Two display windows were intentionally shattered at a popular Boystown costume shop and 19th district officers racked up at least five arrests in two hours along the Wrigleyville bar strip overnight. Manequins peer out from behind a shattered window at Beatnixthis morning. Image: CWB reader “R” Halsted Damage At 1:45AM, two men were reportedly breaking

CWB reported earlier this month that the Chicago Police Department posted 48 transfer opportunities for officers who want to move to new assignments. None of the openings was in our severely-depleted district. Once again, our district stands to lose critical manpower as information from two readers indicates that officers will be transferring out of our

A Wrigleyville woman was attacked by a man who followed her home from the Sheridan Red Line overnight. According to the victim, the unknown offender continued to follow as she entered a multi-unit residence in the 3800 block of Sheffield around 2:40AM. There, he suddenly began choking her. The man fled when the victim screamed

As CWB reported last weekend, 911 handled “a lot of calls” about what witnesses believed to be fights around the 500 block of Wellington shortly after 1AM last Saturday. One of two robbery victims was attacked near the mouthof this alley on Broadway between Wellington and Barry. One caller estimated 10 people fighting while another

This winter has been the 5th snowiest on record and only six winters have had more days with sub-zero temperatures. And that’s great news for the crime stats. One of the primary measures in which our neighborhood’s street crime problem can be seen, robberies, has started the year at the slowest pace since 2007 and only

Chicago Spectrum has mapped out robbery, battery, assault, theft, burglary, and narcotics crimes reported so far in 2014. You can zoom in to neighborhood or even street level and click on individual incidents for additional info. Check it out HERE. ——————— CWB is now on Facebook. Come “Like” us. ———————

Greed combined with a quick police response led to the arrest of a man who robbed two taxi cabs on Clark Street north of Irving Park Road around 6 o’clock this morning. The first 911 call came at 6:09AM from a Yellow Taxi driver who was robbed near a 7-11 store in the 4100 block

Friday, February 14 2:01PM: The 19th district enters its first “Radio Assignments Pending” or RAP status of February. RAPs are declared when all of our meagerly-staffed district’s officers are tied up on assignments and no officers are available to handle incoming calls for service. This RAP lasted two hours. You can read more about RAPS

Here are some follow-up reports on three stories that drew heavy readership over the past few weeks: Treasure Island Battery Many residents took notice of our December 29th report of a man being beaten in the parking lot of Treasure Island grocery store, 3460 N. Broadway, at 3 o’clock on a Sunday afternoon. CWB has

As the Chicago City Council debated the police department’s 2014 budget last autumn, two aldermen submitted questions for Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to respond to in writing. 20th ward Alderman Willie B. Cochran’s submissions received lengthy responses. Wrigleyville and Boystown alderman Tom Tunney’s questions were never answered. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. Maybe Alderman Tunney’squestions got