August 2018 - Page 6 of 7

Cops looking for drivers who struck bicyclist in Lincoln Park, pedestrian in Lincoln Square

August 8, 2018 1:27 PM CWBChicago

Chicago police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two vehicles that were used in separate hit-and-run incidents earlier this year. In one case, a bicyclist was seriously injured in Lincoln Park. In the other, a pedestrian was struck in Lincoln Square. Both community alerts were issued on Tuesday. Lincoln Park Image of the

Lollapalooza: Suburban man tried to sell stolen all-access, VIP passes to undercover cops, police say

August 8, 2018 2:49 AM CWBChicago

David Puralewski is charged with trying to sell stolen Lollapalooza VIP passes to undercover cops. | Wikicommons; CPD David Puralewski has filled his Facebook page with scores of photos and videos that seem to show him enjoying backstage and VIP access at concerts and sporting events across America. But last Wednesday, the night before the

Lincoln Park: Charges filed in home invasion that targeted 69-year-old man

August 8, 2018 12:21 AM CWBChicago

Myra Berry is accused of participating in a home invasion and robbery of a 69-year-old man in the 2600 block of North Hampden Court. | Chicago Police Department; Google A Garfield Park woman has been charged in connection with a home invasion that took place this spring near Clark and Diversey in Lincoln Park. Police

Boystown: Open car door leads to felony charges…and impoundment of the car

August 7, 2018 9:10 AM CWBChicago

Jashawn “You can close it” Burke (left) and Trenton Hunt. | Chicago Police Dept; Wikicommons In retrospect, maybe it would’ve been a lot easier to just close the car door. Police on patrol in Boystown around 11:30 last Saturday morning said they saw a car sitting in the 800 block of West Newport with the

Cops: Man wanted for shooting at Garfield Red Line station is arrested in Loop

August 6, 2018 12:54 AM CWBChicago

Vincent Smith was arrested at the Roosevelt station last Sunday, but his big problem stems from the Garfield station in June. | Chicago Police Department; Wikicommons Vincent Smith, arrested last Sunday after allegedly punching a 62-year-old man in the nose at the Roosevelt Red Line station, has a much bigger problem on his hands: Prosecutors

Charges: Woman fought off sexual assailant in Lincoln Park

August 5, 2018 11:06 PM CWBChicago

Keith Thomas is charged in the attempted sexual assault, which allegedly took place in an alley behind the 1900 block of North Halsted Street. | Chicago Police Department; Google A Streeterville woman fought off a would-be sexual assailant in Lincoln Park on Friday afternoon, police said. Now, a man has been charged in the case.

Man charged with burglarizing Clark St. apartment; Also: Car intruder battered owner with bottle of vodka, cops say

August 5, 2018 10:01 PM CWBChicago

Esene Henderson is charged with burglarizing a home in the 3300 block of North Clark. | CPD; Google An Englewood man was charged with burglarizing a Lakeview apartment after his two victims returned home just in time to see him walking out their back door, police said. The roommates, ages 24 and 25, said they

Downtown Update: Sexual assault reported in Loop; “Chicago Fire” crew threatened with knife; more…

August 5, 2018 8:46 PM CWBChicago

Police are investigating after a woman reported being sexually assaulted in the Loop on Friday night. The 28-year-old victim was walking in the first block of North Franklin when two men forced her part of the way into a dark-colored SUV around 11:45 p.m., police said. The offenders then sexually assaulted the woman. No one

Video: Watch these Lincoln Park burglars steal two bikes in less than a minute

August 5, 2018 6:35 PM CWBChicago

These burglars made quick work of two bicycles in a Lincoln Park garage on Friday. | Provided Who knew that an SUV could be used as a ladder? These garage burglars apparently did. Just two days after Chicago police warned about garage burglars who are “almost exclusively” stealing bicycles, a CWBChicago reader’s garage was struck

Cops: South Loop firebug set four trash cans on fire Friday

August 5, 2018 5:03 PM CWBChicago

Police say this man set fire to four trash cans in the South Loop early Friday. | Chicago Police Dept Four trash cans on the Near South Side were set on fire early Friday and Chicago police are hoping that surveillance video will lead to the arrest of a suspect. The man seen here rode

North Center boy targeted in child luring, police say

August 5, 2018 12:55 PM CWBChicago

A 13-year-old boy was the target of an attempted child luring in North Center on Friday night, police said. The victim was walking northbound in the 4200 block of North Western Avenue at 10:18 p.m. when a man who was sitting in a parked car tried to lure him into the vehicle by motioning with

Lakeview man beaten, robbed near Margaret Donahue Park

August 5, 2018 12:10 PM CWBChicago

A man was beaten and robbed near Margaret Donahue Park in Lakeview late Saturday by a group of people who stopped to ask for directions, according to police. The victim was in the 1200 block of West School Street around 11:50 p.m. when a brown or beige minivan pulled over to ask him for directions.

Armed carjackers target three drivers across Lakeview and Lincoln Park

August 4, 2018 11:15 PM CWBChicago

Locations of key events during Saturday’s spree. A carjacking crew struck three times in about an hour across Lakeview and Lincoln Park on Saturday morning, police said. They succeeded in taking one vehicle, but two other drivers managed to foil the auto thefts. One of the drivers who saved their cars was robbed of her

Month: August 2018