A rather calm night in our part of town: School Street Intruder A woman in the 1300 block of W. School street reported that an unknown man tried to come through her apartment window at 2:00AM, but she scared him off. The offender, described as a black male with long hair wearing a white shirt

More nice work to report today by 19th district officers who tracked down two iPad thieves in the neighborhood around 11:30AM. A caller reported that two men had stolen an iPad from a building in the 3300 block of N. Sheffield. The first offender was described as male, black, about 20 years old, 5’11” tall,

There is a success to report today thanks to an observant citizen and a quick response in force by 19th district officers. Two robbery offenders are in custody and police are searching for a third after a man was robbed in the alley around 1300 W. School Street at 10:35 Tuesday night. Officers got a

A mom and her daughter had their purses stolen by two thieves in a dual snatch ‘n’ grab at Roscoe and Sheffield this afternoon. The younger woman’s father attempted to catch the criminals, but was unable to do so. The offenders, described only as one black male and one black female, ran westbound on Roscoe,

Data source: City of Chicago CORRECTION 18 October 2013: The 2008 total shown in the graphic is incorrect. There were 120 robberies as of September 21, 2008. As we roll into the first of October, CWB is giving our Daily Ticker the day off. In lieu of the ticker, we’ve put together this less colorful line

At least one person was robbed in the nearby DePaul area around 11:15 this morning. DePaul University’s Public Safety officers detained two female juvenile suspects. 911 was called to have Chicago Police assist with the girls who were said to have taken part in “theft and battery.” Meanwhile, a 19th district tactical unit responded to

The monthly CAPS meetings start popping up this week and CWB thought we’d pass along some info to help you form questions and follow-up questions for the people in the front of the rooms. Manpower Shortage Here’s some documentation to help you determine if the 19th district has lost officers since the old 19th and

At least three victims were pepper sprayed and robbed in separate incidents early this morning. The first reported incident took place on Racine, just north of Belmont, a little after 4AM. Two black men and two black females pepper-sprayed the victim and took a purse and at least one Locations of this morning’s pepper spray

The 19th district ran out of cops again, entering “Radio Assignment Pending” status at 2:43 this morning. The RAP was lifted at 6:18AM. Six of the district’s 15 police beats did not have cars assigned to them, according to an online report.  Who makes the schedule around here? You’re having people robbed and beaten every Friday

The delivery driver for Penny’s Noodle Shop, 3400 N. Sheffield, had his car stolen as he dropped off an order in the 1100 block of Roscoe yesterday evening. As the driver wrapped up the delivery around 7:30PM, the thief, described only as a male and black, hopped into the idling gray Accura Integra and sped