Reckless Driver @ North Ave./Western, Burglar Alarm On Kedzie

Good morning, everyone, it's 9:20am. Boy did it cool down outside. It's only in the mid 60s, with clouds, and today's only going to be in the lower 70s with clouds and sun mixed. Feels good outside. I'm monitoring 14 today, then I'll be covering 25 this weekend. On Monday, I'll be on a special coverage schedule for the first day of school for the year-round CPS schools (yep, they go back Monday). We'll see how that goes. Here's crime for today.

10:24am - Reckless driver. North and Western. Car speeding, no direction given on it.

10:40am - Burglar alarm. 2523 N Kedzie.

10:57am - EMS run. Western and McLean. Man down.

11:06am - Reckless driver. Diversey/Elston/Western. Car with a plate of K648440 is driving recklessly south on Western towards Schubert.

11:07am - Assault in progress. Kedzie and North Ave. At the dental office. Someone just tried to batter the caller's son.

11:08am - Beat car 1421 is coding out the 11:07am job. He was on scene and says that the boy's fingers were accidently kind of smashed in the door at the dental center, but it wasn't a criminal act.

11:14am - Reckless driver. Milwaukee/Kimball/Diversey. Car with a plate of P1200606 is speeding south on Milwaukee towards Spaulding.

11:15am - Assist the citizen. 19XX W Dickens. Caller needs help getting their son out of the car, he got locked in.

11:19am - Beat 1463Adam is dispersing two for gang loitering at Wabansia and Spaulding. Console time is 11:19 and the event number is 06225.

11:44am - Recover the stolen vehicle. 32XX W Dickens. White Honda Civic parked in front with a plate of ZHH62 is possibly stolen.

11:50am - Suspicious person. 2828 N Elston. Male Hispanic, 6 feet tall with a white shirt and a gold tooth, is lurking in and out of the building, went in the bathroom and didn't come out for a while, watching people. He's doing some weird stuff.

12:03pm - Theft in progress. Mozart and Bloomingdale. Three males on the tracks taking spikes.

12:04pm - Commercial alarm. 20XX N Sawyer. Van.

12:09pm - Barking dog. 23XX N Sacramento.

12:29pm - 1) EMS run. 2856 N Western. 2) Check the well being. 24XX W Fullerton. Caller's friend isn't answering the phone, something about a garage door too.

12:43pm - Battery. 35XX W Lyndale. Male Hispanic, 6 feet tall, bald with a black t-shirt struck the caller

12:56pm - Traffic accident. 25XX W Homer. Sounds like it was a hit-and-run.

1:15pm - Animal abuse. 2300 N Damen. A car getting off the Kennedy Expressway just threw an animal out of it's window. Animal control is being notified.

1:18pm - Beat 1482 is doing foot patrol on Milwaukee from Bloomingdale to North Ave./Damen. Event number is 08033.

1:28pm - Beat car 1434 is at the 12:56pm job, and a city light pole just fell into the street. Everyone's ok, but the City needs to come out. In the meantime, Beat 1410 is coming over with some tape to tape off the street.

1:29pm - Burglary report. 18XX W Dickens.

1:42pm - Traffic accident. Armitage and Ashland.

1:44pm - Beat 1463Boy has a street stop at Central Park and Armitage. Female needed for a search. Beat car 1422 is coming over.

1:52pm - 1463A has a street stop at 19XX N Spaulding.

1:55pm - Assault in progress. 2656 N Elston. At the Target. Male White in his late 30s or early 40s with a full-length beard, driving a sliver car with a plate of H371003, was bothering and threatening customers, then he started fighting with an employee. He fled north on Elston in the car towards Diversey/Western.

2:24pm - Reckless driver. North and California. Car has a driver that keeps putting it's foot on the brakes.

2:26pm - Battery in progress. Francisco and Barry. Some sort of fight going on.

2:33pm - Robbery. 2295 N Milwaukee. At the Citibank. Bank was just robbed.

2:37pm - Battery. 3427 W Diversey. At the Dunkin Donuts. Female Hispanic in a pink blouse hit the caller. She went into the SuperCoin Laundry store.

2:38pm - Beat car 1431 is on scene at the bank robbery and is giving a flash. Wanted is a male White, late 20s or early 20s, 5'9, 155 to 170 lbs, shirt that had a Captain America symbol on it and a black baseball cap. He fled north on Milwaukee towards California.

2:42pm - Further from the bank robbery: A weapon was implied, but none was seen. Also, a male Hispanic in a red hoodie accompanied the male White. They fled in a white car.

2:43pm - 1431 is talking with security about getting video from the incident.

2:45pm - 1) Burglar alarm. 16XX N Maplewood. 2) Burglar alarm. 21XX W Cortland.

2:48pm - Beat 1462Charlie is dispersing four for gang loitering at 33XX W Wabansia. Console time is 14:48 and the event number is 09989. Also, they're on a street stop now at 16XX N Spaulding.

2:51pm - 1431 is pulling an RD number for the bank robbery. It's HV424389 with the event number of 09685.

3:11pm - Robbery/Theft report. 16XX N Hoyne. Caller came home and was robbed and the apartment was robbed too.Caller had some females in their house yesterday then woke up this morning to find some things missing. Sounds like nonsense, kinda.

3:36pm - Beat 1462Adam is doing a CTA check at the Logan Square Blue Line station. Event number is 10823.

3:38pm - Burglar alarm. 23XX W St. Paul.

3:48pm - Shots Fired. North and Kimball. Several shots. Supposedly, there's a lot of calls on this, but Dispatch only has one call. A Congressman is calling this one in, says a lot of calls are being made. I guess to their office?

3:49pm - Battery in progress. 17XX N Kimball. Gangbangers fighting.

3:50pm - Battery in progress. Kimball and Cortland. Gangbangers fighting.

3:52pm - 1) Traffic accident. Belmont and Kimball. 2) Disturbance. 2243 N Elston. 3) Fire. 2021 N Point. At the Chase school. Wires are down and sparking.

3:53pm - DOA. 2242 N Kedzie. At the nursing home.

3:56pm - Apparently the 3:48/3:49/3:50pm jobs are stemming from an accident that occurred at Kimball and Bloomingdale. Gangbangers crashed into somebody and a fight broke out.

3:57pm - Officers in 14 are asking Dispatch what's going on in 17 on Kedzie. She checks Zone 1's board and says that Beat 1763Eddie was involved in an accident with a train. I'm guessing maybe a Brown Line train up near Lawrence, since those are the nearest ground-level tracks on this side of town. Nevertheless, the officers are in stable condition, and no one on the train was hurt.

4:05pm - Criminal trespass. 22XX W Charleston. Someone posing as a City worker told the caller they were there to do maintenance work, and then walked through the upstairs apartment, but the caller called their building manager, who said there wasn't any work scheduled for today.

4:23pm - 1) Person w/ a knife. 29XX N Wisner. 2) 1463A is doing a Public Violence mission on 1422's Beat. Event number is 11864.

4:36pm - Beat 1463Charlie has a street stop at North Ave./California, running two names.

4:49pm - 1463C has three to go from their 4:36pm job. Beat car 1433 is being asked to head over.

4:54pm - Gang disturbance. 16XX N Sawyer. They're throwing bottles at cars.

4:55pm - 1) Beat car 1423 is coding out the 4:54pm job. They're right there and no one's there. 2) Beat car 1413 has a bona fide DOA from the 3:53pm job. Victim was a male, 71 years old. Appears natural and the body will be released to the family. 1410 is being notified.

5:04pm - 1463B is doing a robbery mission on the 10 sector in 14. Event number is 12661.

5:31pm - Beat car 1421 has a traffic stop at Wabansia and Rockwell. They need a car with a working PDT.

5:34pm - 1) Traffic accident. 2707 N Milwaukee Ave. In the McDonalds parking lot, a guy was hit by a car. Refused EMS. 2) Parker. On 1412's Beat.

5:38pm - Parker. On 1433's Beat.

5:41pm - 1) Traffic accident. Albany and Diversey. Two cars, no injures. 2) Suspicious person. Unity Park. In the playlot. Something about two males drinking, then they went towards Milwaukee/Diversey. 3) Disturbance. Wabansia and Kimball.

5:50pm - Beat car 1411 is at Albany/Diversey at the accident, and is relocating to Sacramento and George to look for the offender from the accident. Gary Ford Explorer is the offending vehicle. It has a plate of P493769.

5:58pm - 1) Burglar alarm. 27XX W Logan Blvd. 2) Disturbance. 31XX N St. Louis. 3) Gang disturbance. Moffat and Rockwell. 4) Suspicious person. 2542 W North Ave. 16 year old client was approached by a male Hispanic wearing a red hat and white t-shirt while she were on her way to the agency and he kept saying "little girl, come here". He was last seen standing in front of the auto shop.

6:02pm - Beat car 1413X-Ray has a male passed out on the sidewalk at Mozart and Dickens, needs EMS.

6:15pm - Gang disturbance. Wabansia/Kimball. Several gangbangers running back and forth on the corner, flashing gang signs and yelling gang slogans.

6:29pm - Beat 1441 is at the 6:16pm job and wants to know where exactly the alarm's coming from. Dispatch says she doesn't know.

6:33pm - Check the well being. Armitage and Whipple. Female screaming in Spanish out of the window of an apartment building. She might be intoxicated and got into a fight with someone. She's wearing a black t-shirt and jeans. She's short.

6:48pm - Found property. 2650 W North Ave. Caller found a backpack in it with some items.

7:02pm - Suspicious vehicle. Kedzie and Wellington. Car's been parked in the same spot for the last few days.

7:10pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:26pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

7:47pm - EMS run. Wellington and California. Male was down on the corner and there was a crowd gathered around him, EMS returned to quarters.

7:55pm - Beat 1400, 14th District Commander, is reporting that the street lights are out at Milwaukee and Francis Pl., and Milwaukee and Rockwell.

8:11pm - Parker. On 1432's Beat.

8:14pm - EMS run. 29XX N Kedzie.

8:29pm - 1) Gang disturbance. On 1434's Beat. 2) Gang disturbance. On 1421's Beat.

8:30pm - 1) Fire. 20XX N Leavitt. Electrical outlet. 2) Narcotics. On 1434's Beat. Selling.

8:31pm - Gang disturbance. On 1422's Beat. Couple of calls coming in on this one.

8:32pm - Parker. On 1431's Beat, on Stave.

8:43pm - Assault. Diversey/Elston/Western. Road rage between a cab and a red Jeep Cherokee. The Jeep was last seen heading towards Artesian on Diversey.

8:44pm - Beat car 1413 is reporting that the street lights in the 2000 and 2100 blocks of N Spaulding are out.

8:59pm - 1) Municipal ordinance violation. Moffat/Rockwell. People walking their dogs without leashes in the park. 2) Beat 1465David is taking one in from 17XX N Washtenaw.

9:07pm - Beat car 1434 has a traffic stop at North Ave./California.

9:24pm - Disturbance. 31XX N Kedzie. Four males drinking in the alley and causing a disturbance.

9:28pm - Burglary report. 18XX W Dickens. I believe they called here earlier, too.

9:47pm - Some call in the area.

10:07pm - Parker. 29XX N Troy.

10:14pm - Beat car 1413Robert has a handwaver at Palmer and Kimball.

10:18pm - Beat car 1433R has an on-view battery at the Congress Theater, 2135 N Milwaukee Ave. There doesn't seem to be anything to it, though, so they'll be leaving in a minute or so.

10:20pm - Loud music disturbance. Damen and Charleston. Loud music coming from one of the restaurants in the area.

10:23pm - Traffic accident. Milwaukee and Western. Car with a partial plate of N96 struck the caller's car.

10:26pm - Parker. 30XX W Armitage. Car is blocking the garage.

10:33pm - Narcotics. 29XX N Wisner.

10:55pm - Suspicious person. 21XX N Maplewood. Ten people in the yard, lurking and trying to break in.

10:56pm - Beat car 1431R has a handwaver at Rockwell and Lyndale regarding a possible car break-in.

10:57pm - Disturbance. 2333 N Western. Hobos harassing people trying to go into the apartments next to the liquor store.

11:02pm - 1400 has a 13 year old curfew at 2942 W North that needs to be relocated. Beat 1442 is heading over. Event number is 19958.

11:08pm - Gang disturbance. 35XX W Lyndale. Group in front drinking and causing problems.

11:09pm - Assault. 2403 W Homer. Man was just in the bar threatening and harassing people.

11:13pm - 1400 has a street stop at North and Albany. She's running two names and is going to do two contact cards. Beat car 1421R is heading over to assist her.

11:18pm - Assault in progress. 16XX N Sawyer. 20 gangbangers in front instigating a fight.

11:28pm - Gang disturbance. Campbell and McLean. Four in a car by the senior complex throwing up signs.

11:29pm - Disturbance. 26XX W Belden. Four males throwing rocks in the alley.

11:33pm - Just FYI for everyone out there, but there might be a gang war starting in Logan Square and Humboldt Park in the coming days. 25th District officers are investigating an accident at North and Hamlin, which an Imperial Gangster was ran over by some Latin Kings.

11:38pm - Loud music disturbance. 16XX N Sawyer. Loud party in the alley.

11:58pm - Some call in the area.

12:00am - Ok, I'm gone. I'll see you all tomorrow. Good night, everyone.