July 2019 - Page 3 of 8

Robberies near Sedgwick Brown Line prompt CPD alert

July 23, 2019 12:04 PM CWBChicago

A series of afternoon and evening robberies near the Sedgwick Brown Line station has prompted Chicago police to issue a community alert for the Old Town neighborhood. Investigators issue an alert when they believe a person or group is responsible for a crime pattern. Three robberies were reported near the Sedgwick station on two recent

Two girls accused him of sexual assault in 2015, but he wasn’t charged until after a N. Side schoolgirl was allegedly abused

July 23, 2019 1:28 AM CWBChicago

Quinten Hawthorne was accused of sexually abusing a girl at Bell Elementary last November. | CPD; Google A man who worked for a Chicago Public Schools vendor was accused of sexually assaulting two young girls on the South Side nearly three years before a 12-year-old girl accused him of sexual abuse at a North Center elementary

Update: Police hunt vehicle used in knife attack near DePaul as neighbors recall similar case last year

July 22, 2019 11:29 AM CWBChicago

A 2010 Suzuki Grand Vitara | ZombDrive Chicago police on Sunday were advised to keep an eye out for a stolen SUV that was used by the man who brutally attacked a recent DePaul graduate near the school’s Lincoln Park campus last week. Investigators are looking for a white 2010 Suzuki Vitara bearing an Indiana

Court hands down 22-year sentence for Lakeview home invasion (plus other recent court action)

July 22, 2019 1:32 AM CWBChicago

CTA surveillance image of Caver and his mugshot | CPD A Milwaukee man who kicked in a Lincoln Park woman’s apartment door, tied her up, and then robbed her was sentenced to 22 years in prison this week. Antjuon Caver, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of home invasion in exchange for the sentence from

Tragedy: Popular drag performer injured in crash dies after surgery; Other driver’s alcohol level was 3x legal limit, cops say

July 21, 2019 10:32 PM CWBChicago

Jherrion Bates, performing as GiGi Mayonaé, and a video grab of the crash scene. | Facebook; Snapchat Update: An autopsy conducted Monday determined that Bates died from a pulmonary embolism caused by a blood clot that followed the accident.———————————Jherrion Bates, a popular drag performer who was hospitalized after an allegedly drunk driver struck his car head-on

Uptown: Man shot in the arm is uncooperative, cops say

July 21, 2019 2:34 PM CWBChicago

A man who was shot in the arm during an altercation between two groups in Uptown early Saturday is not cooperating with the police investigation, CPD said. The 27-year-old was in the 5100 block of North Broadway around 3:40 a.m. when an argument broke out between two groups of men. Someone in one of the

Robbery victim undergoes surgery after attack at Belmont Red Line; Incident similar to recent pattern

July 21, 2019 11:52 AM CWBChicago

A robbery victim underwent surgery this weekend after he was attacked at the Belmont Red Line station late Friday or early Saturday, police said. The incident appears to be similar to a series of attacks that detectives warned about earlier this month. No one is in custody. The man told police he was standing outside

Cops: Drunk driver’s blood-alcohol level was 3x legal limit when he slammed head-on into Boystown drag performer’s car

July 21, 2019 12:45 AM CWBChicago

Jherrion Bates, seen as Gigi Mayonaé, and his car. | Facebook A Bridgeport man’s blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit when he swerved into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into a northbound vehicle along Boystown’s Halsted Street bar strip early Thursday, according to court records. Felony charges have been filed. The

Lincoln Park: Seven shot on lakefront near Fullerton

July 20, 2019 10:40 AM CWBChicago

Police said shots were fired near the brick sign marking the entrance to Theater on the Lake. | Google Seven people, mostly women, were shot early Saturday near the entrance to Theater on the Lake, 2401 North Lake Shore Drive, according to police and a CPD source. No one is in custody. It is the

Loop: Cops seeking man and woman in connection with double stabbing

July 20, 2019 7:38 AM CWBChicago

Police are seeking to identify this couple. | CPD Police have released images of two people they want to identify in connection with a double stabbing that took place in the Loop earlier this month. The man and woman reportedly approached a group and engaged them in conversation on the 100 block of East Washington

Boystown: Paroled robber sexually assaulted transgender woman on Halsted Street, prosecutors say

July 20, 2019 7:03 AM CWBChicago

Rosha Banks was arrested Wednesday at the Center on Halsted. | CPD; Google UPDATE July 23: Court records indicate that the alleged sexual assault actually took place in a gangway in the 900 block of West Newport, not the 3600 block of North Halsted as stated in court. Our original report follows. ————– A transgender

Catalytic converter thieves sweep through North Side, cops say

July 19, 2019 10:43 AM CWBChicago

A band of catalytic converter thieves has struck at least eight times in the past week on side streets near Ashland Avenue in the Uptown, Edgewater, and Andersonville neighborhoods, police say. Thieves love stealing catalytic converters from the undersides of cars because the parts contain expensive metals, including platinum and palladium that can demand payments

Lakeview: Bike-riding, gun-toting felon threatened to shoot man who got in his way, prosecutors say

July 19, 2019 10:16 AM CWBChicago

Anthony McKenna was arrested in this parking lot after allegedly threatening a man nearby. | CPD; Google A convicted felon displayed a handgun and threatened to shoot another man for being in his way near Boystown on Wednesday evening, police said. Charges have been filed. Uptown resident Anthony McKenna was riding a bike in the

Month: July 2019