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Alderman Tunney has posted the complete CPD alert regarding armed robberies in which offenders approach victims on the street and rob them at gunpoint. The offenders often escape in a vehicle. CWB believes there are far more robberies connected to this operation dating back to early July. The alderman’s site includes a link to a

Image: CWB Reader As we walked past Chipotle down on Diversey and Clark this week, we couldn’t help but notice huge, giant swaths of graffiti on the exterior of the new build-out at 606 W. Diversey, next to Chipotle. The markings have been scrubbed off, but you can still see the shadows of them there.

A man was tackled from behind and robbed on Seminary Avenue and Belmont about a block west of Sheffield shortly before 1 o’clock this morning. Initial reports indicate that the offenders had, or claimed to have, a gun. The attackers, who were described as three males, black, between 5’10” tall and 6″ tall, wearing black

The 19th district CAPS office posted and, then, re-updated their August calendar yesterday. Here are the August beat meeting dates, times, and locations according to the CAPS calendar as of the time of this posting. Beats 1923 and 1925, shaded yellow on the map Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 7PM 19th district police station 850 W.

It happened. It really, really happened. Last Friday morning, we were giddy after hearing the assignment an overnight sergeant gave to a police squadrol: Go keep an eye on [the Belmont Red Line station]. Keep it clear. And if they start gathering by the L, let them know that if they are not using CTA

EDITORS’ NOTE: The 19th District Events Calendar for August was updated this afternoon. There is still no listing for the beat 1923/1925/1935 meeting. The 1924/1933 meeting is listed as shown in our original post below. EDITORS’ NOTE PART DEUX: Alllllrighty. They’ve now added the 1923/1925/1935 meeting to the official calendar. It is listed as shown

The canopy over Sluggers bar, 3540 N. Clark Street, reads “World Class Sports Bar.” This morning, they forgot the class part. It all started around 12:10AM when Sluggers security kicked out four male, Hispanics in their 30’s for using drugs in the bar’s bathroom. Police were called after the men stood outside and threatened to

The wild rumors sweeping Clark Street are true. We’ve set up a Twitter account. @CWBChicagoWe’ll use Twitter to issue breaking alerts as well as links to our top story of the day. *** The Inside-Booster, News-Star, and Skyline community papers have been reporting neighborhood news on the North Side for over 100 years. Their weekly

Try as they might, Alderman Tom Tunney’s office staff can’t seem to stay on top of the negative comments about crime that people are posting to the alderman’s Facebook page. We absolutely believe that the alderman has every right to delete posts and comments from his Facebook page whenever he wants. It’s his page. We