If anyone still believes that Wrigleyville and Boystown residents should “expect” to have as much violent crime and robberies as we have developed over the past couple of years because the decades-old bar strips and century-old stadium are “suddenly” attracting people to the area or because, as the alderman and police commander falsely claim, our neighborhood is

The city released details of two recent neighborhood robberies this morning: HW432563 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 3:01AM 3500 N SHEFFIELD AVE ROBBERY STRONGARM – NO WEAPON SIDEWALK HW432661 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 5:00AM 900 W BELMONT AVE ROBBERY STRONGARM – NO WEAPON STREET The CWB Daily Ticker is a dashboard of the most up-to-date robbery

Unit 1970: Call “Good Morning America” because we found ’em. • • • This is what can happen when citizens report suspicions to the police and there are enough police to allow for timely follow-through. Well done officers and well done, neighbor! Here’s the story on ABC.

UPDATE December 11, 2013: Copies of these incidents’ police reports are now available HERE. Editors’ Note September 9, 2013: A police executive has expressed that a report on CWB about an off-duty officer being robbed this morning is false.  There’s just one problem. CWB has never reported or implied that an officer was robbed. Period.

Ahh! Sunday morning. The smell of coffee in the air and news of overnight robberies to share. • An employee of the  24-hour CVS pharmacy at Halsted and Barry called 911 for a man who sought help in the store after being robbed around 1:30AM. Officers arrived, but the victim told them that he did

It’s official. Just-released information from the city confirms that August 2013 will go down as the single worst month for robberies in Wrigleyville and Boystown since publicly-available records begin (January 2001). August beat out the previous worst month, June 2012, by at least two robberies. And to think that August managed to achieve the worst-ever

A resident of the 1000 block of W. Barry encountered what appeared to be a smooth-talking burglar when she returned to her apartment around 2:45PM on Wednesday afternoon. The male, white suspect is described as looking very similar to Larry The Cable Guy. He is heavy set, 30-40 years old, 6-feet tall, with reddish hair,

Wrigleyville may be known for having rowdy, rambunctious crowds. but it couldn’t hold a candle to Boystown last night. 2:18AMA 3-on-1 fight was reported at Newport and Clark. The group of brawlers was last seen in the 900 block of Newport, fighting its way toward Halsted. 2:25AMSecurity at the Wrigleyville Taco Bell, 1111 W. Addison,

Officers made contact with a gentleman identified as JC in the area of Belmont and Sheffield at 5:45 this morning. Mr. C has a clear current record, so he was allowed to go on his way. According to Chicago Police records, Mr. C has a history of gang crime activity with the Black Disciples street

The city released details of one robbery today HW431123Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:02PM3900 N BROADWAYROBBERY STRONGARM – NO WEAPONSIDEWALK The CWB Daily Ticker is a dashboard of the most up-to-date robbery statistics possible for our neighborhood over the past year, 5 years, and 10 years. As we’ve often said, our problem did not spring up