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Robbed on way to work
07/27/2011
A 26-year-old woman was robbed on the first block of West Maple Street at 9:30 a.m. on July 20.
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Disabled man robbed
07/20/2011
While walking on the 200 block of West Division Street on the afternoon of July 18, a 22-year-old man was approached by an unknown man believed to be in his fifties who asked if he was disabled.
Read more...Activists threatened at gunpoint
07/13/2011
Police have a list of suspects in connection with a violent attack that occurred on the 500 block of West Elm Street at around 2:30 p.m. on July 6.
Read more...Shot by a 'rock head'
07/06/2011
At around 1:30 a.m. on July 5, officers responding to a call of a shooting on the corner of Cambridge and Chestnut streets arrived to find a man lying on the ground next to his vehicle.
Read more...Beaten, robbed and stabbed
06/29/2011
A 39-year-old man suffered a stab wound after a violent encounter with a group of men after midnight on June 23. The man told police that he was walking in the 100 block of West North Avenue when four men - some of whom were believed to be in their twenties - approached him and demanded that he hand over his possessions.
Read more...Beach purse snatchers foiled
06/22/2011
An unsuccessful purse-snatching attempt at North Avenue Beach landed three suburbanites in custody on June 19. On that afternoon, a group of men approached Joseph D. Schaber, of Brookfield, after they allegedly witnessed him pick up a woman’s purse and put it in his backpack. Schaber, 22, was accompanied by Adam Colon, 36, also from Brookfield, and Christine Hudnut, 18, of La Grange Park.
Read more...Chicago police, leaders give tips for fighting mob attacks and other crime
06/15/2011
Police and community leaders are urging near North Side residents to stay vigilant against crime both on their streets and in the courts. Shaken by a recent string of violent robberies and "mob actions" involving groups of offenders that resonated throughout the city's lakefront area, neighbors in the North Side neighborhood met with community police from the 19th District and Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) on Monday night to discuss the finer points of crime prevention in their ward.
Read more...Robbed by the beach
06/15/2011
On the evening of June 7, two boys were walking from Oak Street beach when they noticed that they were being followed by a group of about ten teenagers. One of the boys from the group, allegedly 18-year-old Keith Alexander, walked up alongside the victims, at which point one of them asked Alexander if he could buy a cigarette from him.
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Cinematic armed robbery
06/08/2011
An employee of the Regal Cinema at 1471 W. Webster Ave. told police that at around 9:00 p.m. on June 1, a man entered the theater and asked to have a twenty dollar bill changed.
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Knocked out and robbed
06/01/2011
A man was attacked and robbed in the first block of West Division Street during the early morning of May 28. After attending a number of bars that previous evening, the man, 27, told police that at around 4:30 a.m. he was approached on the street by two or three men who demanded that he hand over his belongings.
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