Rowdy teen tries to grab guard's gun

03/30/2011

A security guard on shift at a McDonald’s found himself in a tight situation when he was tasked with dispersing a mob of teenagers at the restaurant.
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Acrobatic gutter thief gets away

03/23/2011

While following up on a call at a church on the 1500 block of North Astor Street around midnight March 22, a police officer noticed a suspicious car in the alleyway next to the building. When the officer went to check the car, he found that a man was hanging from a downspout gutter attached to the church.
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Pocket slashed, wallet stolen

03/16/2011

A 26-year-old man from Florida had his wallet stolen while riding a CTA train near the Fullerton El stop during the early morning of March 13.
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Twenty watches stolen in burglary

03/09/2011

After being away for several days, a man returned to his condo on the 100 block of West Superior Street on the evening of March 7 to find that thousands of dollars worth of personal items had been stolen from his home.
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Girl Scouts robbed

03/02/2011

A man made off with an estimated $1,000 in Girl Scout cookie money on the evening of Feb. 26. The victim reporting the incident, a 45-year-old woman, told police that at around 5:00 p.m. the unknown suspect attempted to grab a box of money from a table on a sidewalk on the 400 block of W. Division Street.
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Drive-by robbers steal cash

02/23/2011

A 40-year old woman was the victim of a drive-by robbery in the early hours of Feb. 21. Having just parted with her daughter who had handed her $50, the victim was walking down the 1300 block of North Sedgwick Street at around 2:30 a.m. when a group pulled up next to her in a gold-colored 1994 Mercury Marquis displaying handicap plates.
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Fare dodger arrested with BB gun

02/16/2011

Police arrested Taurean Marshall, of the 400 block of west 56th Street, after they allegedly saw him jump a turnstile at the Chicago Avenue CTA Red Line station the evening of February 12.
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Painting stolen

02/09/2011

An agent for an art gallery on the 300 block of West Superior Street told police that on the afternoon of Feb. 1, a group of people walked into the gallery and proceeded to steal an oil painting.
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Man arrested in Goose Island shooting

02/03/2011

Tavell Cobbins, of the 200 block of N. Lavergne, was arrested by Chicago police in connection with a nightclub shooting that happened around 2:30 a.m. January 29. According to witnesses, Cobbins and a friend were allegedly involved in a verbal argument with a Northern Illinois University student at a club on the 1400 block of N. Halsted Street.
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Chicago police arrest 39 in 'flash mob' spree

01/26/2011

A number of stores on the Mag Mile were rushed by a series of shoplifting “flash mobs” earlier this month. According to a Chicago Police Department business relations alert, on Jan. 16 and Jan. 19, teenagers in groups of 15 to 35 “entered various shopping establishments on North Michigan Avenue and grabbed merchandise, then ran from the stores with the stolen items.”
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