The 400 block of West Belmont | Google An attempted armed home invasion in the Lakeview neighborhood on Sunday afternoon is under investigation by Area North detectives. A 22-year-old woman reported that she was followed into her high-rise apartment building on the 400 block of West Belmont shortly after 4 p.m. The man pulled out
A woman walks her dog in the Roscoe Village neighborhood. | Choose Chicago One of the city’s largest privately operated security camera networks is getting ready to expand. Roscoe Village Neighbors spent $40,000 to install more than 25 high-definition security cameras and license plate readers during its first phase, which began last summer. Now, the
A chocolate Labrador puppy | Wikicommons A Lakeview man told police that he was robbed at gunpoint of his chocolate Labrador puppy on Monday afternoon. No one is in custody. The 41-year-old owner and his dog were near Broadway and Belmont shortly after 2 p.m. when the offender approached and took the puppy at gunpoint,
“Dandy Pickpockets Diving” (1818) | The Art Institute of Chicago Reports of pickpockets have soared this year in Wrigleyville and Boystown, the side-by-side nightlife districts on Chicago’s North Side. And at least six more victims reported having their phones lifted in Boystown this weekend. No one is in custody. A record 108 cases of pocket-picking
UPDATE: CWBChicago has learned that the victim was staying in Lakeview while attending Lollapalooza. She actually lives in the Milwaukee area. We have updated our story and headline accordingly.——————— A Milwaukee woman was struck in the head, kicked, beaten, and robbed by a man who approached her as he walked in Lakeview early Friday morning,
UPDATE AUG. 2ND — The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as Joseph Ruta. No home address was listed for Ruta. ——– A 56-year-old man was apparently lying in a Lakeview alley when an SUV struck and killed him on Thursday morning, according to police. The driver of the vehicle did not
A man was jumped and robbed by at least five offenders as he waited for a train early Tuesday at the Belmont Red Line station, 945 West Belmont. The mugging was part of a series of incidents that unfolded at the CTA station and in nearby Boystown overnight, resulting in at least eight arrests. Trouble
Jeremiah Beaverly was arrested at Rainbow Beach Park. | CPD; Google A character who frequents the Boystown neighborhood is in jail, accused of trying to sexually assault an intellectually challenged man at a South Side beach, according to court records. Police said they came upon two men in Rainbow Beach Park around 4:15 a.m. on
Police are warning about a scammer who is stealing phones from restaurant patrons in Lakeview East and nearby Lincoln Park. The offender strikes up conversations with diners who have a phone on their table. He’ll casually place a menu over the phone, then casually take the device away with the menu and leave the restaurant.
Gerrik Birt and a view of the crash scene. | Cook County Sheriff; Snapchat Prosecutors on Friday upgraded charges against the man who is accused of causing a drunken crash in Boystown that later claimed the life of a popular drag performer. Jherrion Bates, also known as GiGi Mayonaé, died on July 21st from a
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