CTA

A pickpocket spree on CTA trains and near CTA stations in our neighborhood is the topic of a fresh alert from Chicago Police. Detectives say victims traveling alone have been targeted at CTA stations or “in a CTA conveyance” passing through our area by one or two offenders who surreptitiously took valuables from the victims’

Welch. (Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office) Derrick Welch Jr, 31, is charged with one count of aggravated robbery in connection with the November 9 mugging of a woman in the 1300 block of Cornelia. The 28-year-old victim told police that Welch implied that he had a handgun when he confronted her on the sidewalk around 3

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