Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Car Fire On Nelson

Good morning, everyone, it's 4:30am. Why am I up so early, you ask? Well, I was awoken by that earthquake that happened about a half hour ago out in DeKalb County. Pretty serious stuff. Anyway, there's a foot of snow out there, but as long as the schools are open, I still have to report there. I advise everyone to drive slowly, don't run on the sidewalk, etc. So, here's crime before I leave for school this morning and for this afternoon/evening.

4:59am - Car fire. 4140 W Nelson. In the alley.

5:10am - I'm finished monitoring until I get home. I need to clean up and then I want to listen how much this snow has impacted my school bus company.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Signs Flashed At Border Of Logan Square/Humboldt Park

Good morning, everyone, it's 3:34pm. I'm so glad to be home. School was nothing but drama today and the snow made it a nightmare traveling. I have nothing else to say :), so here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:12pm - Gang disturbance. Bloomingdale and Central Park. Several of them in a blue van flashing.

4:14pm - Domestic disturbance. 3623 W Dickens. Boyfriend needs to go.

4:15pm - Hold-up alarm turned robbery. 3723 W Fullerton. Original call was for the silent panic alarm. On the second call, the owner said he was robbed. Robber fled west towards Ridgeway.

4:20pm - Wanted from the robbery on Fullerton is a male White Hispanic who had a sliver automatic handgun. He had on a black skull cap, black leathered coat, blue jeans, yellow boots with earrings in his ears. He's about 5'8 and 180 lbs. He took two wallets from two vitcims. He fled south on Ridgeway towards Belden.

4:22pm - Beat car 2533 is driving around the area of Ridgeway and Fullerton, looking for the offender.

4:25pm - A neighboring business owner from the robbery said that the guy fled in a gold Dodge Stratus.

4:28pm - Bus alarm. Diversey and Lawndale. Bus #1044 heading westbound.

4:32pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 4:15pm job. It's HS158158 with the event number of 10476.

5:28pm - Parker. On 2535's Beat

5:40 to 6:08pm - I wasn't paying attention. Sorry.

6:30pm - Domestic disturbance. 3935 W Wrightwood. The caller threw the boyfriend out, but he took her stuff with him.

6:38pm - Parker. On 2525's Beat.

6:47pm - Domestic disturbance. 2138 N Lawndale. 21 yr old needs to be removed.

6:51pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:06pm - I'm back.

7:12pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 6:47pm job. It's HS158402 with the event number of 11278.

8:25pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone, and please be safe if you have to do any traveling tonight in this snowy weather.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Husband Chases Burglar @ Wrightwood and Hamlin

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:13pm. School was pretty good. It was the usual, with a little drama mixed in. But oh well. Anyway, I'm monitoring until my dinner time, then I need to do a couple of other things. So, here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:14pm - Burglary. 2556 N Hamlin. Male Black, black coat broke into the house. He had a gun. The caller's husband chased him down Wrightwood, and they were last seen going towards Ridgeway.

3:30pm - 1) Parker. 3738 W McLean. 2) Parker. 3751 W Palmer. Truck blocking the alley.

4:31 to 5:07pm - I fell asleep. Sorry :(.

6:02pm - Theft in progress. Springfield and Palmer. Two guys appear to be breaking into a car parked on the northwest corner.

6:05pm - 1) A slow down has been given on the 6:02pm job. 2) Shots Fired. 2042 N Pulaski. Four shots heard. Caller did notice some gang activity at the laundromat earlier.

6:06pm - Shots Fired. 2015 N Pulaski. After letting out several rounds, the 'bangers who did this hid their gun.

6:07pm - Shots Fired. Armitage and Pulaski. Two male Blacks shooting at a van. Offender #1 has on a black hoodie. He's tall. They ran into the building next to the gas station.

6:08pm - The offenders, who are known gang members, are supposed to be walking towards Cortland on Pulaski. Beat 2590 says that a citizen told him there's a gun in the rear of 2015 N Pulaski.

6:09pm - Beat car 2535 codes out the 6:02pm job. They're on the Pulaski mess now. They went as far south as Bloomingdale, and didn't see anyone.

6:11pm - Shots Fired. Harding and Wabansia. Offenders in a dark brown or black van were shooting at the caller.

6:13pm - A slow down is being given at Harding and Wabansia.

6:15pm - Beat 2566David needs a car with a working PDT at Armitage and Pulaski. 2554 is around the corner.

6:16pm - Beat 2590 found some shell casings at 2015 Pulaski. This is bona fide.

6:17pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

6:42pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone :).

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Commerical Alarm On Avers

Good morning, everyone, it's 10am. I'll be monitoring 25 all day today. I will not be monitoring tomorrow, though. I'm monitoring a different Zone for personal reasons. Anyway, today is supposed to be cloudy with highs in the 20s. There's nothing else to say, so here's crime for today.

10:43am - Commerical alarm. 2550 N Avers.

11:10am - Traffic accident. Wrightwood and Monticello. Caller's car was hit overnight.

12:03pm - Domestic disturbance. 2533 N Lowell. Boyfriend needs to be removed.

12:26pm - Disturbance. 3658 W Wrightwood. Problem with the laundromat attendant.

12:33pm - The 12:26pm job is coded 5Frank. Caller got upset because the washing machine stopped working. The officer who responded to this said if the caller calls back, Dispatch needs to send him back.

1:00pm - Disturbance. 3067 N Milwaukee. Problem with someone who refuses to leave.

1:33pm - Car alarm. 3730 W Palmer.

2:40pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

3:12pm - Alarm. 2422 N Kildare. Garage motion.

4:07pm - EMS run. 3033 N Avers. Caller woke up to find his roommate dead. That's the only information they gave to the call taker.

4:28pm - Nobody's dead from the 4:07pm job. But, someone's going to the ER.

5:42pm - They're calling back on the 4:07pm job. The caller and the roommate are having a domestic. Officer says there's really nothing they can do but they'll go back.

5:43pm - Criminal Damage in progress. 1800 N Springfield. Three to four guys tagging the business. They've got black hoodies.

5:49pm - Domestic disturbance. 3753 W Fullerton. Problem with the ex.

6:06pm - The 4:07/5:42pm jobs are coded. The guys are drunk. There's nothing more the police can do, so it'll be coded 19P for the rest of the night.

6:10pm - Disturbance. 3121 N Milwaukee. Problem with a drunk at Red Apple. Can anybody guess who called this in?

6:11pm - Domestic disturbance. 4138 W Armitage. Caller is arguing with mom. They just want to get their belongings.

6:23pm - Domestic disturbance. 3810 W Armitage. The daughter's packing her belongings.

6:52pm - 1) Domestic disturbance. 3136 N Central Park. 13 yr old son can't be controled. 2) Suspicious person. 2119 N Avers. Male White, 20-30 yrs old, white coat going door to door, asking questions like "how many people live here?", "what are your ages?", etc. Um ... did it occurr to the caller that this guy may be a Census 2010 worker?? Nope.

6:54pm - Parker. 1800 block of N Harding. Premits.

6:55pm - Beat car 2524 comes down my street slowly with lights and sirens. I see a car ahead of them. They've got their flashlights on. It's a traffic stop.

6:57pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:15pm - I'm back.

7:32pm - Beat 6750 needs a unit to meet him at Armitage and Central Park. 2533 is going over.

7:50pm - Search warrant being executed at 3743 W Armitage. Council time is 19:49 and the event number is 14250.

8:06pm - Reckless driver. Fullerton and Lawndale. Something about a car being all over the road.

8:21pm - Suspicious person. 4021 W Belmont. At St. Joesph's nursing home. A male keeps walking in and out, saying he's looking for someone but won't say who.

8:48pm - Domestic disturbance. 2705 N Monticello. Problem with the boyfriend.

8:57pm - Beat car 2523 is getting a "Suspicious vehicle" on the PDT.

9:30pm - Assault in progress. 4319 W Schubert. Caller is getting threats via telephone and can see people around the building.

9:34pm - Parker. 2600 block of N Lawndale. Premits.

10:21pm - The 9:30pm caller is calling again.

10:31pm - Disturbance. Armitage and Hamlin. At Old Captian, there's seven guys in the back being too loud. Just a personal observation, but officers seem to be interested in this job. Two squads and a sarge going on this one.

11:30pm - Assault in progress. 2835 N Kilbourn. Teens in front threatening to break out the window.

11:34pm - A slow down is being given on the 11:30pm job.

12:00am - I'm gone until Monday. Good night, everyone.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Male Doesn't Pay Cab Fire On Monticello

Good morning, everyone, it's 6:05am. TGIF! The weekend's coming. Good. Well, even though the schedule at school is nearly similar to the one yesterday, I'm still going to school. I just need to make it through the 8 hours, then I'll be done 'til Monday. Anyway, I'm monitoring this evening for only a little while (from 4:47pm to about 7pm). At 7, I'm going to take a little nap then at 8, I'm going to monitor another Zone for personal reasons through the overnight hours. So, here's crime before I leave and for this afternoon/early evening.

6:14am - Theft. 1726 N Monticello. Male Asian took off without paying the cab fare.

6:40am - I have to go. Have a great day, everyone, and I'll be back later.

4:47pm - Good afternoon, folks. Here I am.

4:51pm - Criminal damage in progress. 1953 N Monticello. Five to seven male Hispanic teens in black hoodies with baseball bats just threw firecrackers at the window.

5:03pm - Beat car 2534 needs a couple of more cars at the 4:51pm job. They've got four of seven teens on the hood. Their location is 1928 N Monticello.

5:37pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

5:39pm - EMS run. 3121 N Milwaukee. Drunk guy has a medical emergency.

6:08pm - 1) Assault. 2986 N Milwaukee. Caller got threatened at Virigina and Joe's bar. 2) Hold-up alarm. 3756 W Lyndale. At Lyndale Foods. Key chain motion.

6:12pm - Lyndale Foods was a bona fide robbery. Beat car 2525 is on scene. Trying to some information. A Spanish speaker is needed.

6:15pm - Wanted from the robbery at Lyndale Foods is a male Hispanic, 40s, black hoodie. He had a dark colored revolver, he took $60-70 and he fled in an unknown direction.

6:20pm - Some more information has came out on the Lyndale robbery. The guy had facial hair and a beard which was short and grey colored. He also had a small black plastic bag in which he put the money in.

6:23pm - Nothing was touched in the store and there's no working cameras.

6:30pm - The 2986 Milwaukee job is coded. The guy's a little goofy. Also, the bar has an up-to-date license.

6:45pm - Vandalism. 1921 N Springfield. A car parked in front has gang signs on it.

6:46pm - Gang disturbance. 3800 W North. Gang members in the building causing problems.

7:05 to 7:23pm - I wasn't paying attention. Sorry.

7:24pm - Burglar report. 2635 N Harding.

7:37pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 7:24pm job. It's HS152986 with the event number of 13888.

7:50pm - Domestic disturbance. 3752 W Shakespeare.

7:51pm - Domestic disturbance. Armitage and Lawndale. The boyfriend stole the purse.

7:59pm - Battery in progress. 3713 W Belmont. Male fighting a female in front. Couple of calls coming in.

8:00pm - I'm going to go for the night. See you all tomorrow.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Car Blocking Street And Alley On Barry

Good morning, everyone. It's 9am. Today, I'm home because of the juniors testing and I felt it was pointless to just sit around all day at school doing almost nothing. Anyway, I'm monitoring until 4:47pm, then I'm going to do other stuff for the remainder. Here is crime for this morning and afternoon.

9:28am - Parker. 3912 W Barry. Car blocking alley and street.

10:33am - Traffic accident. 3959 W Armitage. Disturbance on scene with two guys arguing.

10:38am - Beat 2544 is coding out the 10:33am job. The parties are taking it into 25 and they're not arguing.

10:55am - Beat car 2525 is doing a Burglary SOB mission on the Beat. He's also running a plate at 3902 W Belden.

11:11am - Dispatch contacted the 10:55am owner. He'll retrieve his car sometime today. The car has been cleared from the hot file, as it was stolen.

11:29 to 11:34am - I was having a quick lunch, so I didn't hear the radio. Sorry.

11:47am - Beat 2576Sam is visiting Kelvyn Park High. Event number is 06440.

12:01pm - A 5500 unit wants Beat car 2535 to come over to Wabansia and Avers.

12:07pm - Gang disturbance. Springfield and Fullerton. They're harassing the caller.

12:08pm - A slow down is being given on the 12:07pm job. Beat car 2525 is asking for a call back.

12:09pm - No answer on call back. Voicemail. The call will be coded shortly.

12:12pm - Battery in progress. 2400 N Springfield. Male beating a female in the back of a grey van. Several guys watching.

12:13pm - Beat 2544 says there's nothing going on at 2400 Springfield. It'll be coded. Meanwhile, at the 12:01pm thing, it's a recovery from 1647 N Avers under the RD number of HS133600.

12:39pm - Parker. 4329 W Drummond.

1:00pm - Traffic accident. 4000 W Fullerton. Semi VS car.

1:24pm - Beat car 2535 is following a black Honda east on Wabansia from Hamlin. Beat 2585 is going to assist but he's coming from Kostner and North Ave.

1:25pm - The car's stopped. 1715 N Ridgeway in the alley. Dispatch is keeping the air closed until 2585 arrives on scene.

1:27pm - Beat 6759George is on scene at 1715 Ridgeway, giving a slow down.

1:46pm - Domestic disturbance. Harding and Schubert. Two females, possibly mother and daughter, are arguing. 3 yr old involved in this.

2:18pm - Check the well being. Diversey and Pulaski. A woman walking north on Pulaski seems distraught. She's got a ponytail and a blue jersey on.

2:54pm - Reckless driver. Belmont and Springfield. Two door green vehicle speeding. It's got a plate of K161163.

2:58pm - Battery. Cortland and Hamlin. Two gang members VS one. No other information. It's not even know how long ago this happened. Caller is concerned about the kids leaving Ames.

3:26pm - The 2:58pm job is coded 19Boy. There's nobody on the corner and there's probably no more school kids in the area.

3:31pm - Battery. 3651 W Schubert. At Monroe. 15 yr old was pushed down the stairs by another 8th grader.

3:37pm - Traffic accident. Belmont and Central Park.

3:47pm - An RD number has been pulled from 4418 W Fullerton for a "0570". It's HS151126 with the event number of 10362.

4:16pm - Municipal ordinance violation. On 2524's Beat.

4:44pm - Panic alarm. 2900 N Kenshoa.

4:47pm - I'm gone for the night. See you all tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Too Much Noise On Avers

Good morning, everyone, it's 5:59am. Today, I head to school for yet another day. I wonder what'll happen. Anyway, I will be taking tomorrow off from school since the juniors are testing (I'm a sophomore) and there's only two hours of school scheduled for the rest of the school. I just don't see the point of getting up early, getting on the bus and sitting around not doing much for nearly 6 hours. I'd just rather be here. I will go on Friday, though. Here is crime before I leave this morning and for this afternoon/evening.

6:17am - Disturbance. 2416 N Avers. Neighbors on the 1 making too much noise.

6:40am - I have to go. I'll be back later. Have a great day, everyone.

3:09pm - I'm back. Good afternoon.

3:28pm - Disturbance. 3121 N Milwaukee. At Red Apple. Drunk guy is refusing to leave the laundromat.

About 4:05 to 4:47pm - I fell asleep. Sorry.

4:55pm - A van just sped away from a unit at George and Pulaski, heading west at a high rate of speed. It's white in color.

5:35pm - 1) Traffic accident. 2214 N Avers. Two cars. Disturbance on scene. 2) Narcotics. On 2525's Beat.

5:42pm - The 2214 Avers is coded 18Paul. It's drivable and there's no dispute on scene.

6:07pm - Person calling for help. 1800 block of N Hamlin. Cell tower hits off there. A female was screaming hysterically into the phone.

6:38pm - Domestic disturbance. 3608 W Shakespeare. Problem with the wife.

6:43pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:00pm - I'm back.

7:04pm - Shots Fired. Wrightwood and Monticello. Several heard. The 14th District had a window shot out at 3555 W Wrightwood.

7:13pm - The 7:04pm job is a 14th District job. Bona fide. A window was shot at 3555 W Wrightwood. Beat 1445 will handle the job. There may have also been a "Shots Fired" within the 2500 block of N Central Park.

7:31pm - I had a comment with someone saying that a young male Hispanic ran from Monticello on Wrightwood after the gunshots. He had on either a sliver or a black jacket. He fled towards Lawndale.

7:34pm - Assault. Belden and Lawndale. Gangbangers threatened the caller from a van, and possibly chased them (I wasn't in the room at the time and I didn't really catch everything). This is from an earlier incident.

7:45pm - Wanted from the 7:34pm job is a grey minivan with a red stripe on it. The incident occurred at about Monticello and Palmer. This incident is related to the Shots Fired on Wrightwood.

7:49pm - A "Sam" unit has a traffic stop at 3525 W Palmer. A plate is being ran.

7:54pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 7:34pm job. It's HS150058 with the event number of 14188. The incident was actually a "simple" battery.

8:11pm - Assault in progress. George and Pulaski. Two women getting followed by some guy in a red car.

8:24pm - The 7:34pm caller is calling back. Those gangbangers just came back and tried to hit them again.

9:02pm - Beat 2562Adam has a stop at 4100 W Fullerton.

9:03pm - Cage car needed at the 9:02pm stop. Somebody's going over.

9:09pm - Fire run. 2843 N Kildare. Forced entry needed.

9:44pm - Assault. 2238 N Keystone. Male threatened to burn down the house and he's on the way.

10:31pm - I've finished my run of crime blogging for the night. I'll be back at 9am tomorrow. Good night, folks.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Out Of Breath Male Calling For Help On Karlov

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:38pm. Today was good at school. It's good to be home, though. Anyway, today is the elections of our country, state, judicial and federal representatives. Our aldermen run next year. That should be a very interesting race. Here is crime for this afternoon and early evening.

3:51pm - Person calling for help. 2200 N Karlov. A male caller who sounds to be in his late teens called from a payphone and asked for help after getting beaten up. He sounded like he was out of breath also.

4:41pm - Burglar report. 2650 N Kildare.

4:56pm - Fire. 4010 W Belden. Factory.

4:57pm - Disturbance. 3636 W Wrightwood. Teens loitering on the corner.

5:01pm - Beat 2566David is on scene of the 4:56pm job. No injuries or any major damage. A supervisor is let known of this.

5:07pm - Beat car 2525 needs a unit to block off southbound traffic on Pulaski from Fullerton from the 4:56pm job. 2532 will go. CTA buses are still being allowed to go through, however.

5:08pm - Violation order of protection. Central Park and Palmer.

5:15pm - CTA buses will no longer allowed to go down Pulaski because of the fire. Northbound traffic is also being blocked off. The entire street will be shut down. Beat 2573 will be blocking off the traffic.

5:24pm - Two things. One, 2524 has a bona fide Burglary from the 4:41pm job. Beat 2530 is notifed. Two, 2530 asks 2573 to come over to the 5:08pm job. The offender may resist arrest. Beat car 2523 will relieve 2573 from the traffic control.

5:31pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 4:56pm job. It's HS148373 with the event number of 12958.

6:19pm - Supervisor needed at the 4:56pm job. CFD's calling in the Haz-Mat team and the entire block needs to be blocked off.

6:21pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Parker On Springfield

Good afternoon, everyone. It's 3:08pm. I'm glad to be home from school. It was good but I'm tired. Anyway, it's the first day of February, which means it should get warmer in the next couple of weeks or so. Today also starts Black History Month. Here is crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:25pm - Parker. 3159 N Springfield. Premits.

3:38 to 3:55pm - The attena on the radio stopped working for some reason. I fixed it, though.

3:55 to 4:01pm - Police/Dispatch chatter regarding an accident at Pulaski and Dickens.

4:14pm - I'm going to listen to some music as I reply to a couple of emails, to help me think. I'll be back.

5:12pm - I'm back.

6:02 to 6:20pm - Fell asleep. Sorry.

6:42pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

7:00pm - I'm back.

7:30pm - Beat 2555 has a stop at 4049 W Diversey. Female needed for a search. 2548 will go.

7:34pm - 2548 is given a disregard on 55's stop.

7:41pm - Domestic disturbance. 4119 W Wellington. Problem with the boyfriend.

8:00pm - I'm off to bed. Good night, everyone. See you all tomorrow.

CAPS Beat Meetings For February 2010

Beat 1411 - 7pm-8pm, February 15 @ Resurrection Church (3045 N. Francisco).
Beat 1412 - 7pm-8pm, February 22 @ St. Nicolai Church (3000 N. Kedzie).
Beat 1413 - 7pm-8pm, February 1 @ Kimball Evangelical (2324 N. Kimball).
Beat 1414 - 7pm-8pm, February 23 @ Chicago Public Library Logan Square (3030 W. Fullerton).
Beat 1421 - 7pm-8pm, February 24 @ Salem Good News Bible Church (2038 N. California).
Beat 1422 - 7pm-8pm, February 3 @ Hispanic Housing (1402 N. Kezie).
Beat 1431 - 7pm-8pm, February 4 @ Chase School (2021 N. Point).
Beat 1432 - 7pm-8pm, February 18 @ Holestin Park (2200 N. Oakley).
Beat 1433 - 7pm-8pm, February 11 @ Pulaski Park (1419 W. Blackhawk).
Beat 1434 - 7pm-8pm, February 8 @ Chicago Public Library (1701 N. Milwaukee).

Beat 1732 - 7pm-8pm, February 10 @ Athletic Park (3546 W. Addison).
Beat 1733 - 7pm-8pm, February 11 @ Brands Park (3259 N. Elston).

Beat 2523 - 7pm-8pm, February 24 @ Copericus Center (3160 N. Milwaukee).
Beat 2524 - 7pm-8pm, February 18 @ Our Lady of Grace Church (2446 N. Ridgeway).
Beat 2525 - 7pm-8pm, February 16 @ Mozart Park (2036 N. Avers).
Beat 2535 - 7pm-8pm, February 2 @ Maternity BVM Church (3647 W. North).
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ADDITIONAL:
Youth Family Event: 12-2pm @ 14th District Police Station (2150 N. California) on February 27.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Shots Fired @ St. Louis and Wrightwood This Morning

I received two comments on this one, which makes it worthy of a post. Allegedly, there were gunshots around 3 this morning near St. Louis and Wrightwood. Here's what the two anonymous commentors said.

Comment 1: "I live at N. St. Louis and Wrightwood. I heard 3 shots total last night around 2:45am. Any info on this? It was pretty terrifying.

Comment 2: "Did anyone hear shots fired around 3:00 AM this morning somewhere within listening distance of Kimball and Wrightwood? Two loud bangs woke me up, but they didn't sound like they were in my immediate vicinity. (If the police came, I'd already fallen back asleep before them. Neighborhood watch FAIL.)"

If you saw or heard anything, or have any information, please, feel free to comment.

UPDATE, 2/1/10: I received yet another comment about shots fired in the area. Two loud pops heard at about 2:45 at about Wrightwood and Sawyer. Two more loud pops heard twenty minutes later.

Teen Shot In Head On Armitage
Shooting On Dawson?
Homicide And Beating In North Avondale
Letter To Alderman Reboyras Re: Shooting at Belmont and Monticello
Shooting At Altgeld and Ridgeway This Morning
Shooting In 2100 Block of Lawndale
Shots Fired On Belmont Last Night
17 Year Old Murdered In Logan Square Club
Shooting At Lyndale and Campbell
Shooting On Palmer Wednesday Night

Shooting On Cortland Friday Night

Good morning, everyone. Sorry for being late on this one. Apparently, there was a shooting Friday night at about 11:30pm in the 3600 block of W Cortland. I was listening in on the scanner as this occurred. Beat 2510Robert told the dispatcher that Beat 1462Charlie had on-view Shots Fired at Central Park and Cortland. They gave chase. As the chase was going on, allegedly, a gang member rose his gun to the officers giving chase. And then, on top of it, 1462C had their car rammed into. It sounded very intense over the radio.

Two men ended up shot from this. Both suffered gunshot wounds to their legs. One of them was taken to Illinois Masonic while the other was taken to St. Mary's. If I remember correctly, there was a crime scene found towards the end of the block, closer to Lawndale. And, obviously, there was blood.

The only good thing to have come out of this incident was that the perps were arrested for it. But, unfortunately, this shooting was most likely gang related, so don't be too surprised if there's a retaliation shooting at some point in the near future. I do remember a cop saying it may have been Cobras who were invovled. They may have been in the offenders.

All I can, personally, say is that people living down there have better watch the crime activity, especially gang related, because there just may be a retaliation soon. Call the police for everything you see which can relate itself to gangs, crime and disorder. It's good the offenders were caught, but that may not happen next time.

Who's counting? Timmy, what's that question supposed to mean? The counting question means that, this is shooting #1 of probably many in Logan Square to come. This is the first shooting I've covered this year.

Thank you,
Timmy

Teen Shot In Head On Armitage
Shooting On Dawson?
Homicide And Beating In North Avondale
Letter To Alderman Reboyras Re: Shooting at Belmont and Monticello
Shooting At Altgeld and Ridgeway This Morning
Shooting In 2100 Block of Lawndale
Shots Fired On Belmont Last Night
17 Year Old Murdered In Logan Square Club
Shooting At Lyndale and Campbell
Shooting On Palmer Wednesday Night

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Boyfriend Threatens To Kill On Wellington

Good evening, everyone, it's 7pm. I've had a pretty good day. Anyway, last night sure was crazy. I was listening to the scanner at about 11:30 and there was a shooting at about Cortland and Central Park (I'll have a post up about it sometime tonight) , then I turned off the scanner until 1am, then I turned it back on to hear more crazy stuff. There was a reported gang fight in the 2600 block of N Lawndale with 15 gunshots fired. Let's hope that doesn't happen again tonight. Here's crime until midnight.

7:08pm - Domestic disturbance. 4113 W Wellington. Boyfriend is threatening to kill the caller.

7:41pm - Parker. 3850 W Diversey. There's a car parked at the CTA bus stop. It's been there all day.

7:52pm - Battery vitcim injuried. 2814 N Lawndale. Male injuried by the landlord.

8:20pm - Transport car needed at the 7:52pm job.

8:40pm - Parker. On 2524's Beat.

8:45pm - Two people are being arrested from the 7:52pm job. Beat cars 2522 and 2523 are transporting one each. Also, there's a parker on 2523's Beat.

10:25pm - Traffic accident. George and Ridgeway.

10:39pm - Battery. 2924 N Central Park. Male beat up the caller's friend.

10:45pm - Beat car 2523Robert has a traffic stop at Oakdale and Karlov.

10:54pm - There's someone calling for a supervisor over at the 10:45pm stop. They claim the police are harassing them and their family. Beat car 2523R says that's not true, 30 people came out to yell at the police and the caller's one of them. 2530 is en route.

11:48pm - 1) Suspicious vehicle. 2710 N Monticello. Some car has sitting out there for about 25 minutes now. 2) Sounds an RD number has been pulled from the 10:39pm job. It's HS144601 with the event number of 18641.

11:52pm - Narcotics. On 2525's Beat.

12:00am - I'm gone until Monday. I need to do some other stuff tomorrow. Good night, everyone. Except a post to come up about last night's shooting sometime later tonight or tomorrow.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Knocking And Banging Noises On Lawndale

Good morning, everyone, it's 12:00am. It sure is cold outside right now. It's only in the single digits. We'll see what happens with that. There's nothing else to say on my end, so here's crime until I eat dinner tonight.

12:13am - Disturbance. 2737 N Lawndale. Knocking and banging noises can be heard.

1:14am - Suspicious vehicle. 3651 W Schubert. At Monroe School. Several guys in a white van have been circling the area for a while and now they're parked in front of Monroe.

1:19am - Sounds like the 1:14am job was just now called in as a disturbance at Lawndale and Diversey. There's several guys standing on the corner by a white van.


1:52am - Beat car 2525Robert asks for an event number for a handwaver at 3959 W Diversey. It's 00978.

1:54am - They may be calling back on the 1:14/1:19am jobs. Here's what I got. Now there's some males at Diversey and Lawndale standing near another vehicle. I wonder what these guys are up to.

1:59am - The 1:54am job is coded 11Paul. 2524R just talked with the owner.

2:33am - Beat car 2524R is on a traffic stop at 2639 N Ridgeway. Also, they ask for a false TRP mission event number. It's 01243.

2:42am - 2524R is taking one into 25 from the stop. An RD number has been pulled. It's HS141866. The event number given to them previously will be used.

3:04am - I'm heading to bed. Good night, everyone. I'll be back by mid morning.

10:15am - I'm back. Good morning.

10:56am - Burglar alarm. 2706 N Ridgeway.

11:02am - Traffic accident. Central Park and Oakdale.

11:06am - The 11:02am job is coded. There's very minor damage.

11:08am - The 10:56am job is coded 19P. It's a boarded up, vacant property.

11:35am - Traffic accident. 2529 N Pulaski.

12:58pm - Traffic accident. 3901 W Belden.

1:49pm - Theft. Fullerton and Pulaski. Female Hispanic, about 6 feet tall, stole merchandise from CVS.

2:10pm - Sounds like they caught an offender from the 1:49pm job. Beat 2544 is taking one in. 2546 is on the report. There's some other chatter regarding this. I admit, I haven't been paying attention in the last 10 minutes ;).

2:42pm - Beat 2585Frank has a traffic stop at 162X N Springfield.

4:22pm - Burglar report. On 2523's Beat.

4:54pm - The 4:22pm job is bona fide. Beat 2520 is notified.


5:03pm - Beat 2573 had an arrest situation at 3181 N Milwaukee regarding possibly animal abuse.

5:27pm - 1) Disturbance. 2437 N Hamlin. Some argument. 2) Municipal ordinance violation. 2451 N Monticello.

5:39pm - Threatening suicide. 2035 N Keystone. Male threatening to kill himself over money he owes to IRS.

5:48pm - 1) The 5:39pm job is coded. The caller's ok. He just said some stuff he shouldn't have said. 2) Domestic disturbance. 1920 N Monticello.

6:06pm - Traffic accident. 3757 W Fullerton. A car flipped over. No injuries, fortunely.

6:23pm - Theft. 3903 W Fullerton. Caller's truck was stolen from the gas station.

6:25pm - The 6:06 and 6:23pm jobs are related.

6:51pm - An RD number has been pulled from 3563 W Dickens under "1811". It's HS142884 with the event number of 11084. Apparently, there was a search warrant done here earlier.

6:54pm - I have to go eat. With that, I'm gone for the night. Good night, everyone.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Burglar Alarm On Pulaski

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:30pm. Man has today been a long day. I'm so glad to be home. I'm really tired. I'll take a nap for a little while after dinner. Anyway, like I said earlier, the Beat meeting for 2523 is a growing success, and I hope it grows even more. It made me feel so good to see all of those concerned people packed into one room. Together, we can change our Beat for the better! Here is crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:33pm - 1) Burglar alarm. 2918 N Pulaski. General motion. 2) Disturbance. 3054 N Milwaukee. Somebody's gotta go.

3:56pm - 3054 N Milwaukee is coded 19Boy.

About 4:20 to 5:10pm - I fell asleep. Sorry.

5:59pm - High speed chase. A car just took off from Beat 1556. Took off going north on Leclaire from West End.

6:00pm - East on Fulton from Cicero. The car's wanted for narcotics. About 40 seconds later, the vehicle is stopped at 4722 W Fulton.

6:57pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back later, as I'm going to take another nap.

8:00pm - I'm back.

8:07pm - Beat 6759George pulls an RD number for a "2022" from Fullerton and Pulaski. It's HS141551 with the event number of 14086.

8:08pm - Suspicious person. 2650 N Kildare. Unknown person won't identify theirself.

8:27pm - Ambulance needed at Bloomingdale and Central Park for a traffic accident. It's on 14's side but a 25th District unit stumbled upon it.

8:45pm - Traffic accident. 2800 N Central Park. Property damage.

8:47pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 8:27pm accident. It's HS141595 with the event number of 15162. Beat car 2535 will do the report instead of having the trouble of dispatching a 14th District car over there.

8:51pm - Ambulance needed at the 8:45pm job. A 7 month pregnant woman would like to get checked out.

10:28pm - EMS run. Milwaukee and Central Park. Male down in front of a bar, which would probably be Iry's, which is a very problematic business in this area. It's on Beat 1412, by the way.

10:53pm - Beat car 2521Robert has a traffic stop at 2841 N Pulaski.

11:01pm - Information for the police. 2930 N Harding. Male White by a door.

11:03pm - Shots Fired. Fullerton and Kostner. Four heard.

11:05pm - A slow down is being given on the 11:03pm job.

11:06pm - The 11:03pm job is coded 19Boy.

11:30pm - Beat 6757 needs a Spanish speaker at the gas station at Belmont and Kostner. 6759Boy is heading over.

11:36pm - Burglar alarm. 4358 W Fullerton. At MJ International.

Beat 2523 Meeting Last Night (1-28-10)

Good morning, everyone. The Beat meeting for 2523 is a growing success, if you ask me. More people are getting involved more than ever. The room last night was aboustely jam packed with people. There were business owners from Dunkin Donuts, the Shell gas station at 3181 N Milwaukee and the Red Apple at 3121 N Milwaukee, Father Mike from St. Hyacinth was there, we had two representatives from Salvation Army there. Heck, even Alderman Ariel Reboyras (30th) and Alderman Ray Suarez (31st) were there. The 25th District Police Commander, Robert Lopez, was there. There were also two cheif officers from Area 5 that attended. They were seen taking notes. I would just like to say, thanks to all of these people in attendance, something probably will be done.

Our first issue of the month was the vacant properties at 2941 and 2943 N Avers. The property at 2941 N Avers had the door taken off, which is sort of good news, because now people can see if trespassers go in there or not. The property at 2943 N Avers had a broken window, I believe. Sergeant Weiglein told everyone he checked this out and notified the owners. They have 30 days to comply. The issue with the boarded up property at 3043 N Monticello was discussed with Officer Flores, from the CAPS office. As for the 2900 block of N Springfield issues, the resident complaining was not in attendance at this meeting, so this wasn't talked about. Nor did anymore issues come up for that block.

Are you wondering about the homeless guys? Well, they were certainly talked about. In fact, we spent over 20 minutes after 8pm, when the meeting was supposed to end, talking about it. They're not causing as much problems as they were before, but it's still a big problem. They still continue to loiter. They still drink and harass people. They still bother the owners of Red Apple and their customers. And now, they're causing problems at Dunkin Donuts, 3801 W Belmont. They're scaring customers away, harassing the owners, all of it. One of the cashiers accompanied the two owners and expressed real concern of the drunks causing problems. I can tell from personal observation that the owners of Dunkin Donuts are good people and that they want to help us in this situation. If anything, they need to be helped. They're starting to lose business because of this. However, the CTA bus shelter being removed from Milwaukee and Hamlin has made a small difference.

A woman who was representing Salvation Army at the meeting said that the drunks are victims and need help. They do need help, but really, are they vitcims? Not really in my opinion. They don't want the help, so why bother? But, we do need to do something about their behavior. Anyway, Alderman Suarez said he was the one who personally stopped the Salvation Army from feeding the vagrants. The reason may have been that the drunks create a lot of litter.

But the drunks weren't just the issue. There's also the daily laborers who gather at the Shell gas station at Belmont and Milwaukee. They've been gathering in groups of 40 and 50, looking for work. The problem is, they block everything off and then except people to feel bad for them. When the owner tells them to leave, they just walk over to the sidewalk. After that, as you can imagine, the police really cannot do anything due to the ACLU laws (which we seriously need to challenge, especially in this city). These people also critcize the police and residents like us when we try to do something about it. The owner of the gas station has been getting threats for trying to do something about this. So, as you can see, there's alot of issues on this Beat.

A sad, but true, note to bring up: Our two aldermen, particulary Suarez, said there's nothing they can really do about this situation. One resident, who's an active member of this meeting, suggested that the aldermen open up a hiring hall (after the father of the owner of Dunkin Donuts brought this up) for those day laborers so we don't have a problem with them gathering at the gas station. Alderman Suarez immeadiately got defensive, in my opinion, and said it was illegal to do this. Why? This is an issue that affects your Ward, Suarez. Well, all I have to say is this: if Suarez keeps saying he can't do anything, people may take that to heart and let him know in the next elections that his days of being the 31st Ward Alderman are over. Seriously. It may just come to that point.

Moving on to the new problems:
  • 3149 N Springfield - There was an incident recently were someone tagged the building, per the manager of the building [this is a shout out to you, I know you're probably reading this blog now! :)]. They apparently tagged the roof. Alderman Suarez told the manager that he contacted the removal service and they should be out there soon. The police are looking into it. Alderman Suarez suggested that the owner got up on the roof and painted over the graffiti right away. Yeah, that's really helpful.
  • 2900 block of N Kenosha - A resident reports that there are stolen vehicles parked on the block. They may be involved in some sort of illegal activity. Sergeant Weiglein tells us Officer Rivera, who works Beat car 2525, will look into it. He's very good at breaking up activites like this.
  • 2800 block of N Ridgeway and Beat wide - This is one issue your's truly brought up. I'm concerned about the number of robberies that have been happening on the block. There have been two or three within the last few weeks, I think. There has also been more than a dozen robberies on this Beat within the last month. I think this is concerning. I told Sergeant Weiglein my concern and he said there will be increased patrols, because he's concerned about the numbers too.

Other observations:
> Alderman Reboyras is friendly, more than I thought he'd be. He seems to care deeply about the problem with the homeless men. Alderman Suarez seems to care, too, but he wasn't exactly too friendly and every time the members suggested something to him, he'd say there's nothing he can do. However, he told the business owners to always call the police if they've got a problem with an intoxicated guy or day laborer. He also encouraged all of us to do our part in this situation. Suarez seems to be especially concerned with this issue because there's a new school opening up at Milwaukee and Springfield this fall, in his ward. He's not allowing the homeless guy's activites over there whatsoever.
> Commander Lopez seems like a nice guy. He repeatedly told the business owners to call the police when they've got an issue like Suarez was talking about. He also explained to us about the street loiters and other questions people asked related to crime caused by these homeless guys. On a sad note, however, he told us besides trying to move the guys along and offering complaints for people to sign, there's nothing he and his officers can really do.
> The most incidents took place in the 3000 block of N. Pulaski Road. The most crimes were Battery again (24 reported incidents), Burglary (21 reported incidents) and Theft (19 reported incidents). The most incidents took place on Fridays (3o reported incidents) and Thursdays (25 reported incidents). Most incidents took place on the street (36 reported incidents), and in apartments (31 reported incidents). The most incidents took place in the 12am, 3pm and 7pm hour.

I'd just like to say again, this meeting has tons of people at it. We need that for every meeting. Show these homeless guys, robbers, day laborers, etc. that we're standing up to them and we're sick of Avondale being in a decline. Thanks to everyone for being there! It's encouraging!

Thank you,
Timmy

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Guys Seen Breaking In On Lawndale

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:15pm. My original plans to monitor from 12:44-2:35pm were ruined as nothing occurred within the time slot. So I'll try again, from 3:06 to 4pm. School was good. Final exams are over, so I'm happy about that. Anyway, tonight for those living on Beat 2523, it's our meeting. It's going to be a very interesting one, so I encourage any and all people living on the Beat to come. Here's crime for the next hour.

3:06pm - Theft in progress. 2949 N Lawndale. Guys in the back seen breaking in.

3:10pm - The slow down is being given on Lawndale.

3:12pm - A disregard is given on Lawndale. 2544 will code it in a few.

3:18pm - The job is a 19P.

3:21pm - Criminal Damage. 4444 W Fullerton. Female tore up the gas station.

3:47pm - Not in the coverage area, but Beat 6748Eddie has a high speed chase. Heading west on Madison from Keeler. The occupants are wanted for delivery of drugs.

3:48pm - The car is now at Kostner and Madison. The driver is armed with a gun.

3:49pm - The car was last seen around Madison and Keeler.

4:00pm - I'm done monitoring for today. Good night, everyone, and I'll be back tomorrow. For those going to tonight's meeting, see ya there [hopefully] :)!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Car Fire @ Avers And George

Good morning, everyone, it's 6:32am. Today is another day of testing for me at school. I only have an English test today though, and that's from 8-9:14am. Otherwise, I'll be bored all day. But at least I'll be home early again. Anyway, tomorrow night is Beat 2523's CAPS meeting (3160 N. Milwaukee) from 7-8pm. I hear it's going to be a very interesting one, so I really plan on attending. Here's crime before I leave this morning and for this afternoon/evening.

6:31am - Car fire. Avers and George.

6:40am - I have to go. Have a great day, everyone, and I'll be back later.

12:43pm - I'm back. Good afternoon :). A slow down is being given for an "Assault in progress" at 2825 N Avers.

1:13pm - Recover stolen vehicle. 1704 N Springfield.

2:13pm - Parker. 2513 N Ridgeway.

2:25pm - An RD number has been pulled from 2425 N Avers for an "1811". It's HS137997 with the event number of 08827.

2:35pm - Disturbance. 1859 N Springfield. YMCA bus driver is having a problem with some guy.

2:41pm - 1) Assault. 2830 N Lawndale. Caller's getting threatening text messages. Dispatcher says this should've been sent to call back. Yeah, whatever. Shut up and do your job. 2) Theft report. 3902 W Diversey.

2:59pm - Battery in progress. Kildare and Wrightwood. Students fighting. They're probably from KP. Go figure.

3:06pm - The 2:59pm job is coded. It's just a regular day.

3:10pm - Not for long were the KP kids just having a regular day. I didn't catch the location, but 2546 reports that a group of kids are gathering at a corner as if they're about to fight.

3:14pm - Dispatch is asking 2546 if everything's ok since there's a unit en route, and he's not answering the radio. 2530, which consists of another sergeant I really like out of 25, is heading over there.

3:18pm - An RD number has been pulled from 3902 Diversey. It's HS138087 with the event number of 08925.

3:19pm - Beat 2546 says everything is ok but he's going to hang around the school for a little bit.

3:34pm - Burglar report. 4100 W Oakdale.

3:39pm - Criminal Trepass in progress. 2615 N Avers. Several males going into a vacant property.

3:43pm - Domestic Battery. 1750 N Harding. Mom hit the son with a belt and it sounds like he hit her back. There was a call here yesterday, too. Sounds like mom and son don't like each other.

3:47pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 3:34pm job. It's HS138133 with the event number of 09251.

4:04pm - Apparently, the KP students are at again. They never seem to stop. Here's what I got. Group of teens fighting at 4236 W Wrightwood. They're acting real rowdy this time by throwing bottles at the caller's house.

4:09pm - Beat 2546 has a handwaver at 2201 N Keeler regarding a person shot. 15 or 16 yr old boy was shot in the eye with a BB gun. EMS is en route.

4:17pm - Another person shot with a BB gun at Nixon school, 2121 N Keeler.

4:28 to 4:54pm - I wasn't paying attention. Sorry.

5:20pm - Missing person report. 3819 W Wrightwood.

5:24pm - Burglar alarm. 4110 W Wrightwood. Southwest DOC motion.

5:46pm - Not sure from where this RD is from, but anyway, 2523 pulls an RD number for something. It's HS138331 with the event number of 11800.

6:09pm - There was a job at 2921 N Ridgeway a while ago. It was a domestic I think. Nothing further.

6:26pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

6:40pm - I'm back.

6:47pm - Narcotics call at either Koz or Mozart Parks.

7:39pm - Domestic disturbance. 2437 N Hamlin. Mom and dad are fighting.

8:00pm - Disturbance. 3084 N Milwaukee. At the bar. Guy was trying to fight people. He's now out in front, looking for fights.

8:09pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone :).

Monday, January 25, 2010

Extremely Intoxicated Male Falls @ Milwaukee And Belmont

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 2:35pm. I've been home since about 12:45pm but I was doing something else. Why was I home at 12:45? Well, I had testing today. I'll be home early tomorrow and Wednesday too due to testing. I wish we got out at 12 all year long. I'm in a better mood then I was Saturday. I'm going to mention my incident at 2523's Beat meeting though on Wednesday. Here's crime for this afternoon and early evening.

2:35pm - EMS run. Belmont and Milwaukee. 50 yr old male keeps falling down. He's extremely intoxicated.

2:36pm - Holding the offender. 3651 W Schubert. At Monroe school. They're holding a kid for possession of marijuana.

3:15pm - Gang disturbance. 4200 W Fullerton. Seven to eight of them walking east, bothering passerby. This was called in by the alderman's office.

3:23pm - They're taking one in from Monroe. Ha ha, brat (to the kid).

3:36pm - Beat 2576Sam is at Kelvyn Park High School, 4343 W. Wrightwood, for their dismissal.

3:46pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 2:36pm job. It's HS136638 with the event number of 09235.

3:53pm - Sounds like there's an arrest at 4100 W Fullerton from something.

4:06pm - Disturbance. 3711 W Belmont. Female White in a red coat banging on the windows. She's standing at the corner.

4:21pm - 1) Traffic accident. Wrightwood and Harding. Property damage only. 2) Suspicious person. 3731 W Concord.

4:25pm - Domestic disturbance. 1750 N Harding. The son stole the car and is now trying to hit her with a crowbar.

4:26pm - Burglar report. 3638 W Palmer.

4:39pm - Burglar alarm. 1801 N Lawndale. Also, the Wrightwood and Harding traffic accident is coded 18Boy.

4:48pm - Burglar alarm. 4110 W Wrightwood. Southwest DOC.

5:00pm - Suspicious vehicle. 3738 W McLean.

5:01pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone :).

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Traffic Accident At Pulaski and Palmer

Good morning, everyone, it's 9am. Today is going to be quiet warm with highs in the lower 40s. We'll see what that does with crime. Anyway, I have a reader who was harassed last night at Belmont and Central Park by 10 to 15 gangbangers. Not good. I'll be watching that intersection closely today, since there was about three or four calls over there last night. So, here's crime for today.

9:01am - Traffic accident. Pulaski and Palmer. Spanish speaker required.

9:49am - Violation order of protection. 3750 W Armitage. Boyfriend's violating the order.

9:51am - Calling all units. Calling all units. 10-1 situation at the 9:49am job. All available units are asked to go.

9:52am - There's a runner on this job. He's running east on Armitage.

9:53am - Beat 2544 is yelling that it's not a 10-1 situation. A slow down is being given.

9:54am - The offender's in the back of 3708 W Armitage.

9:57am - The offender is a male Hispanic with long black hair.

10:44am - Disturbance. 1627 N Pulaski. At Walgreens. Panhandler.

10:57am - Auto Theft. 4100 W Fullerton. At U-Haul. A trailer was just taken.

11:02am - EMS run. Avers and Wellington. 33 yr old female having a seizure.

11:05am - The 11:02am job is bona fide. Engine 91 and Ambulance 32 are on the way.

11:10am - Reckless driver. 2415 N Harding. A car with a plate of A1782234 jumped the curve and is now parked in a city parking lot.

11:44am - An RD number has been pulled from the 10:57am job. It's HS133550 with the event number of 06348. Also, another trailer was stolen on Tuesday but they didn't bother calling it in.

12:08pm - Person w/ a knife. 3952 W Wabansia. 17 yr old sister has a knife.

12:34pm - They're calling back on the 12:08pm job. Now the niece is tearing up the place.

1:20pm - Vicious animal. 4326 W Schubert. Large dog running down the block.

2:28pm - Beat 2563Boy gets some sellings on the 20 sector.

2:35 to about 3:40pm - I haven't been paying attention. Sorry. I was waiting for my mom and sister outside of my house to come in with some groceries, and what happens? Well, some guy who I assume is a drug dealer, comes up to me and asks me "what the fuck you lookin' at!?!", "why you lookin' at me like you gonna do something!?", "get the fuck out of here!" and stuff like that. I explained to him I was just waiting for my mom and sister, and he keeps telling me to get out of here. I ran back into my house. I told my mom about it when she came in two minutes later. At about 3:25, we called 911 to report this. The operator forwarded us to a call back officer to do a report over the phone. We explained to that operator what happened and she said there legally wasn't anything to do a report on. So then, unhappy with that response, I call the 25th District station and ask Officer Morales on the desk to please send a cop over. She's like "you have to call 911" and I told her I did but they wouldn't send out anybody. Her response was "it must not be an emergency then!" and I said I was threatened. She told me to call 311. What good will that do? Half the time, 311 doesn't even pick up the phone! So what do I do? I called 911 and the police station and they wouldn't do anything for me. So now I'm really pissed off at both the Chicago Police Department and OEMC. Screw them, as far as I'm concerned. Why can't I ever get a cop when I need them!?!! But all of these stupid ass domestic disturbances make it through, and here I was threatened! This guy came real close to me. But now I have a question for all of you: should I go down to the police station and demand to get a report and to speak to a supervisor or the Watch Commander? Or should I just let this go? I'm scared and I'm afraid this guy may come back to kick my ass. If this happens, I'm fighting back. Why call the police? They don't do anything!

4:06pm - Criminal damage. 3847 W Altgeld. Three male Hispanics with white hoodies and baggy jeans just spray painted the building. The guys are heading towards Springfield in the alley. One guy actually has a spray can on him.

4:20pm - Some job in the coverage area. I don't know what it was, nor do I care at this point.

4:28pm - The event number on the 4:06pm job is 13359. It's coded 19P, though.

4:50 to 5:01pm - Wasn't paying attention. Sorry.

5:05pm - Disturbance. 3121 N Milwaukee. Homeless males causing a problem at Red Apple.

5:20pm - Suspicious vehicle. 4036 W Wellington.

6:11pm - Parker. 4000 or 4100 block of W Nelson.

6:14pm - Domestic disturbance. 4339 W Altgeld. Boyfriend's damaging the car. Why don't you just go out there and beat the crud out of him? I wish domestics would stop be called in.

6:15pm - Burglar alarm. 3815 W Cortland. At Bearse USA. East DOC or West Office motion.

6:16pm - Gang disturbance. Belmont and Lawndale. 15 of them out there in the alley. They're drinking, smoking and harassing people. Dispatch says 17 received a "Battery in progress" call there earlier so caution is advised.

6:20pm - Someone's moving around in the 6:15pm business, according to the alarm company.

6:24pm - A key holder just arrived on scene on the 6:15pm job.

6:28pm - Uh oh. Beat car 2534 has a foot chase from the 6:15pm job. Male Hispanic, brown jacket with a hoodie is running out of the business and is heading towards the railroad tracks.

6:29pm - The guy's running on the tracks. Sounds crazy.

6:31pm - The key holder and his son jumped over a gate to continue to chase the offender.

6:32pm - The key holder and the son haven't been located. Not good.

6:33pm - Beat 2546 has the offender in custody just behind Ames Middle School.

6:51 to 6:53pm - Police/Dispatch chatter about the 6:15pm job.

7:05pm - Beat 2550 is requesting K9 to come over to the 6:15pm job. Dispatch is ordering them right now.

7:09pm - Beat 4639George is en route to the 6:15pm job.

7:14pm - Domestic Battery. 2714 N Harding.

7:19pm - Burglar alarm. 4151 W Belmont. At Andy's Tire shop.

8:06pm - EMS run. 3181 N Milwaukee. Drunk guy having a seizure.

8:14pm - Traffic accident. 3955 W Belmont. In the parking lot. Property damage only.

8:15pm - Beat 2593 says 3955 Belmont isn't a good address. He's correct. The addresses jump from 3927, which is Cardinal Fitness, to 3963, which is the condo complex. Dispatch agrees, but says he's just the dispatcher, so he wouldn't know.

8:22pm - Beat 2562Boy has the 8:14pm caller in the rear of the AT&T place. Caller said he's been waiting for a while. It was a hit and run accident. Beat 1797 pulled an RD number for the same exact location a while ago, at 17:35 (5:35pm) hours. It's HS134101. Other general police and Dispatch chatter follow.

8:24pm - The 8:06pm job is coded. Ambulance 8 took the guy to Norwegian.

8:39pm - An RD number is pulled from the 8:14pm job. It's HS134305 with the event number of 15517.

8:40pm - Check the well being. 3624 W Fullerton. Someone's crying and screaming on the 1st floor.

8:54pm - 1) Criminal Trespass. 1800 N Lawndale. 2) Parker. 1800 N Harding.

9:03pm - 1) They're calling back at the 5:05pm job. There's another guy out there causing a disturbance. 2) Suspicious vehicle. 2536 N Central Park. White Eclipse has been out there for two weeks now.

9:23pm - Beat 2593 needs a two man unit for a transport at 3551 W Diversey. 2524 will go.

9:39pm - The 1:20pm job is now a suspicious vehicle. Also, the 3121 Milwaukee job is coded.

9:42pm - Check the well being. 4141 W Barry. Someone needed police but hung up.

10:11pm - A 45Sam unit pulls an RD number for a "2022" at 2001 N Pulaski. It's HS134410 with the event number of 17952.

10:15pm - Loud music disturbance. 1700 N Monticello. There's also some yelling.

10:26pm - Parker. 2300 block of N Kedvale. Premits.

10:27pm - The 10:15pm job is now coming in as a domestic related "Battery in progress". They're drinking and fighting on the 2.

10:28pm - Gang disturbance. Belmont and Monticello.

10:32pm - Beat car 2525Robert asks for a call back on the 10:15/10:27pm jobs.

10:33pm - The 10:15/10:27pm jobs are coded 4Boy. The caller didn't want to get involved.

10:46pm - Parker. 3945 W Altgeld.

11:01pm - They're calling back on the 10:15/10:27pm jobs.

11:16pm - Beat 2525R asks for a call back on the 11:01pm job. It's anonymous. Coded 4B again.

11:40pm - They're calling back AGAIN on the 10:15/10:27/11:01pm jobs.

11:41pm - Beat 2525R asks for a curfew mission event number. It's 19703.

11:54pm - Domestic disturbance. 3149 N Springfield. The son's causing problems.

11:56pm - 1) Suspicious person. 2908 N Springfield. A male was trying to turn the caller's doorknob in attempt to get in. 2) DUI driver. 2656 N Harding. Drunk driver going all over the road.

12:00am - I'm heading to bed. I'll be back Monday with 25. I need a break and I'm monitoring a different Zone.

Friday, January 22, 2010

Female Gets Hit At CTA Bus Stop

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:08pm. School was ok. But now, it's the weekend and I'm ready just to relax after a long week :). Anyway, I received a reply from Alderman Colon a bit earlier from last night's email. He thanks me for "valuable community service" I provide for our area. He also tells me that they've had issues in that area before and are working to resolve them. Colon tells me he will contact the 14th, 17th and 25th District Commanders about the issue. I think this is very good news. I'm impressed with Colon getting back to me in such a timely matter. So, here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

4:13pm - Battery in progress. Diversey and Pulaski. Male Hispanic wearing black is hitting a female at the bus stop.

4:39pm - Shots Fired. 2154 N Springfield. Someone shot at the car as the caller was driving by. Nobody has been injured in the shooting.

4:43pm - A slow down has been given for the Springfield call.

5:00pm - Gang disturbance. Belmont and Central Park. Teen thugs hitting cars (I'm assuming with snowballs. That's they're most popular weapon. I should know). They're also flashing.

5:12pm - Battery in progress. 4034 W Armitage. Group of females fighting.

5:15pm - The 5pm call was originally called in as a "Person w/ a gun". There were 10 of them trying to pull a guy out of his car and there was one with a black mask over his face who looked like he was trying to pull out a pistol. This was called in at 16:55 (4:55pm) hours. This particular call was dispatched on Zone 3, 14's side.

5:56pm - Gang disturbance. 3625 W Belmont. Four of them in front.

6:02pm - Recover stolen auto. 3002 N Milwaukee.

6:12pm - Battery in progress. 3840 W Wabansia. Lots of screaming and commotion in the background. Boyfriend's getting jumped on.

6:26pm - Vice complaint on the 20 sector of 25.

6:40pm - Assault in progress. 4343 W Wrightwood. At Kelvyn Park High School. Females outside trying to fight. Beat 2505 was just at the school on a detail. They're heading back.

6:42pm - Beat 2546 asks for an event number from the 6:02pm job. It's 12797.

6:52pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:05pm - I'm back.

7:07pm - Parker. 2700 N Ridgeway.

7:29pm - Beat 45Mary71Charlie needs a transport unit at Fullerton and Kimball.

7:31pm - Domestic Battery in progress. 2330 N Springfield. Son is beating on the wife.

7:37pm - Burglar alarm. 4151 W Belmont.

7:41pm - Disturbance. 4212 W Diversey. Guy hanging out in front needs to be removed.

9:08pm - Disturbance. Belmont and Pulaski. Female White stumbling while walking then falling into the street.

9:19pm - Burglar report. 4328 W Drummond.

9:25pm - Gang disturbance. Kostner and Diversey. Five of them walking south towards Parker, yelling at people and flashing signs.

9:39pm - Traffic accident. Fullerton and Pulaski. Car hit another car in the Shell gas station.

9:55pm - Beat car 2524 has a bona fide Burglary from the 9:19pm job. ET will be ordered and canvass will be done.

10:10pm - Domestic disturbance. 2929 N Kostner.

10:15pm - Assault in progress. 3039 N Pulaski. At Auto Zone. Some kids crashed a car INTO the store and jumped out. It's not known at this moment if there's any damage to civilians or employees inside the business.

10:18pm - Beat 2545 is asking for a call back on the 10:10pm job. Also, a slow down is given at Auto Zone.

10:33pm - Domestic disturbance. 3713 W Palmer. Caller barricaded theirself in one of the rooms with the kids because the boyfriend's coming to hurt them. Complainant is scared.

10:39pm - Domestic Battery. 2415 N Kildare. Caller was slapped by the daughter.

10:48pm - Loud music disturbance. 1700 N Monticello.

11:00pm - A teenager from the 10:10pm job is being taken to their uncle's place on North Ave. somewhere. They'll be there for the night.

11:08pm - Domestic disturbance. 4314 W Wrightwood. Problem with the intoxicated wife who wants to take the kids out of the house.

11:18pm - They're calling back on the 10:48pm job.

11:24pm - Beat car 2525Robert needs a cage car at the 11:08pm job.

11:30 to 12:00am - I didn't pay attention. Sorry. I'm coming back with 25 tomorrow morning.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Teen Boyfriend Causes Problems On Shakespeare

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:25pm. I'm ticked off this afternoon, but not about school. I'm ticked off about punks in this neighborhood. The ones that hang out around Belmont and Central Park. Why do they feel the need to constantly throw snowballs at our school bus as we're coming down Central Park?? If it isn't them, it's the brats (yeah, that's what they are) from Reily doing it. I'm sick of this. I'm emailing Ald. Colon and the 17th District Police Commander about this. There needs to be squad cars present over there. It's complete uncalled for this to be happening everyday. Well, here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:22pm - Domestic disturbance. 3730 W Shakespeare. Problem with the 14 yr old daughter's boyfriend.

3:41pm - Assist the PO. Armitage and Keystone. Off duty PO has someone on the ground who may have a gun.

3:43pm - A slow down is being given for Armitage and Keystone. It was a fake gun that a kid pointed.

4:06 to 4:21pm - I wasn't paying attention. Sorry.

4:28pm - Check the well being. 4445 W Barry. The 8 and 11 yr old neighbors went upstairs with some guy who claimed to be their uncle. Caller wants to make sure nothing happened to them.

4:31pm - Assist the citizen. 1651 N Monticello. Caller came home to broken windows and wants police present when they go through the building.

4:33pm - Beat car 2523 lets Dispatch know that they made contact with the kids' mother. They're calling the caller back.

4:34pm - The 4:28/4:33pm person was notified.

4:37 to 4:40pm - Kept turning the radio to other channels. Sorry.

5:29pm - Assist the citizen. 2233 N Hamlin. Caller needs to get belongings.

5:35pm - The 5:29pm call is actually at 2233 S. Hamlin, not N. That's in the 10th District. This is from a call back Dispatch did when 2525 arrived on scene.

5:54pm - Domestic Battery. 3649 W Cortland. Boyfriend is hitting the caller.

6:07pm - Parker. 2338 N Kedvale.

6:47pm - Fire run. 4044 W Armitage. Gas leak and CFD needs a forced entry.

7:02pm - Person w/ a gun. Hamlin and Belmont. Male Black, white sweater is selling drugs at the Moblie gas station. He's got a gun.

7:07pm - I just checked Google maps for Hamlin and Belmont, and there appears to be no Moblie gas station at that corner.

7:10pm - A slow down is given on the 7:02pm job. An officer is saying the same exact thing I said, there appears to be no Moblie gas station there. The only thing over there is Dunkin Donuts. Beat car 2523 will drive around for a few minutes in the area to locate a Moblie gas station.

7:14pm - The 7:o2pm job is coded 19Charlie.

7:15pm - Burglar alarm. 3848 W Wrightwood. Two dogs on scene.

7:22pm - Disturbance. 2508 N Kostner. Kids pointing lasers at the caller.

7:39pm - Sounds like there's a high speed chase starting. Beat 2561Adam tried to pull over a car at Division and Keeler, but they didn't stop. The car was last seen turning on Augusta from Keeler.

7:40pm - Shots fired by the police. Kildare and Augusta. Vehicle isn't stopping. About 20 seconds later, 2561 is requesting EMS. An offender was shot by the cops. Wonder why that happened?

7:41pm - A slow down is being given on Augusta.

7:47pm - Criminal damage in progress. 3650 W Diversey. Three male Hispanics tagging the brick building.

7:59pm - Domestic disturbance. 4003 W Palmer.

8:00pm - I have to go. Good night, everyone, and I'll be back tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Small Group Of ASPIRA Kids Fight

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 2:59pm. I'm home earlier than usual. That's because there was light traffic. School was ok. It's just good to be home. Anyway, tonight we're getting freezing rain which may form some ice. Doesn't sound too good, does it? Well, anyhow, here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:02pm - Beat 2578Sam is coding out a fight at Harding and Barry. There was a small group of ASPIRA kids going at it, apparently. The crowd seems to have dispersed.

4:15 to 4:57pm - I didn't pay attention. Sorry.

5:10pm - Domestic Battery. 4141 W Barry. 23 yr old boyfriend named Lawrence hit the caller.

5:11pm - Beat car 2524 gets a gang disturbance on the PDT.

5:37pm - Zone 12 is having a problem with their radio. The 25th District is on Citywide 6, 460.250, for now until the problem is corrected.

5:42pm - The problem appears to be corrected. 25 is back on frequency 460.425, the regular Zone 12.

6:03pm - Robbery. 3006 N Kostner. Female was beaten down by two male Blacks who took the caller's purse and fled east on Wellington.

6:04pm - Suspicious vehicle. 3741 W Shakespeare. Car with broken windows.

6:06pm - Suspicious vehicle. 1750 N Harding. Gold Toyota parked sideways with different sized tires.

6:08pm - The radios are acting up again. They're switching to Citywide 6 once again.

6:14pm - Assist the citizen. 2818 N Avers. Citizen needs help getting belongings.

6:22pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

6:35pm - I'm back.

6:50pm - Domestic disturbance. 2141 N Kedvale. The daughter is trying to do homework but the relatives upstairs were making too much noise. When they were asked to stop making so much noise, they cussed out the daughter and called her vulgar names. I sense a family fight.

6:52pm - Beat 2545 says that the 6:03pm vitcim got her things back on Kenneth somewhere and refuses a report.

7:20pm - EMS run. Hamlin and Belden. Male down.

7:24pm - Domestic disturbance. 4113 W Wellington. Problem with the uncle who refuses to leave.

7:26pm - Beat 2545 asks Dispatch if there was a removal made from the 7:20pm job. That's a negative. CFD hasn't even arrived on scene yet.

7:31pm - Suspicious person. 2121 N Kedvale. Someone's knocking on the door.

8:00pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Reckless Driver In E. Logan Square/Avondale

Good morning, everyone, it's 5:00am. I'm only monitoring 14 until 5:28am this morning, then I'm going to get ready for school and go there. I'll be back with 25 this afternoon. Today will be sunny but only getting up to about 30 degrees. Anyway, like I said last night, we all should help donate something to the people of Haiti. They really need all of the help they can get. Here's crime for 14 for the next 28 minutes, and crime in 25 for this afternoon/evening.

5:02am - Reckless driver. Elston and Belmont. Car heading southeast on Elston is going real fast.

5:04am - Now the car is at Western and Logan, running lights. Heading towards Diversey on Western.

5:06am - The employees of the gas station at Western and Fullerton are holding the offender.

5:07am - Car fire. 2942 N Sawyer.

5:28am - I'm gone for the day. Have a great day, everyone, and I'll be back with 25 this afternoon. I'll be back with 14 in February.

3:13pm - I'm back with 25. Good afternoon, everyone.

3:32pm - Criminal Trespass. 2538 N Tripp. Several teens went into the vacant building.

5:23pm - Domestic disturbance. 1648 N Monticello. Problem with the 17 yr old pregnant daughter who refuses to leave.

6:07pm - Domestic disturbance. 2301 N Kedvale. Problem with the aggressive brother.

6:28pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

6:55pm - I'm back.

7:56pm - Battery. 2123 N Kedvale. Group of males jumped the husband.

8:06pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Commerical Alarm On Elston

Good morning, everyone, it's 7:42am. I'm monitoring 14 until 9:30am, then I'll turn the radio back to 25 until 2:44pm, then I'll monitor 14 again from then until 3:05pm, then I'm taking a break until 5:49pm. After that, I'll return with 25 until 6:47pm. Today is supposed to be in the 30s under cloudy conditions. I hope that maybe the temps and the colds may keep crime down on MLK day. It needs to be peaceful on a day like this. Also, I may fall asleep on some occassions today. I've only had 3 hours of sleep (I couldn't sleep last night). So, here's crime for today.

8:11am - Commerical alarm. 2001 N Elston. Self storage.

9:05am - Beat car 1412 is doing something at Belden and Kimball.

9:17am - Beat 1406Henry has a traffic stop at 2731 N Elston.

9:22am - Assist the citizen. 3107 N Elston. Complainant needs help getting their car.

9:25am - 1) Beat 1406H is going into 14 with a TBD. 2) Parker. 1645 N Claremont. Tow zone.

9:30am - Switched over to Zone 12 until 2:44pm.

9:38am - Beat 2572 is doing a park check at Koz.

9:59am - Suspicious person. 2906 N Pulaski. Female White, 20s, red/white/blue striped jacket standing in front of the business.

10:16am - Beat 2580Eddie says that they're taking in one into 25 from 3050 N Pulaski. They pull an RD number for a "1506". It's HS125627 with the event number of 04682.

10:19am - Traffic accident. 3140 N Lawndale. Hit and run. Car was hit overnight.

10:43am - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

11:41am - Domestic disturbance. 3912 W Wrightwood. Dispute over child custody.

11:56am - A unit is doing a well being check at 2438 N Avers.

12:58pm - Beat car 2524 tells Dispatch that there's a group of kids from Kelvyn Park High School selling hot chocolate at the corner of Fullerton and Kostner. He advises special attention for that corner.

1:30pm - A squad car speeds eastbound on Diversey from Ridgeway with lights and sirens. What's going on?

2:44pm - Switched to Zone 3 until 3:05pm.

2:48pm - Suspicious vehicle. 2222 W Medill. Complainant who does not want to leave their name nor speak to the cops says that there's a grey van with a plate of G327212 parked in front of their house. It's been there since about 1pm. Caller is worried since they're having problems with the ex.

2:49pm - Domestic disturbance. 3109 W Diversey. Child's father refuses to leave.

2:51pm - Commerical alarm. 1701 N Miwaukee. At the Bucktown Library. Interior motion.

2:54pm - Beat 1406H asks for two things. First, they want an event number for a park check at Simons, and two, they want an event number for the DOC. Event number for Simons is 09579, and the event number for the DOC is 09583.

3:01pm - Car alarm. Allen and Milwaukee. Everytime traffic goes by, it causes the alarm in a black car with a soft top parked over there to go off.

3:02pm - Suspicious person. 2800 block of N Troy. Male White, black hat, white hoodie and black jacket is heading south towards Diversey, checking out the cars. About a half minute later, Beat 1484 says he may have the guy stopped.

3:05pm - 1484 is running a name over there. With that, I'm gone with 14 until tomorrow, and I'll be back with 25 at 5:49pm.

5:49pm - I'm back, and I got something to say. I haven't really thought about this until now. I only started thinking about when my dad said this. I think that you, the reader, should donate blood or money for the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. There are a lot of us out there who can help, such as yourself. If everybody who can would do this, and bring two friends with them, we can all feel good about doing our part and provide a gift that is badly needed. My mom and I are donating some money. My thoughts and prayers will continue to be with the Haitian people, and you, if you have family or friends in Haiti. The earthquake in Haiti is truly a tragedy, but with our help, the people of Haiti can get back on their feet.

5:59pm - Beat 2566Adam is taking one into 25 from Kedvale and Palmer.

6:26pm - Gang disturbance. 3130 N Monticello. They're loitering.

6:47pm - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone :).