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Funny Junk UPDATE: Another woman has been robbed in Wrigleyville, bringing to total muggings in the immediate area to at least four. —– Colder weather? That didn’t put a chill on violence around here. The “Entertainment Districts” of Wrigleyville and Boystown soaked up more than their fair share of police officers—siphoning police away from the

The unsecured gangway as seen earlier this month (L)and today (R). Below: The blue six-pointed star ofthe Gangster Disciples street gang is now gone. Ten days ago, tipped off by an Everyblock post and reader emails, we told you about a Gangster Disciples gang tag and a dangerous, unsecured passageway near Belmont and Sheffield—the heart

Parvis Brahim Just yesterday, we reported that “crime” is down. If by “crime” we’re talking precisely about robberies exactly within Wrigleyville and Boystown and only when compared to any of the last six [but not seven] years. The real progress on that front this year cannot be diminished. But the always-jiving-for-an-angle practices of the Chicago

Or not. Moments after a “suspicious man” was released from a street stop by a proactive 19th district officer, a 13-year-old boy reported that the guy tried to lure him onto a train at the Belmont CTA station Sunday morning. The officer was still conducting a routine patrol of the train station when the boy

UPDATE JUNE 30TH: Video of the police car dance is now up, also from @runningwithcf ————- At least two Chicago police cars were heavily damaged by rowdy crowds along Halsted Street during this afternoon’s Pride Parade.  @runningwithcf sent these photos out on Twitter, showing a huge crowd swarming an unattended squad car at Halsted and

A scammer who claimed to be fundraising for a basketball team beat down and attempted to rob a man on the Belmont Red Line platform just before 4:30 yesterday afternoon. Police were called to the northbound platform by witnesses who reported a battery in progress when one of the ubiquitous “fundraisers” knocked the victim to

It was in the air last night. That vibe that has set in for 6 months of the year around here lately. Hookers hanging out at Clark and Belmont side-by-side with babies in strollers. At midnight, of course. There’s no sense having the young ones out before midnight, right? Piles of people unloading from hoopty

Victim yesterday. Victor today. A phone theft victim wasn’t about to give up after losing his property to a runt yesterday. Instead, he hit the streets this morning and started tracking down the guy who took his stuff. Police received a call at 12:45 this afternoon from the victim who said he saw the guy

One man was shoved into a fence and a CTA bus passenger was beaten by the same offender in the area of Clark and Belmont as this evening’s commute got underway. The first call came  around 4:45PM from a man who reported being pushed into a fence on the corner of Clark and Belmont by