man reported being robbed and choked by a man who tried sexually assault him as he walked home in Boystown early Tuesday morning, police said. Police said the victim was walking in the 800 block

Rene Chandler, also known as Nayron Gonzalez, was arrested last week in River North. | CPD; Wikicommons A South Side man has been charged with sexually assaulting two women in separate attacks downtown this year. Both victims allegedly met the man online and were attacked after meeting with him in person at high-rise condos. Rene

Approximate locations of the two incidents. Police believe the same offender is responsible for battering and robbing two people in separate muggings Sunday evening—one in Lakeview, the other in North Center. No one is in custody. In the first incident, a woman was punched in the face and mouth by a passer-by in the 1400

The man was attacked here, in the 900 block of West Belmont. | Google A Lakeview man is in stable condition after being beaten in an unprovoked attack while walking his dog near the Belmont Red Line station early Monday, police said. No one is in custody. The 43-year-old and his dog were in the

Approximate location of Monday’s carjacking. | Google A man was carjacked in Lakeview by two armed men shortly after midnight on Monday, according to Chicago police. No one is in custody. Police said the 30-year-old victim was sitting inside his parked car in the 800 block of West George Street when two men pulled up in

This burglar, seen during a break-in of The Alley in Lakeview, is now suspected in at least six break-ins. | The Alley A burglar suspected of committing four business break-ins around Lakeview this month has apparently been plying his trade in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, too. Locations of six related burglaries Early on August 10th,

Sunday’s victim was shot while traveling in the northbound lanes of LSD near Montrose. | Google A passenger inside a car on Lake Shore Drive became Uptown’s third shooting victim of the month early Sunday morning. No one is in custody. Police said in a media release that the 37-year-old victim was traveling northbound in

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing Lincoln Park woman. Katherine Simonette, 56, was last seen near the 2000 block of North Clark Street on Tuesday, according to a missing person bulletin issued by Chicago police. Simonette, who is a frequent Starbucks customer, may be in need of medical attention, police

Vega | Chicago Police Dept Update July 3, 2021 — Isaac Vega pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in exchange for a two-year sentence from Judge Aleksandra Gillespie, court records show.  As a new weekend approaches, only one arrest has been made in connection with a string of violent

Five robberies in eight days on a single block in Old Town. All of the victims were cab or ride-hailing service drivers. And, now, police have issued a community alert about the spree. All of the hold-ups took place during evening hours in the 1300 block of North Hudson between August 1st and August 9th,