Avondale and Logan Square Crime Blotter

Gas Station Disturbance, Purse Found On Elston

2012-01-29T07:20:00.004-06:00

Good morning, everyone, and happy Sunday to all. It's 7:20am. It's a snowy morning with temps in the upper 20s. It's only going to snow until around 10am, though, then it'll remain cloudy today with temps in the 30s. Anyway, I'm monitoring 14 from now until 8am, then I'm switching over to 25 until noon, then I'll stop blogging for the day. With that, here's crime for today.

7:23am - Disturbance. 2801 W Armitage. Problem with someone at the gas station.

7:30am - Found property. 16XX N Elston. A purse was found on the sidewalk.

7:53am - Parker. On 1434's Beat.

8:00am - Switching over to 25 now. Standby...

8:24am - Beat car 2524 is on a traffic stop at 25XX N Lawndale.

9:27am - Check the well being. 37XX W McLean. Male White with a blue hat is in front, screaming on the phone. Suicide was mentioned, so caller wants CPD to check on him.

9:30am - They're now fighting. Two males. It's a domestic.

9:42am - Beat car 2525 is relocating one of the parties to Schubert and Pulaski.

9:52am - Assault in progress. 3601 W Cortland. Male in front of the group home is threatening to kill people.

10:04am - The McLean incident is coded out. Also, Beat 2520 is with 2522 at 1631 N Springfield, and he might be hurt.

10:05am - 2522 is taking one into 25 with an I.O.D., and then he's getting a ride to the hospital. 2522 is indeed hurt. A speedy recovery to that officer!

10:13am - Gang disturbance. Lawndale and Diversey. Six out there, flashing gang signs and loitering. I bet I know what corner they're on, too...

10:16am - Beat 2543 is saying that there's only two people at the 10:13am job, and that "they're just waiting for the corner store to open up". Yeah, and they probably lied, too.

10:33am to 10:45am - I think I missed a call in the area.

10:53am - Some call at 30XX N Kostner.

10:54am - Beat 2543 is on a street stop at 24XX N Avers.

11:18am - Stolen sometime between late last night and this morning was a white Dog Ram that has a lot of primer spots on it and damage in the rear. It might have been left with the keys in the car. This is per Beat 2543. It occurred at 3425 W Fullerton.

12:00pm - I'm going to go. I may be back this evening, but if not, sometime this week. See you all around.

Homeless Lady Sleeps Near St. Hyacinth's

2012-01-28T00:00:00.011-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a rainy (and snowy) night out there. It's in the 30s. Anyway, I apologize for no post yesterday. I had went to monitor the radio, beginning at 7:07pm, but then by 7:30, I fell asleep, and didn't wake back up until five minutes before 11pm. So I guess what I'm going to do is monitor the radio from now until the first call comes out for the day, then I'll stop monitoring until noon. Starting at noon, I'll monitor the radio until 11pm, with a dinner break included. On Sunday, I'll blog from whenever I wake up until noon. So with that, here's crime for today.

12:27am - Disturbance. 3636 W Wolfram. Homeless female sleeping by the church.

12:29am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back at noon. Good night, everyone.

12:00pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

1:11pm - Backlog in 25 at 13:11 hours.

1:26pm - Burglar alarm. 3628 W Armitage.

1:35pm - Beat 2582 is doing a patrol this afternoon along Fullerton from Pulaski to Kilbourn.

1:45pm - 1) Landlord tenant dispute/request for a supervisor. 37XX W Dickens. 2) Parker. 41XX W Wellington.

1:57pm - Backlog renewed in 25 at 13:57 hours. Third Watch.

2:04pm - Numerous calls are coming in at 37XX W Dickens.

2:20pm - The Dickens job has more calls on it. Domestic, request for a supervisor, etc.

2:23pm - Beat car 2524 and Beat 2552 have finally arrived on Dickens. They're sorting it out now.

2:32pm - Beat 2583 is doing foot patrol this afternoon on the 4400 block of W Diversey. Event number is 09207.

2:52pm - Beat 2510 reports that the Dickens issue has been resolved.

3:31pm - Depctive practice report. 4400 W Diversey. At the currency.

5:06pm - Traffic accident. Armitage and Pulaski. Property damage only.

5:07pm - Assist the citizen. 29XX N Hamlin.

5:14pm - Beat car 2522 needs another car on the 5:07pm job, along with 2523. 2524 is chosen to go.

6:17pm - Beat 45Sam25Adam needs an event number from a traffic stop at 3701 W Armitage. It's 13447.

6:43pm - Theft. 4312 W Fullerton. At the Pump's restrauant. Caller's purse was taken by a guy.

6:44pm - Wanted from the 6:43pm job is a heavy set male Hispanic with a green coat. Beat 2565 is on scene.

6:46pm - Beat car 2534 has an on-view disturbance at Central Park and Fullerton.

6:47pm - 2565 just stopped a possible and is going to bring him back over to the restrauant.

6:56pm - Panick alarm. 16XX N Hamlin.

7:30pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Man Half In, Half Out Of Car On George

2012-01-26T06:23:00.008-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 6:23am. It's a cloudy and pretty cold early morning out there. Yep, I'm not in school today. Didn't feel like going after having finals all this week, and we're off tomorrow anyway, so I just decided to give myself a 4-day weekend. Today, I'm going to monitor 25 from now until 8am, then again from 4:45pm to 6pm, and then again from 11pm until midnight. I'm monitoring 14 for the school day between 8am and 4pm. Tomorrow, I'm monitoring 25 from after my dinner until midnight or 1am on Saturday, and then I'm blogging from whenever I wake up on Saturday until my dinner. I'm not blogging on Sunday. Here's crime for portions of today.

7:17am - EMS run. 38XX W George. School bus driver passing by noticed a man half in and half out of a car that has it's door wide open. The man is passed out.

7:20am - CFD is coming down my street now to get to George.

7:30am - Beat car 2523 needs a two-man unit to drive in the vehicle to 25. The man is going to Masonic.

8:00am - I'm switching over to 14. Standby...

8:21am - Parker. 2018 N Leavitt. At Pulaski school.

8:52am - Some call in the area.

9:22am - Some call in the area.

9:37am - Theft in progress. 24XX N Sawyer. White truck being stolen in the alley.

9:51am - Municipal ordinance violation. 2803 N Kimball. Something about construction signs not being proper.

10:25am - Burglar alarm. 23XX N Leavitt.

10:29am - Beat car 1423 has a traffic stop at 3005 W Armitage.

10:33am - 1423 is asking officers to extend curtosey parking for a black and sliver 1992 Cadillac that broke down right at the eastbound CTA bus stop at the 3005 Armitage address.

10:39am - A unit asks for a premise check at the Logan Square Blue Line station. Event number is 05557.

10:50am to 1:00pm - I fell asleep. I'm sorry. I'll try to get an archive of this time period.

1:05pm - 1411 says that he, along with 1423, talked with the staff, the student and the parent, and everything is fine now. The prinicipal is having a conference with the mother and the kid.

1:13pm - Beat 1461Eddie is doing a premise check at the Logan Square Blue Line station. Event number is 06780.

1:16pm - Vice complaint. On 1411's Beat.

1:25pm - Beat 1405 asks for a park check at Holestin.

1:43pm - Gang disturbance. 2327 W Fullerton. At the McDonalds. Don't think there is a McDonalds there, though.

1:53pm - Parker. 35XX W Diversey.

2:11pm - 1461E is doing a premise check at the California Blue Line station.

2:14pm - Some call on the 2100 block of N Leavitt.

2:31pm - Suspicious person. 26XX N Drake. Male Black, 35 years old, is lurking around the area.

2:39pm - There's an open door on the 2:31pm job. A few units are heading over to assist Beat 1461Adam, the unit assigned to handle the call.

3:08pm - Battery in progress. 3444 W Wabansia. At Stowe school. Two parents fighting in the main office.

3:32pm - Beat car 1423 asks for a transport car from the 3:08pm job.

3:33pm - 1) Parker. 35XX W Lyndale. 2) Parker. 23XX N Drake.

4:00pm - I'm done covering 14. I'll be back in 45 minutes with 25.

4:45pm - And I'm back.

5:02pm - Narcotics. On 2525's Beat.

5:35pm - Battery report. 30XX N Avers.

5:52pm - Hold-up alarm. 3700 W Diversey. At Adrain's Food Market. Front counter motion.

5:53pm - A slow down is being given on the 5:52pm job. No hold-up alarm.

5:54pm - The 5:52pm job is coded 19P.

6:00pm - I'm going to go until 11pm. I'll see you all then.

Burglar Alarm On Hermitage

2012-01-25T05:22:00.002-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 5:22am. It's a clear "night" (well, really morning, but ... LOL) outside, with temps around 30. It's going to be a partly to mostly cloudy day with temps in the 30s. Anyway, tonight, I am attending the CAPS Beat meeting for 2523 this evening. Hope to see you 2523 residents there. Here's crime of 14 before I go to school this morning.

6:06am - Burglar alarm. 16XX N Hermitage.

6:20am - Beat 1484 asks for an event number for two things. One, for the foot patrol mission on Milwaukee from Logan to Central Park, and two, for the Logan Square Blue Line station. The foot patrol's event number is 02347 and the station's event number is 02349.

6:26am - I have to go to school. I'll be back at 4:45pm today. See you all later, and have a good day, everyone.

3:41pm - I'm back until 4:45pm with 25. Good afternoon, everyone.

3:47pm - 1) Theft. 29XX N Lawndale. 2) Traffic accident. Wrightwood and Kostner.

4:45pm - I'm going to go until later. I'll be back at 8:38. See you all then.

8:38pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

8:52pm - Check the well being. 4145 W Fullerton.

9:29pm - For those of you on the west end of the neighborhood, just east of the Koz Park area, if you heard a bunch of firetrucks in the area, don't be afraid. CFD was just responding to a fire on the 2500 block of N Ridgeway. Beat 2510 is on scene, requesting traffic control and a paper car.

9:44pm - Parker. On 2525Robert's Beat.

10:59pm - Parker. 27XX N Monticello.

11:00pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back with 25 at 6:23am tomorrow morning. Have a good night, everyone, and I'll see you all then.

Disturbance On The Mil, Person Wanted On Springfield

2012-01-24T18:00:00.003-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 6:00pm. It's a clear night out there with temps in the low 30s. Tonight will dip down into the upper 20s, and tomorrow will be in the 30s again. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until about 8:30pm or so. Tomorrow evening, I will be attending my CAPS Beat meeting for Beat 2523, which is held at the Copernicus Center on Milwaukee. If you live on the Beat, you're invited. Here's crime for this evening.

6:38pm - 1) Disturbance. 2978 N Milwaukee.. Someone's causing a problem outside the store. 2) Person wanted. 31XX N Springfield.

6:45pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:07pm - I'm back.

7:21pm - Beat car 2524 is recovering a stolen vehicle from 25XX N Springfield.

7:34pm - Shots Fired. 2800 block of N Tripp. Two fired by a 4-door blue vehicle with a plate of N993704. Went towards 26th Street. What?? Probably meant 2800 S. Tripp, in that case.

7:43pm - A slow down is being given on the Tripp gunshots. Yep, probably in 10.

8:08pm - Beat 45Sam28 is reporting that multiple gunshots were just fired at Armitage and Drake by a green 4-door vehicle. The windows may have been shot out. It fled west on Armitage then north on Central Park, towards McLean.

8:15pm - Suspicious person. 23XX N Monticello. Male Hispanic, black jacket with yellow stripes on the sleeves is sitting on the front porch. Caller does not know this man.

8:25pm - A disregard is being given on the 8:15pm job.

8:30pm - Battery. 39XX W Altgeld. 38 year old battered the caller.

8:38pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow, or Thursday. See you all then, and good night, everyone.

Known Tagger Kills Man @ Western And Armitage On Saturday Night

2012-01-23T23:37:00.000-06:00

Ah. It's not even a month into 2012, and Logan Square has had it's first murder of the year. Already. Such a shame.

The murder occurred this past Saturday at the corner of Armitage and Western, at appromixately 5:40pm. It started out as a verbal altercation. The 21 year old man who was killed, identified by the Cook County Medical Examier's office as L. Caballero, was involved in an altercation with the offender, "Wicked", a known tagger in the Logan Square community, who's real name is Kristopher Klimala, is suspected of the crime. Caballero was the passenger in his girlfriend's car, which was facing east on Armitage, when an argument turned physical. Caballero was stabbed multiple times, and then died a short time later. According to the Chicago Police Department, the offender fled the scene but a person of interest is in custody. "The offender and the victim may have had prior interaction," a news affair officer was quoted as saying.

Klimala is a known tagger in the neighborhood, who is infamous for his graffiti name of "Wicked". He, along with a group (that he is a member of) called VTC, are known in neighborhoods on Chicago's Northwest side neighborhoods such as Bucktown, Wicker Park, Humboldt Park and Ukrainian Village, in addition to Logan Square.

Caballero's girlfriend drove him to St. Mary's Hospital, and then he was transfered to Stroger by the Chicago Fire Department. He died at 7:01pm as a result of his injures. He lived in the 2600 block of W Armitage. Anyone with information about the homicide should call Area 5 decs at (312)-746-8282.

Wow, this is pretty sad. It just ain't safe on the streets anymore, at all. You're always hearing about people being killed here in Chicago, and it strikes a nerve with me that one of the first murders of the year happens in our community. Logan Square residents, you've taken enough time off from being involved in the community. Time to jump right back into the game, my friends. I say it's also time to start really reporting these taggers in our neighborhood, because now they're apparently murderers, too.

I will be highly monitoring comments on this post, just so everyone knows.

Timmy

Fight At Party On Ridgeway

2012-01-22T00:00:00.007-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a clear night out there with temps in the upper teens, although it's going to warm up to around 40 today, and it's supposed to rain this evening. Anyway, I have an important week coming up. One, I have my mid-term finals at school this week (Monday-Wednesday), and then I have two community meetings I need to attend. One is for the Avondale Neighborhood Association on Monday night at 7pm, at St. Hyacinth's Church, and then the other one is for Wednesday night at 6:30pm. It's the CAPS Beat meeting for Beat 2523, and it's held at the Copernicus Center on Milwaukee Ave. I won't be going to school on Thursday. I'm taking the day off since I have a feeling I'm going to be stressed out after three days of finals (and we're not being let out early either). Hopefully finals aren't too stressful. I'm going to monitor 14 a bit on Thursday. Speaking of monitoring, I'm going to monitor 25 today until either my dinner or 6:50pm. Here's crime for today.

12:03am - Battery in progress. 29XX N Ridgeway. Fight at a big party.

12:08am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

9:08am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

9:59am - Traffic accident. 20XX N Karlov.

10:53am - Disturbance. Milwaukee and Central Park. Group drinking openly.

10:55am - Suspicious vehicle. 2036 N Avers. At Mozart Park. On the lot.

11:53am - Municipal ordinance violation. 4100 W Wellington. Cones and chairs in the street.

12:19pm - A vice complaint and a selling on 2523's Beat.

12:52pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

12:59pm - Landlord/tenant dispute. 31XX N Hamlin. Landlord turned off the electricy.

1:06pm - Beat car 2524 is asking for a call back on the 12:59pm job.

1:07pm - Dispatch says 2524's call back went to voicemail. Just then, 2524 says that someone came down after all.

3:13pm - Burglar report. 28XX N Hamlin.

3:38pm - 1) Criminal damage. 28XX N Kenneth. 2) Person wanted. 31XX N Springfield.

6:36pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

6:50pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back either tomorrow or sometime in the week by Thursday. See you all then. Have a good night, everyone.

Burglar Alarm On Montana

2012-01-21T18:50:00.004-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 6:50pm. Sorry for being absent the last few days, but I listened in for a bit on Wednesday and Thursday and heard no calls. I was too tired to blog yesterday, because I had spent 3 hours trying to get home from school due to the snowstorm and by the time I arrived home, I was too tired to do anything. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until the first call or two after midnight, and then tomorrow I'm covering 25 from when I wake up until either my dinner or until 6:50. So with that, here's crime for this evening.

7:37pm - Burglar alarm. 44XX W Montana.

8:47pm - Disturbance/suspicious person. 2550 N Pulaski. At the Marathon gas station. Male Black with a black puffy coat is acting suspicious and is causing a problem.

8:51pm - Check the well being. 41XX W Nelson. Something about a father and a child.

8:53pm - Suspicious vehicle. 1633 N Hamlin. In front of the youth building.

10:28pm - Beat 2563Eddie is pulling an RD number for an "1811" from 3633 W Fullerton. It's HV126948 with the event number of 151XX.

10:33pm - Assault in progress. 36XX W Dickens. Male Black, late teens, 5'2, black hoodie, who's a gangbanger, is threatening to harm the family and to shoot them. He's also threatening to bring people over.

11:51pm - Traffic accident. 19XX N Monticello. Several parked cars hit.

11:58pm - Reckless driver. Wrightwood and Avers. Male Black driving a red 4-door Chevy headed east towards Hamlin is all over the road.

2012-01-18T23:33:00.000-06:00

Report from the 33^rd WardCommunity Meeting

Awell-attended community meeting for the33^rd Ward was held on 01-18-12, hosted by Alderman Richard Mell withChicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, 17^th District CommanderMelissa Staples, Rep. Deb Mell and other representatives from the CPD,neighboring wards, community groups and government offices attending. Both Timand I attended this meeting and submit the following report:

Rep. Deb Mellreported on her efforts to enact legislation allowing for evictions fromproperties of those found in gang activity, and the creation of a data base toregister known gang members similar to the sex offender data base.

Garry McCarthyreported the following initiatives from the Chicago Police Department:

CompStat: Holding police commanders accountable forpolice performance in their districts through weekly crime statistics reviewand application.

An ongoing plan toreturn officers assigned to task forces and administrative functions to streetduty with an ongoing plan to return officers to the street. This has resulted thus far in a return ofover 500 officers back to street duty. Returning officers to functioning underthe command of the police commander allows for better accountability frompolice commanders regarding policing activities in their districts.

Assigning officersto regular community beats, allowing them to become familiar faces to thecommunities that they serve.

Groupaccountability: Holding gangorganizations responsible for the actions of individual gang members.

Establishment of acoalition between elected officials, faith-based organizations, schools,community organizations, community service providers and businesses workingtogether to reduce crime in neighborhoods.

Enforcement ofcurfews to get youngsters off the streets.

A spiritedquestion and answer session was then held with concerns expressed as follows:

Need for resourcessuch as job programs, after school activities and adult-to-youth mentoring tohelp with truancy, problem teenagers, and gang affiliation prevention. Severalspeakers from Albany Park demonstrated what acommunity can do to organize and protect youth through activity programs andmentoring.

Perceived need forincreased police presence on the street to prevent crime and violence. Reference was made by Garry McCarthy andother representatives to the initiatives outlined above. This reporter notes that police presence isnot just the uniformed patrols and patrol cars on the street that can be seenbut also the activity that is not seen that goes on through more covertactivities such as unmarked patrols, cameras, etc.

Better police coveragefor gang “hotspots.” Commander Staplesspoke directly concerning management of 1723, a known gang “hotspot,” andexplained her accountability through the Compstat for identifying and managing “hotspots”identified with Compstat.

Gun violence. Superintendent McCarthy spoke of ongoingbattle on the congressional level regarding firearms legislation.

Cooperation withfederal agencies. Superintendent McCarthy responded that his agency was alreadycooperating with several federal agencies in a joint effort against organizedand violent crime.

Other concernswere also voiced regarding ward issues such as beautification programs safety andcommunity programs to clean up neighborhood areas and attract businesses. Alderman Mell encouraged residents to formblock clubs to start neighborhood efforts to accomplish this and encouragedindividuals to call/email his office for assistance with graffiti, garbage andother neighborhood issues.

Information wasgiven regarding external security cameras being used by businesses and privateresidences that can now be hooked up and fed through OEMC to supplement cameracoverage. Ward residents were encouragedto check OEMC on line for information on this.

We would like tothank all who came out to the meeting and who provided important feedback andquestions. It was encouraging to hearhow many folks have organized within the 33^rd Ward to make it a betterplace for all of us.

ProdigalOne

Person Down Behind Copernicus Center On Milwaukee

2012-01-17T16:42:00.002-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:42pm. It's a cold and cloudy day outside. It's in the 20s. Tonight is only going to be single digit temps. Bi-polar weather we have in Chicago, huh? Anyway, I should be here for a while this evening. I don't know how long. Tomorrow evening, depending if I get a ride or not to this event, I have a community meeting I need to attend up in the 33rd Ward. We'll see how that goes. Here's crime for this afternoon going into this evening.

4:46pm - Person down. 3160 N Milwaukee. In the alley behind the Copernicus Center.

5:10pm - Criminal trespass. 2979 N Ridgeway. At the vacant building. Group of males on the property. They're also trying to start a fire to keep warm.

6:25pm - I have to take a phone call, so I'll be back soon.

6:35pm - I'm back.

7:23pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:37pm - I'm back.

8:16pm - I need to do some other stuff, so I'm done blogging for the night. I should be back either tomorrow or sometime during the week. Have a good night, everyone.

Street Lights Out @ Wellington And Pulaski

2012-01-16T09:00:00.007-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 9am. May everyone have a good Martin Luther King Day, and celebrate his life and legacy today. And, may all of us keep promoting peace and equal rights like he did. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 today, from now until my dinner. Also, I have possibly two meetings to attend this week. I do have one for sure, on Friday, at school. It's a Student Government meeting, after school. Then, I may attend a community meeting Wednesday evening up in the 33rd Ward. That's not confirmed yet, though. Lastly, on Saturday, I have a test that I have to take at Northwestern College, as a part of me trying to get accepted there :). With that, here's crime for today.

10:27am - Streets and Sans needs to be notified, according to an officer, that the street lights at Wellington and Pulaski are completely out.

11:01am - Beat car 2524 has a handwaver at Monticello and Armitage.

12:58pm - Parker. 36XX W Oakdale. Permit.

2:47pm - Beat 2520 is doing a seatbelt mission at Kelvyn Park High School, 4343 W Wrightwood. He's got one of the 2540 units with him, I think 2543 to be exact.

2:51pm - Disturbance. Wrightwood and Kildare. Snowball throwers.

3:05pm - Beat 2505 is also going to be at Kelvyn Park High School.

3:36pm - Beat 2505 is doing a park check at Koz.

4:18pm - Loud music disturbance. 18XX N Harding.

5:27pm - Some call on 2524's Beat.

6:22pm - Beat car 2524 is doing contact cards at Lawndale and Diversey.

6:30pm - Disturbance w/ a mental. 26XX N Avers. 13 year old son is going crazy, trying to kill himself.

6:58pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow or sometime during the week. Have a good night, everyone.

Crime Highlights Of 2011

2012-01-16T08:34:00.002-06:00

All right, folks, here is the crime highlights of 2011 for this neighborhood post. Sorry I'm two weeks behind with it.

1) January 3, 2011 at 8:40pm - Not even five days into the New Year of 2011, Avondale had its first gang-related shooting. According to information gathered about the shooting, two men in their early to mid 20s were driving west on Diversey when someone opened fire on them from across the street. According to Chicago News Report this shooting occurred in front of the K&A Laundromat at 3522 W Diversey, which placed this shooting as officially in Avondale. The younger man was shot in the shoulder, leg and a graze wound to the head. The older guy was hit in the shoulder as well.

2) January 6, 2011 at 4:44pm - This story is such a positive, and good one, that it deserves to be highlighted all by itself. At 4:44, a 14 year old girl had just gotten off the #76 Diversey bus and was walking down the 2800 block of North Whipple, in Avondale, when a man named Larry Smith, 28, of the 3700 block of South Wells, began to follow her home. As the girl approached the front of her house, Smith started running after her. He then grabbed her and threw her to the ground as she tried to sprint up the stairs to her house. He then started to take her clothes off as she struggled and screamed. That is when a Great Dane dog, named Scooby, and his owner, Agustin Zamora, Jr., got involved. They ran outside and chased Smith down Whipple, until they got to the north alley of George on Whipple, where him and Scooby cornered him. Scooby then proceeded to growl and bark at Smith until CPD arrived to take him into custody. Smith was charged with Criminal Sexual Assault the next day. What a story. Even if it's a year later, Scooby and Zamora did an awesome job! THANK YOU for doing this, guys!

3) January 6, 2011 from 7:10pm to 8:57pm - This was a night of craziness, you can say. First, at 7:10pm, 25th District officers were dispatched to a call of a "Battery in progress" at Kelvyn Park High School, 4343 West Wrightwood. There were two basketball players fighting at the high school's basketball game. Then, at 7:12, officers had a call that said there was a fight breaking out between the high school's basketball team and another school's basketball team, that was obviously playing them. There was a break in the insanity, until 8:26. At 8:26, Beat 2546 heard five gunshots fired at the intersection of Wrightwood and Avers. They went to check it out. At 8:27, 2546 reported that a white van was involved in the incident. It went towards Koz Park. A minute later, a BUNCH of calls of "Shots Fired" came into 911 from residents in the area. People were giving the following locations for shots being fired: Schubert/Monticello, the 2600 block of N. Hamlin, and the 2700 block of N. Ridgeway. Three minutes later, a victim was talking to 2546 and told them that the shooting occurred at Lawndale/Schubert. 2546 went to check for a crime scene. A minute later, officers asked Dispatch to notify the 14th, 16th and 17th Districts about the incident. At 8:36, it was announced that the shooting was gang-related. The victim was an Orchestra Albany gang member. Two minutes later, Beat 2550 had a light brown Toyota take off from him at Diversey and Hamlin, going south on Hamlin towards Schubert. Ten minutes later, Dispatch assigned 2552 to help 2546 look for a crime scene. No one was shot, but the victim's car window was busted out. An Evidence Tech was ordered. At 8:57, 2523 thought they had the Toyota in the alley behind 3031 N Milwaukee, but it wasn't it.

4) January 2011 - There was a pattern of robberies in the area of the Logan Square Blue Line station. In the pattern, a car would pull up into an alley ahead of a female pedristian. Two or three guys would get out and loiter ahead of the victim until she catches up. One would pull out a knife; if the victim resisted, she would get punched or knocked down. There had been at least four attacks with the same description. One victim described one of the perps as clean-cut Hispanic males.

5) January 21, 2011 at 7:35pm - Residents on the 2700 block of N Ridgeway called in an accident as "Shots Fired" because they were pissed about police response to the accident. Officers were angered about the fact neighbors called the accident in as gunshots being fired and wanted someone locked up for it. Someone was injured from the accident and it is believed that the driver was drunk.

6) January 23, 2011 - A shooting occurred in front of the Green Dolphin Street Club, 2220 North Ashland. A woman in her 20s was shot in her back. This was a string of incidents that occurred at this club. Chicago News Report author Timothy Fitz investigated the situation and spoke to Alderman Scott Waguespack (32nd) about this. They both worked with CPD, the Liquor Control Commission and the Department of Buildings to address the problem.

7) January 28, 2011 at 2:48am - A serious accident took place at said time on the 3300 block of W Diversey. A woman was reportedly thrown through the windshield of a vehicle, but somehow managed to take off from the scene.

8) February 1, 2011 at 5:26pm and 5:47pm - At 5:26pm, there were five gang members flashing gang signs in the middle of the very dangerous blizzard that crippled the city for days. At 5:47, they were reportedly fighting. This wouldn't be a highlight, normally, but it is due to the brazeness they had to be out in that kind of weather.

9) February 2, 2011 at 3pm - A man believed to be in his 50s, and homeless, was found dead in an alley on the 3000 block of W Fullerton. This wouldn't be a highlight normally, either, but it is due to the blizzard we had. It was never said if he died as a result of the blizzard or of something else.

10) February 17, 2011 at 5:40pm, 7:00pm and 10:00pm - Lots of violence and gang imtimdation occurred in the community on this day. First, at 5:40, a group of aboulstely imtimdating gangbangers -- about 10 to 15 of them -- were spotted on the corner of Diversey and Lawndale, in front of a well-known, infamous drug-selling spot. They scene was so imtimdating that people walked to other nearby streets to get away from them, whether if they were getting on a CTA bus, going to the store or walking home. Then, at 7pm, a shooting occurred at Lawndale and Fullerton. According to information pulled from that shooting, officers were patroling the area when they heard gunshots. As they were investigating, they saw a man running towards Altgeld on Monticello, then north in the alley between Monticello and Lawndale. He was briefly caught, but then he escaped from CPD again. CPD was also looking for another man involved, who ran towards Central Park on Fullerton. Finally, at 10pm, two men in their late teens were shot on the 3100 block of N Sacramento. One was shot in the arm, and the other one was shot in the back. They were not seriously injured.

11) February 23, 2011 at 9:00pm - Gunshots were fired at the corner of McLean and Drake, by Latin King gang members. No one, fortunately, was shot. When CPD arrived on scene, there was a man fleeing the crime scene, going down an alley. About 45 minutes into their investigation, at 9:44pm, CPD observed a black Oldsmobile with tinted windows running stop signs at Central Park and McLean. Then, at some point during the investigation, officers stopped an Oldsmobile on the 3400 block of W Belden, and questioned someone. No further information was given on this incident.

12) February 27, 2011 at 5:00am - A 23 year old man was shot at the intersection of Belmont and Central Park. The victim was stopped at the intersection, waiting to make a left onto Belmont from Central Park. It is unknown who was shooting, and who the intended target was. The victim was shot in the right arm and leg. He was okay enough to drive himself to Resurrection Hospital.

13) March 20, 2011 at 6:00am - A shooting occurred at the corner of Kedzie and George. Two men in their 20s were shot, one 24 years of age and the other 29. The 29 year old was the initial victim, and was struck in the upper chest. He was getting out of a car when a dark-colored sports utility car pulled up and someone fired off gunshots at the victim. The second victim, the 24 year old, was struck in the right shoulder as he got out of his car coming to the aid of the first victim. Someone inside of the two victims' car attempted to take the two to Illinois Masonic, but two ambulances caught up to them and took them instead.

14) March 27, 2011 at 3:05am - Gunshots and an arson occurred on my block, the 2800 block of N Ridgeway. A sliver Nissan and a white van came up the block, ramming each other. Two to three gunshots were also fired. On the 911 tapes, 911 callers were reporting that several cars were ramming each other. There were also multiple calls of gang disturbances on the block and at the corner of George and Ridgeway. That's not all. A neighbor, who no longer lives in the area, was a victim. As a result of these cars chasing each other, this neighbor's car was rammed by the van. As a matter of fact, the white van rammed their car so hard that it caught fire. Intially, the people in the white van ran west down George to flee from the van, but then they got back in it and sped off, while it was ON FIRE. In addition to this, there was a small blue car involved, and a neighbor reported that there were four men in it, possibly with guns.

15) March 30, 2011 at 7:45pm - A shooting occurred on the 2700 block of W Armitage. A 20 year old woman was shot. She was taken to Illinois Masonic in fair-to-serious condition. No further information was given, other than someone living on Fairfield saying they heard a young girl crying out, "mommy!".

16) April 4, 2011 at 9:30pm - A large and scary gang fight erupted on the 2300 block of N Ridgeway, with gunshots going off. Multiple 911 calls came in for 10 to 12 males fighting in the street with bats, along with females fighting, and gunshots. One man reportedly had a rifle. So the police went on over, frisked the subjects, did some other police work, and pulled an RD number. I'm not sure if there was any arrests or not.17) April 11, 2011 at 7:30pm - A food delivery driver was viciously attacked on the 2500 block of N Spri

ngfield. Apparently, several offenders were involved in this attack. The victim told CPD that several male Blacks rode up on bikes, and had their faces covered with white t-shirts, then attacked him with stones and robbed him. One of the men hit the victim in the forehead, causing a large gash. It is unknown what was used to leave the gash. It's not known if the perps were ever caught or if the victim recovered.

18) April 16, 2011 at 2:50am - Gunshots were fired at the intersection of George and Avers, and the 2800 block of N Ridgeway. On Ridgeway, there were four to 17 gunshots being heard at these locations. There were also reports of a sliver or gray Dodge Chrysler 300 involved, and one report had a man with a gun getting into that car. It went speeding south on Ridgeway, the wrong way, then turning down Diversey and heading towards Lawndale at a high rate of speed. CPD missed the car by 30 to 40 seconds. One of their squad cars slowly drove down the block, then patrolled a couple of more times before coding the calls.

19) April 24, 2011 at 3:45am and 5:32pm - At 3:45, a man was shot in the arm at the intersection of Fullerton and Pulaski. He was taken to Illinois Masonic in good condition. There was no further information on the shooting. Then, at 5:32pm, a drive-by shooting occurred on the 2100 block of N Point. According to police, a man was shot in the shoulder. Two cars may have involved, one being either a black Impala or a black Nissan Maxima, and the other being a gold Impala. The cars were last seen speeding south on Point from Francisco. The victim's condition was never disclosed.

20) April 29, 2011 at 7:30pm - An off-duty Deputy U.S. Marshall shot a 20 year old man on the 2100 block of N Point. According to authorities, this 20 yr old man was chasing someone with a gun, and the Deputy U.S. Marshal was sitting in his car and saw this, along with another Deputy U.S. Marshall. They got out of the car and identified theirselves to the man, but he didn't care and pointed his gun at them. One of them pulled out their own gun and shot him in the upper thigh. He was taken to Illinois Masonic in serious to critical condition.

21) May 7, 2011 at 4:15am and 6:00am - At 4:15, around Diversey and Drake (or St. Louis), multiple readers who live in the area reported hearing three to four shots were fired. A car was also heard driving away. At 6am, about 15 gunshots were fired on the 2900 block of N Avers. As it turns out, a man was shot from the Avers incident. It was a gang-related shooting with a 29 yr old man getting shot in the lower leg. The shooters were Maniac Latin Disciple gang members who fled east on Wellington towards Hamlin. One officer said that the offender may have been about 19 yrs old, 5'10, 150 pounds, short hair, no facial hair, wearing dark clothes, blue or black, last seen on Hamlin, and then walking towards Milwaukee Ave.

22) May 19, 2011 at 1:50pm, 8:27pm and 8:33pm - Avondale's first homicide of 2011 occurred at 1:50 on the 3000 block of N California. According to police, Jesus Gamboa, 21, of the 2900 block of N Washtenaw, was shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at lllinois Masonic a short time afterwards. He was, allegedly, a Maniac Latin Disciple. Because of his death, the community became fired up about gang activity, and called for his family to either move or be locked up. A series of community meetings would follow, which there will be one particular meeting I'll describe a little later. Another man was wounded in the shooting. He was 22 years old, and was shot in the head. At 8:27, a call of "Shots Fired" came in for Koz Park. Allegedly, four to five shots were heard, and people were running. A minute later, a slow down was given. Officers saw or heard nothing, and there were no handwavers. At 8:30, the call was coded a 19Boy, but Beat 2563Boy, one of the responding units, said that they would hang out in the area. Also, 2563B reported that a citizen told them a small brown vehicle with tinted windows were involved. Three minutes later, at 8:33, another "Shots Fired" call came in, this time at Diversey and Springfield. Four to five shots were fired by four to five male Hispanics who ran towards the Walgreens at Diversey and Pulaski. Five minutes later, at 8:38, one call for "Shots Fired" was reported on the 2600 block of N Avers, with 6 heard. At 8:39, the calls were coded again. Beat 2505 had been there for nearly 10 minutes and hadn't heard a thing.

23) May 24, 2011 at 4:00am - Another homicide occurred on Beat 1411, the Beat that had just been affected by the May 19th Gamboa murder. According to information gathered about this particular homicide, a 23 year old man, Emigdio Ortega, of the 2600 block of N. Fairfield Avenue, was found dead by Chicago Police in an alley on the 2700 block of N Albany. Ortega, and another man (who is a known gang member in the area), were returning from Gamboa's wake, the man who was killed in the California shooting a week before, when another man came out from a gangway and opened fired on them. So then, Ortega and his friend ran separate ways so they wouldn't get shot, which obviously didn't work out. CPD responded to calls of "Shots Fired" in the area and found Ortega's unhurt friend by the Logan Square Blue Line Station. Ortega was found dead at about 5:30am and was pronounced dead at the scene. He had been shot in his shoulder and his right elbow. Again, sources said that the shooting was gang-related, and was related to the homicide that occurred on the 3000 block of N California last week. There was a description on the offender, and it was as follows: male Hispanic, 20s, light complected, 5'8 or 5'9, 150 to 160 lbs, and last seen wearing a red cap and red jacket.

24) May 25, 2011 - A community meeting to be remembered for years by some of the (younger) neighbors in the community took place. It was in response to the two murders that happened on Beat 1411, the one on California and the one at Schubert/Albany. 1st Ward Alderman Joe "Proco" Moreno called the community meeting. This meeting occurred started at 6:00pm and it was held at the 14th District station. I had my Beat meeting the same night, so I could not make it to this meeting. But I do have a very, very good account of the meeting from a reader who lives in the area of where these two murders occurred, that wishes to remain anonymous. With that said, I'll refresh your memory and remind all of you the account of the meeting that I was given by this neighbor: "...The meeting went pretty well...There were about 60 people there, who voiced various concerns and complaints, mostly regarding the police and city response to the recent shootings. (14th District Commander) Flores did her usual droning on about how they're 'aware of the problem' and 'are taking action' and managing to make two gang shootings within a week sound boring....Deputy Chief Escalante was there from Area 5, and he was able to address the immediate actions the police are taking - putting more police on the streets, adding additional cars, diverting a few cars from Wicker Park during the evenings to 1411 and 1412, bringing in the gang unit, etc. which was very encouraging....A lot of talk about the 911 problems, which is where Flores got defensive again. Apparently the 911 office is part of the Office of Emergency Management, NOT part of the police department, and there's a different set of criteria for prioritizing calls. While you may call in to 911 with "Someone ran past with a gun, he had a blue jacket on and red shoes, he was going east on Diversey," the 911 operator may not give all that information to the police dispatcher, who then may not give all the information to the police officers. So there was some discussion of having someone - not a flunky - from the 911 department come to the next meeting. It's like there's a massive disconnect between the public, the 911 service, and the police and for some reason, no one can straighten it out. Incomplete information is being given out, wrong addresses, etc. and only some of it is people being confused when they call 911. Moreno said some really good things about how the city was going after gang members using things like building violations and citations for unlicensed businesses, etc. Gamboa, in particular, is being hit with thousands of dollars in fines for building violations. He's using every resource he can find to convince the people permitting gang members in their houses that it's not in their best interests to continue doing that. And speaking of Gamboa, guess who showed up at the meeting? Sal Gamboa himself, father of Jesus Gamboa, the reason people in 1411 stopped going to the CAPS meetings. Who wants to bitch about gang members when the father of the gang members/drug dealers is sitting there staring at you? Anyway, I'd had to go shortly before this point, so I'm just telling you what the people there said: Gamboa started talking - as he has at many CAPS meetings, including the last one - about how he needs the community to help him, how he can't control his children (he has one remaining son, in his mid/upper twenties, also an active MLD), how he can't be blamed and blah blah blah, and THEN he starts complaining to Moreno that he'd invited Moreno to the wake/funeral and Moreno hadn't come, and going on about how Moreno hadn't done enough to help him. Moreno, bless his rock-star heart, apparently lost his fabled cool and told Gamboa that he wasn't likely to go to the wake, seeing as there would be 100 gang members there mourning the loss of one of their own, and that Moreno was hardly going to go into a place where he was likely to get killed himself and leave his daughter without a father. And then he told Gamboa to leave. Escalante escorted Gamboa out. Up until Gamboa walked in, the meeting had been ALL ABOUT Gamboa, and the problems at that house, and the frustration the neighbors were feeling, but when the man walked in, everybody shut up. And with good reason. They/we live around the corner, down the street, on the same block from this guy and everyone, EVERYONE, knows that his older kid is an active gang member and that him and his friends deal drugs and own guns. The problem is that when the thugs are hanging out at Gamboa's house, the cops can't do anything - Gamboa owns two houses next door to one another (2914 and 2916 N. Washtenaw) and gives them permission to be there. So the cops can't arrest them for loitering or trespassing, because they're not doing either - they're just being scary and intimidating and probably dealing drugs, but with the full permission of the property owner. The house is across the street and about a quarter of a block from the neighborhood park (playlot), which is where a lot of the little kids in the area go during the summer. Part of the problem with the Gamboas is that his kids were dealing and smoking weed right out in front of the little playlot. Someone in that house HAS to have a scanner, though, because the thugs would scatter like cockroaches as soon as the cops were about to show up. The rest of the meeting was about what we, as citizens, can do to combat the gangs. "Positive loitering" was suggested, where we all go sit on our porches or whatever, but I don't think anyone really thinks that's a strategy that's going to have much effect on these knuckleheads. There was a lot of discussion about streetlights, since around here, the gang members are breaking into the wiring boxes and cutting the wires so the whole block or half a block goes dark and they can commit crimes in peace. Everytime the city fixes the wiring, the gang members break into the boxes again. The kid who was killed early Tuesday was killed just under the only dead streetlight in that alley - the guy who owned the house was at the meeting and brought that up. It looks like the police and city officials aren't abandoning us, and are putting as many resources as they can in our area to combat the rise in gang violence. There was some gossip about the first murder actually NOT being gang-related, that the victim was killed over some comments he'd made to the accused shooter and his girlfriend while walking down the street, but that's unsubstantiated. I'll tell you, though, that after that meeting, District 14 and Flores are on notice that there are a LOT of people watching what they're doing and taking careful note of whether or not the police are following through on their promises. I have a lot more faith in Escalante - I've been told by various sources that he's an excellent police officer, which is why he was promoted, and he's certainly a far more effective communicator than Velgara, Flores or Dowd. Moreno pretty much ran the meeting...he really showed that he was a stand-up guy last night. He wasn't going to let Gamboa come in and derail the meeting and intimidate people the way he usually does, and I'm told Moreno really told the guy off in a very forceful way. Rey Colon came in towards the end, since the second murder happened in the 35th ward, but he didn't participate all that much. The meeting took close to two and a half hours, and there were enough people there that the cops had to bring in extra chairs and it was still standing room only. Residents are really demanding some accountability from the cops, which I think is a really great thing. It's one thing to sit in a CAPS meeting and be told by someone in a uniform that you, as a citizen, aren't entitled to question what the cops are doing, or make a complaint about how the police are going (about) something. But a room full of 60 citizens, people feel more free to talk, I think,". I think that this will be a meeting to be remembered for years to come.

25) May 29, 2011 at 1:35am, 1:44am, 2:04am and 3:35am - The early morning hours of May 29, 2011 were crazy as hell, to put it blunty. At 1:35, 25th District officers recieved a call for a "battery in progress" at Barry and Monticello for gangbangers fighting in the alley between Monticello and Lawndale on Barry. What's so crazy about that, you ask? Well, at 1:49, CPD got a call that they were hiding behind a building in the 3000 block of Monticello. At 1:44, at Wellington and Pulaski, CPD was informed of a large fight breaking out from a party. Two minutes later, at 1:46, a call of "Shots Fired" was broadcasted for the intersection of Pulaski and Wellington. The 911 caller stated that two shots were heard from the large fight at 1:44. A minute later, at 1:47, a slow down was being given. One officer was also saying that these same calls were made last weekend by a bogus caller. At 2:04, five gunshots were fired on the 2100 block of N Pulaski, persumably near Dickens. Gangbangers that were hanging out on the corner jumped into a vehicle that took off towards Palmer on Pulaski. Two minutes later, at 2:06, a slow down was given for that call. At about 2:10, through 2:15, CPD had calls about Wellington and Pulaski again. They kept coming back to fight. At 2:58, another fight was reported at Pulaski and Wellington. Then, at 3:35, a shooting occurred at George and Avers. Three shots were heard, and then a man was reported shot. Mulitple calls came in on this incident. Two minutes later, at 3:37, CPD arrived and confirmed that someone had been shot. The victim was shot in the stomach and the leg. He was 31 years old and a member of the Gangster Disciple gang, making the shooting gang-related. CPD believed that either a dark-colored Sentra or Maxima, or a light brown Nissan Ultima, were involved.

26) June 8, 2011 at 7:48pm and 6:50pm - The infamous shooting of the two little girls occurred at Avondale Park on this day. From reports that were collected from police, shots were fired behind from a purple van that was in good condition with no dents. Victims are two female children, ages 3 and 5, shot in the back of the head and in the back. Witnesses reported a partial plate of King88****. Both children alive at the time of transport. This is thought to be a gang-related shooting. Vehicle found at 2800 N Francisco after it reportedly fled on the Kennedy, exited on California. One suspect in custody seen running from the van while near the park. This shooting marked a time in Avondale where neighbors North of Belmont vowed to fight for their community. This shooting truly outraged the community. The next day, an "outdoor roll call" by the police was held at the park. A series of community meetings and outdoor roll calls would follow this shooting in the weeks to come. An hour prior to this shooting, a devasting hit-and-run occurred in Logan Square, on the 2600 block of N Kedzie. A 66 year old man, identified as William McCann of the 2500 block of N Kedzie, was struck by a car, was injured, then pronounced dead at 7:31pm. An off-duty Chicago Police Officer saw what happened, went after the offender, and was arrested. The offender did try to flee the scene, but was unsuccessful.

27) June 18, 2011 - This was a rather crazy day in the neighborhood. Most of the craziness stayed around North Ave. and Humboldt Park, in connection to the Puerto Rican Fest, but some of it did leak into the neighborhood. First, at 5:23pm, Beat car 1413 reported that there was a large crowd of Imperial Gangsters at Fullerton and Drake. Some more cars were needed. 1411 and 1463Charlie headed over. Ar 8:11pm, Beat 1420 said that the corner of Fullerton and Drake was a problem one that evening. 1413 was positioned there to try to keep things moving. At 8:22pm, a disturbance was reported at Milwaukee and Armitage, with a group of teens arguing in the middle of the street. At 8:37pm, the problems at Fullerton and Drake erupted again, with the gangbangers acting up. 1471, one of the wagons, was sent there. Three minutes later, at 8:40pm, back around Milwaukee and Armitage, Beat car 1431 was on a stop at 2017 N Western and got word that a group of Spanish Lords just assaulted some people aboard a CTA bus at Milwaukee and Western. Probably the same group that was arguing at 8:22pm at Armitage and Milwaukee. At 8:42pm, a slow down was given at Drake and Fullerton. At the same time, at Western and Milwaukee, it was reported that a large group was congregated. A minute later, at 8:43pm, several calls came in from the Armitage/Milwaukee/Western area regarding the mob of teens jumping on and assaulting people. One call had a group fighting aboard a CTA bus. The problems at Armitage/Milwaukee/Western then died down for a little bit, until 9:18pm, when a "gang disturbance" call was reported at McLean and Western, with 10 of them going down Western towards Armitage. Caller thought they were heading to a fight. After that, things went quiet again, until 10:49pm. At 10:49pm, at the intersection of Armitage and Wilmot, a "person w/ a gun" call was dispatched to 14th District officers. Reportedly, there were 30 gang members going wild by the hot dog stand and were waving guns around. At 10:55pm, a slow down was given for that call. But then nine minutes later, at 11:04pm, a "battery in progress" was reported at Milwaukee and Armitage, with several males attacking a guy by the Walgreens and leaving him on the ground, bleeding.

28) June 19, 2011 from midnight to 2am - The craziness from the previous day, the 18th of June, spilled over into the overnight hours of this day. At 12:10am, a group of 20 supposed gang members were arguing and drinking in a parking lot at Fullerton and Drake, a corner that a ton of problems on the 18th with Imperial Gangsters refusing to leave the corner. Five minutes later, at 12:15am, a group of 8 gang members were running around on the 2000 block of N Western, throwing up signs. That block had a whole slew of dangerous gang activity just one to three hours before this call. At 12:32am, these gangbangers relocated to the corner of Charleston and Oakley, briefly. At this corner, there were two of them flashing signs, heading east. Two minutes later, at 12:34am, at Western and Charleston, gangbangers were reportedly going wild, breaking out car windows. A minute later, at 12:35am, Beat 1481Boy was requested to do special attention from Palmer to Armitage, Western to Leavitt, due to all of the problems in that area with the Spanish Lords. Ten minutes later, back on Drake, at 12:45am, a gang disturbance was reported. They were throwing up gang signs and talking about shooting someone. At 1:17am, a new intersection become gang-infested. 25th District officers got a call at Central Park and Wabansia for a "battery in progress", and the call said that people were fighting in the street with bats. Some people had knives. A male Hispanic with a black shirt and white hat had a gun. After that call, things quieted down for the remainder of the night.

29) June 21, 2011 at 1:06pm, 2:32pm and 4:22pm - This day wasn't all that crazy, but it was certainly strange. At 1:06pm, 14th District officers recieved a call at 3065 N Rockwell that a deer was trapped in the fenced area at this address. Nine minutes later, at 1:15, Beat car 1431 was the scene, and let Dispatch know that the deer was indeed there. She called Animal Control, and per the Department Of Natural Resources, the deer had to be released from there, and free to roam, unless it was injured or had hurt someone. At 2:32pm, the Administration Assistant for Senator Iris Martinez's office was threatened by a woman named Carmen who lives at 2845 N Kedzie. According to the 911 call, Carmen called Senator Iris Martinez's office and wanted a refund for something. When she didn't get the answer she wanted, she had her daughter call back, and the daughter threatened Martinez's Administration Assistant. At 4:22pm, getting back to the deer, it was sighted at Wolfram/Western and 2757 on Western. The deer was causing a big traffic issue. It was standing in the middle of Western on the first call, and walking on the sidewalk, and on the second ticket, the deer was running into traffic. An off-duty PO is calling in on one of the calls, and they wanted a car to sit there for traffic control. Animal Control wasn't coming out unless the deer got hurt. The deer was running north, towards the bridge. Two minutes later, at 4:24, the deer was sighted at George and Western. A minute later, at 4:25, the deer was at Diversey/Elston/Western. Another minute later, at 4:26, the deer was running down Diversey, towards Oakley. At 4:27, Beat 1410 had the deer at Western/Elston/Diversey, and wanted 1471, the wagon, to come over.

30) June 30, 2011 at 10:56pm - A really bad accident occurred at Pulaski and Palmer. Beat 2563David on-viewed it and called it in right away. There was a car that completely flipped over from the accident. There was children in the car and EMS was on the way. Two minutes later, at 10:58, a slow down was given. Nine minutes later, at 11:07, Beat 2549Robert had northbound traffic blocked off at Dickens on Pulaski. Two minutes after that, at 11:09, it was announced that ambulance 3 took the offender to Illinois Masonic. Finally, at 11:24, the accident had been cleared up.

31) July 2, 2011 at 8:11am and 1:18pm - The first Saturday of July was a bit crazy. First, at 8:11am, a fire broke out at the vacant building at 2979 N Ridgeway. At 9:06, a victim was taken to Illinois Masonic from 2979 Ridgeway. The victim taken to Illinois Masonic had smoke inhalation and also appeared to have been beat up. Officers will followup at Illinois Masonic to see if two incidents were related. At 9:43, Beat car 2523 was going to Illinois Masonic regarding the fire victim. Notification needed to be made to ComEd to shut off the power to that address. Then, at 1:18pm, 25th District officers recieved a call of a "battery in progress" at the intersection of Schubert and Lawndale. Group of kids were fighting. A minute later, at 1:19, two more calls came in. At the intersection of Monticello and Schubert, a group of people were fighting with sticks and bottles. At the same time, a "person w/ a gun" call was given to the officers at an address on the 2700 block of N Ridgeway. A male Hispanic with a white shirt and dark shorts had a gun. There was a group fighting. Five minutes later, at 1:24, at the intersection of Diversey and Springfield, a group was fighting and someone had a crowbar. Seven minutes later, at 1:31, Beat car 2521 was flagged down at Wolfram and Lawndale. Group of gangbangers that were heading towards Central Park were carrying pieces of glass on them. I guess after this report, the fights died down.

32) July 6, 2011 at 9:01pm - About 20 calls of "Shots Fired" came in for Mozart Park, Dickens/Springfield, 2000 block of N Avers and etc. and one call of a "Person Shot" came in at a location on the 2100 block fo N Springfield. There were anywhere from four to ten shots fired, gang members shooting, group jumped out of a van, someone's shooting through the park, and etc. It was complete chaos there. Two minutes later, at 9:03, officers said that no one was shot, but that there was a bunch of "jagoffs" hollering and screaming at the scene. Multiple units went over there. I'm guessing the activity died down afterwards.

33) July 10, 2011 at 6:00am - There was a fatal traffic accident at Armitage and Hoyne. It involved a 42 yr old woman, who was employed at the OEMC (911 Center) as a dispatcher for the CPD. The accident occurred a little after 6am. The victim's car was turned sideways and was slammed against a fire hydrant, while a Range Rover, the offender's car, slammed into a building just north of Armitage on Hoyne. This accident woke up many in the area this morning, and those people, or witnesses, described the scene as "chilling", seeing the woman's body slumped over the wheel of her car, with firefighters doing their best to save her. Some witnesses said that they saw or heard the offender trying to run from the scene, only to be brought back in handcuffs. Witnesses also say that several CPD vehicles were on scene within seconds of the crash, making them think the Range Rover was being chased by CPD.

34) July 24, 2011 at 3:00am and N/A - The first incident was on Mozart between Logan and Diversey, with allegedly six shots fired. The second one occurred sometime in the day on the 3200 block of N Albany, a block that had a very gang problem at this time. Allegedly, a neighbor found blood all over their sidewalk. No further information was available.

35) July 27, 2011 at 1:45am and 4:00am - First, at 1:45am, in the area north of Koz Park, a few neighbors reported that five or so gunshots were fired in the area. Then, at 4:00am, shots were fired in the vicinity of Belmont and Sawyer. One neighbor reported that there were 5 squad cars on Sawyer and about 10 cops after the shots. Someone was shooting at the ground after an argument. There was a car that sped away after the shots.

36) August 2, 2011 at 2:30pm - A domestic-related stabbing occurred on the 3200 block of N Elston. A 15 year old boy was stabbed by a female relative following a dispute between the two. The boy was cut on the back of the head. The boy was taken to Children's Memorial Hospital for treatment, and the family member was arrested.

37) August 18, 2011 at 7:30pm - A reader reported having "shots fired" at Cortland and Fairfield. Another reader said that they were at a party in the neighborhood. They saw a man walking hurriedly east on Cortland, yelling at someone. Then, someone in a vehicle behind him was also yelling. Minutes later, a clip was unloaded.

38) August 20, 2011 at 8:05pm and 10:18pm - Things got a little wild in the far western part of the community. At 8:05, a gang disturbance was reported at Diversey and Lawndale. They called again 48 minutes later, at 8:53, to report another gang disturbance there. 41 minutes later, at 9:34, a third gang disturbance was reported over there. This time, there were, allegedly, seven to 10 males standing on the corner, loitering and what not. They then went near the St. Hyacinth's Carnival that was occurring. Due to these calls being placed, I kicked into special coverage of the carnival. That was halted at 10:18pm, however. At 10:18, a couple of calls of "Shots Fired" were coming in for the 3100 block of N Lawndale. Seven shots were heard. One minute later, at 10:19, a man was reportedly shot at Belmont and Lawndale. Another minute later, at 10:20, a description was given from the shooting. There were four male Hispanics, two with black shirts and two with white shirts, were involved. They're Latin King gang members and were shouting "King Love!". Five minutes later, at 10:25, it was announced that the shooting was bona fide. It happened on 17's side of Belmont. Some officers from 25 were helping 17 to locate a possible second victim and a crime scene. Three minutes later, at 10:28, it was said that shots were supposedly fired from a brick house near the intersection of Monticello and Belmont. Six minutes later, at 10:36, a unit was looking for some witnesses from the shooting. Meanwhile, someone said there were four shots fired. Three minutes later, at 10:39, 17th District officers were saying something about 3626 W Belmont. One minute later, at 10:40, an "information for the CPD" call came in at Belmont and Milwaukee. A man and a child had just ran into the restaurant, with a possiblity of having something to do with the shooting.

39) August 23, 2011 at 4:15am and 4:29pm - A shooting was reported in the alleyway south of Belmont between Lawndale and Monticello at 4:15. According to a reader, five shots were heard. There was no further information on the perps or what else happened, but two readers did talk about a gang house on the southeast corner of Belmont and Monticello. At 4:29pm, a large gang fight erupted on my block, the 2800 block of N Ridgeway. Up to 20 teens and gang members were involved. Five minutes later, at 4:34, CPD hadn't arrived yet, and there were still multiple calls coming in on it. Four minutes later, at 4:38, there was a victim from the fight. Twelve minutes later, at 4:50, CPD finally arrived on scene. They were talking to the involved parties. Lots of crazy stuff was still going on. I think they called for an assist unit, also. Three minutes later, at 4:53, an assault was called in on the block. One of the neighbors was being threatened by another neighbor on the block, who has a gang-banging son. CPD stayed on scene until around 5:20, gathering information and trying to figure out what happened. At one point, two additional squad cars pulled up. The next day, on the 24th, a group of teens gathered and loitered at about 3:39pm, and then four hours, a drug deal went down.

40) August 24, 2011 at 10pm - A male Hispanic offender sexually assaulted a female victim at gunpoint in the 2900 block of W Belden Av. The incident occurred at approximately 10 p.m. when the offender pushed the victim into a gangway and began to attack her as she screamed for help. Witnesses heard the woman’s screams and ran to her assistance as one of them dialed 911. Additional witnesses pursued the offender on foot. The offender brandished the handgun toward the pursuing witnesses and was last seen fleeing north on Sacramento near Medill Av. The offender was also seen following another woman in the 2300 block of N. Milwaukee Av. shortly before the attack. The offender was in his late teens (17-20 years old), 5'7, 185 lbs, dark complected with a fade haircut. He had a permanently shrugged shoulders with little or no neck visible. He was last seen wearing a checkered or striped shirt, possibly white and orange or white and red, and tan cargo shorts.

41) August 31, 2011 at 10:37pm - Four to six shots were fired on the gang and crime-ridden (at that time) 2800 block of N Ridgeway. A couple of calls came in. A minute later, at 10:38, Beat car 2524 was on scene, talking to a witness. The shooting was apparently on the corner of Diversey and Ridgeway. A black or brown minivan was involved. It went towards George. Ten minutes later, this incident was coded a 19P. No one was shot or anything.

42) September 17, 2011 at 9:00pm - According to reader, 10 gunshots were fired at Kedzie and Moffat. Supposedly, the person that was shot at was a former Jouster gang member who had just returned to the area after a long tour "out west", only to be shot at by some Gangster Disciples.

43) September 20, 2011 at 9:08pm - 25th District officers recieved a call of three gunshots being fired on the 2600 block of N Hamlin, near Koz Park. A minute later, at 9:09, two more calls of "Shots Fired" came in, one for Schubert and Hamlin, and the other one for Koz Park. Seconds later, an officer said that a witness told them there were a couple of males who fired shots and fled down Hamlin north of Diversey. They were shooting in the park.

44) October 6, 2011 at 5:45pm - A major accident occurred at the corner of Diversey and Ridgeway. Apparently, one car was making a left turn onto Ridgeway from Diversey when the other came speeding down Diversey, crashing right into the first car. The car making a turn did a 360 and crashed right into a light pole. The accident brought the entire neighborhood outside. One woman sustained a head injury. There was glass all over the place from the accident. The one car was totaled.

45) October 8, 2011 at 9:42pm and 7:46pm - Several reports of "Shots Fired" were recieved by 911 for the corners of Kimball and Cortland/Armitage. Two to six shots were heard by multiple residents. One 911 call had a description of a tan or beige vehicle involved, fleeing towards Bloomingdale. At 7:46, a large fight erupted at Palmer and Kedzie. 40 teens were reportedly fighting in the street.

46) October 19, 2011 at 8:40am - A horrible, and sad, murder occurred in the Avondale community, on the 3400 block of N Lawndale. 16 year old Andre Vasquez was killed when two gunmen wearing masks inveaded the home and shot him dead. His mother, Krystal Hethcoat, 33, was seriously injured in the accident. A 14 year old sister was involved, but she managed to escape. Vasquez was pronounced dead at 12:31pm that day at Illinois Masonic. The sister and Vasquez were getting ready for school when this happened. Vasquez allegedly opened the door and the two men ran in, then rushed the home. The offenders ordered all of the victims to the ground and held them at gunpoint, then duct-taped their hands and feet together. The offenders allegedly demanded money. After stealing items from the home, a jewelry box, a cell phone, credit cards and Hethcoat's state I.D., they ran to the car and put the stolen items in it. During that time, the sister was able to free herself and run for help. The men then came back in the house, and shot both Vasquez and Hethcoat in the head, because they believed that both would be able to identify them, should the police get there. All three of the offenders were arrested shortly after the incident. The offenders are as follows: Jennifer Vojinovic Williams (the getaway driver), 27, Devonte Williams, 17, and Sean Williams, 33. All were charged with home invasion, first degree murder and unlawful restraint. They plead gulity to their charges, according to the information I've been given. Allegedly, Vojinovic was the brain who thought this murder through, apparently because of a falling out she had with Hethcoat. Hethcoat was described as a good woman who truly loved her children and was doing good in life. She apparently was going back to school to learn drafting and designing, despite being laid off from her lumbering job. Vasquez, a sophomore who was attending Schurz High School, allegedly was recieving As and Bs in school, meaning he was a good student. He was a good student who had no gang affliations, according to numerous sources, including the family. Police were investigating whether this shooting was gang and/or drug-related. According to a few sources, including Chicago News Report, who grabbed their information off of Hethcoat's Facebook profile, Hethcoat may have had a boyfriend who was involved in a gang. She was allegedly seen in a photo with a group of men, who were throwing up gang signs. Also, Chicago News Report claims that Vojinovic may have been planning this murder for about a month or so. The arrests probably would have not been made if it wasn't for Ray Souchet, a 53 year old Streets and Sanitation worker, who witnessed the car being out in front of the residence, it being in the alley, and then it leaving the scene.

47) December 3, 2011 - A murder occurred on the 2900 block of N Allen, in Avondale. I was given no information on the incident.

48) December 4, 2011 at 2:08pm and 3:34pm - I recieved multipe reports of a battery that occurred at St. Louis and Diversey. There was a large crowd of African-American people (Blacks) near the intersection, on the south side of the street, when an argument ensued. The argument turned physical, with seven to eight males jumping on one. After they got done beating the guy up, they all fled south on St. Louis towards Schubert. They caused some mayhem before they left, though, by jumping in the middle of the street, in front of cars, are running around the intersection. CPD arrived moments later, along with EMS, and several witnesses told CPD what happened. The victim had a little blood on his face. 27 minutes later, at 2:35, a battery was called in at Diversey and Central Park. Six male Blacks jumped on one. This was from the incident that occurred at St. Louis/Diversey. Also, at 3:34pm, 25th District officers recieved a call of a "battery in progress" at Monticello and Schubert, with 12 to 15 gangbangers fighting in the street. Three minutes later, at 3:37, several calls started coming in, with 10 to 15 fighting. Four minutes later, at 3:41, there was a call of a "person stabbed" from the 3:34/3:37 jobs. One of the fighters got stabbed in the chest. Eleven minutes, at 3:52, this incident was coded 19P. Crowd dispersed and no one was stabbed. 19 minutes later, at 4:11, a "person stabbed" call was called in at Wrightwood and Lawndale. Male was stabbed in the chest and back. Probably was related to the earlier gang fight.

49) December 29, 2011 at 6:15pm - Reportedly, shots were fired at Milwaukee and Gresham.50) December 31, 2011 at 9:43pm - Of course, the year of 2011 ended with a big bang, in Logan Square. An 18 year old girl was raped in front of the Congress Theater on Milwaukee. According to the information I had on the incident, at 9:43, a naked female was found in the grass in front of an address on the 2100 block of N Rockwell. CFD went to the scene. Six minutes later, at 9:49, a request was made for a detective and an evidence team to come to the scene. A minute later, at 9:50, a female officer was requested to respond to the scene. Four minutes later, at 9:54, more cars were needed for crowd control. At 9:57, reportedly, there were three minutes later, there were possibly six offenders involved in this incident, with three in custody.

There you have it, the 49 crime highlights of this neighborhood for the year of 2011. There are probably more but I don't remember or know about them. If there was and you know about it, please share in the comments section and I'll add it to this list. Thanks for reading this. Look out for the crime highlights of 2012 at this time next year.

Thanks,
AvondaleLoganSquareCrimeBlotter

Suspicious Person On Kildare

2012-01-15T19:20:00.006-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:20pm. It's a clear night out with temps in the mid to upper 20s. It's going to remain that way tonight into tomorrow. Actually, it's supposed to get into the 30s tomorrow, with clouds increasing and a chance of wintry mix tomorrow evening. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until 11:34pm, then I'll monitor tomorrow from whenever time I wake up until my dinner. Here's crime for tonight.

8:33pm - Suspicious person. 29XX N Kildare. Male in a dark hoodie walking towards Wellington. Not sure what's suspicious about him.

9:12pm - Suspicious vehicle. 39XX W Barry.

9:28pm - Residential alarm. 36XX W Diversey.

9:30pm - Threatening suicide. 30XX N Davlin. 13 year old son.

9:41pm - Burglar alarm. 3651 W Schubert. At Monroe school. Moblie unit.

10:12pm - Traffic accident. 31XX N Haussen. Several parked cars where hit.

10:23pm - An update is coming in on the 10:12pm job. Everyone's fighting over there now. Sixcars were hurt. Seconds later, though, Beat car 2523Robert is on scene, saying everything is fine.

10:24pm - Parker. 2800 block of N Ridgeway. Permits.

11:09pm - Check the well being. 36XX W George. In front of the church, a Polish person is swearing at theirselves. Caller thinks something is wrong.

11:14pm - A Polish speaker is needed on the 11:09pm job, per Beat 2548. Beat car 2534R is heading over.

11:20pm - Traffic accident. 17XX N Pulaski.

11:34pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

Gangbangers Beat Up Man On Cornelia

2012-01-14T00:00:00.012-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's really cold and cloudy out. Temps are in the teens right now. Today's only going to get into the lower 20s, with more snow. We're not excepting much snow this time at all, though. Maybe a half inch of new snow. We'll see. Well, as you can see, I'm monitoring 17 today. Tomorrow, I will be monitoring 25 after 7:20pm and on Martin Luther King Day (Monday), I'll cover 25 from whenever time I wake up until my dinner. With that, here's crime for today.

12:27am - Battery. 39XX W Cornelia. Three to four gangbangers jumped on an 18 to 20 year old male in front. They left him semi-concious in the snow.

12:28am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

8:00am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

10:15am - DUI driver. 3300 N Kildare. Traveling southbound towards Belmont is a black Honda with a possible plate of K602365 that has a man with no shirt on, caller thinks he's drunk. Putting this out there in case it comes into our area.

11:07am - Speed chase. Speed chase. Belmont and Kolmar. A 25th District unit is attempting to catch up with the 10:15am car that was speeding in that area. It was spotted. This is per Beat 6759David.

11:08am - West on Roscoe from Kilbourn.

11:09am - West on Cornelia from Killpatrick. Approaching Cicero.

11:10am - OK, the car crashed, per Beat 1761David. Offender is in custody. Supervisor needed. 1720 is going. A slow down is being given.

11:26am - Beat 1720 wants to know what ambulance is taking an injured P.O. from the speed chase. It was a 25th District officer. EMS #47 is taking them to Resurrection North on Talcott.

11:33am - 25 is handling the speed chase incident, but 1731 is going to sit over there until they tow a squad car that was involved in an accident.

12:05pm - Traffic accident. 34XX N Killpatrick. Related to the speed chase incident.

12:16pm - Vice complaint. Addison and Kimball.

12:32pm - The RD number from the incident is HV117569.

2:36pm - Parker. 39XX W Cornelia. Car blocking the driveway.

3:07pm - Vicious animal. 39XX W Addison. Caller's dog was almost attacked by a pit bull, so the caller kicked the pit bull and it hurt their back.

4:52pm - Traffic accident. 3241 N California. A tan Chevy Trailblazer, who has a female White teen driver, with a plate of K832762, does not have insurance. Caller is in a black car. CPD is needed.

5:56pm - Stolen recovery vehicle. 28XX W Henderson. Caller found their car.

6:24pm - Residential alarm. 35XX N Whipple.

6:40pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back in 30 minutes.

7:10pm - I'm back.

7:57pm - Battery in progress. 3222 N Milwaukee. In the Walgreens. Two males fighting.

8:04pm - A slow down is being given on the 7:57pm job.

11:40pm - Battery. Milwaukee and Pulaski. Caller was hit and shoved, and their phone was broken. Caller was also thrown out of the pub.

11:51pm - Beat car 1732Robert needs a Polish translator at the 11:40pm job.

12:00am - I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow at 7:20pm. Have a good night, everyone.

Gangbangers Argue On Ridgeway

2012-01-13T17:12:00.002-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 5:12pm. It's a cold wintry night outside, with temps around 20. It's supposed to drop into the teens tonight. The snow cover (4 to 7 inches) doesn't really help all too much, either. Anyway, tomorrow, I'm monitoring 17 for all of you good residents North of Belmont. It should be interesting to see how many calls there are, especially now they we have wintry weather for sure here. With that, here's crime for tonight.

5:16pm - Assault in progress. 2800 block of N Ridgeway. Four male Hispanic gangbangers arguing and about to fight. They're wearing black. Walking towards George.

5:23pm - Battery in progress. 3607 W Fullerton. Male fighting security in the parking lot of Tony's.

6:17pm - An RD number has been pulled from the Tony's call for a simple battery. It's HV116796 with the event number of 11695.

6:45pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:00pm - I'm back.

7:20pm - I have something that I need to do, and it's going to take me a few hours to get done. Not sure if I'll be back tonight. If not, I'll see you all tomorrow.

11:34pm - I'm back, briefly.

12:00am - I'm now switching over to 17. Please standby...

Teens Fighting @ Koz Park

2012-01-11T16:12:00.000-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:12pm. It's a sunny afternoon, with the sun setting. Temps are in the 40s. That will change tonight, however, as colder weather comes in from the north. We're also going to get snow, and a lot of it, I've heard. It's going to be around 6 inches or so. I advise for those of you who drive to work to be careful tomorrow and Friday. If you're on public transportation, allow extra time. I'm hoping I'm not too late getting home tomorrow or late getting to school. Also, tonight, I have a community meeting to attend at the Copernicus Center on Milwaukee, at 6pm. It's regarding the space at Belmont and Pulaski and what the plans for it are. With that, here's crime for a portion of the late afternoon/early evening.

4:39pm - Battery in progress. 27XX N Harding. Group of teens fighting across the street, in Koz Park.

4:58pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 2424 N Springfield. Vacant building.

5:22pm - Check the well being. Fullerton and Kostner. Bicyclist down, it looks like he got hit by a car.

5:25pm - The bicyclist is at an address on the 2400 block of N Kostner. It is indeed a hit and run accident.

5:34pm - Criminal damage in progress. 3000 block of N Pulaski. There's a couple of male Hispanics, one with a maroon hoodie and plastic bag, tagging Barry Plaza from the alley.

5:38pm - I have to get going now. I may or may not be back. If I'm not, I hope everyone has a good evening, and I'll hopefully see you all tomorrow.

7:52pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

8:25pm - Ok, I'm gone for the night. Need to finish up some things and then go to bed. Good night, everyone.

CAPS Beat Meetings For January 2012

2012-01-08T04:42:00.002-06:00

CAPS Beat meetings:

1411 - MEETING ALREADY HAPPENED ... NEXT MEETING IN MARCH 2012.
1412 - NO JANUARY MEETING.
1413/1414 - **Combined Beat meeting** 7:00pm-8:00pm, January 12th @ Logan Square Boys & Girls Club (3228 W. Palmer)
1421 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, January 11th @ Salem Good News Bible Church (2038 N. California Ave.)
1422 - NO JANUARY MEETING.
1431 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, January 19th @ Haas Park (2402 N. Washtenaw)
1432/1433 - NO JANUARY MEETING.
1434 - NO JANUARY MEETING.

1732 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, January 11th @ Athletic Park (3546 W. Addison)
1733 - NO JANUARY MEETING.

2523 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, January 25th @ Copernicus Center (3160 N. Milwaukee Ave.)
2524 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, January 19th @ Our Lady Of Grace (2446 N. Ridgeway)
2525 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, January 17th @ Mozart Park (2036 N. Avers)
2535 - MEETING ALREADY HAPPENED ... NEXT MEETING IN MARCH 2012.

* I will need at least three requests from residents on a particular Beat to be in attendance of a meeting, with the exception of Beat 1733's meeting, which I will never return to.

Child Crying On Hamlin

2012-01-07T00:00:00.006-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's quite warm out tonight. It's in the 40s right now. Overnight, it's supposed to drop into the lower 30s. It's going to get up into the mid 40s today. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until the first call after midnight, then again from whenever I wake up in the morning until my dinner. I will not be blogging tomorrow, as I'd like to enjoy my last day off from school. With that, here's crime for today.

12:30am - Person calling for help. 26XX N Hamlin. Child outside crying about the parents fighting.

12:32am - I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all in the morning. Good night, everyone.

8:00am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

9:50am - Beat car 2524 asks for a SOB Burglary mission on the Beat.

1:44pm - EMS run. 37XX W Diversey. Child found their dad on the floor. Kid might be home alone. I just heard the ambulance and firetruck pull up to the scene.

2:53pm - Beat car 2523 is getting a call on the Beat.

6:08pm - Beat car 2523 has a traffic stop at Armitage and Pulaski. They're probably going to go in with one from it. Dispatch says that there's a missing person report on their Beat.

6:47pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm gone for the remainder of the weekend. I'll see you all on Monday or sometime during the week. Have a great rest of the weekend, everyone!

People Doing Drugs In A Ford, Barking Dog On Point

2012-01-06T00:00:00.018-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a clear night, but warm as well, with temps in the mid to upper 40s right now. I think we might hit 50 or higher today, which would be nice, but at the same time, bad. The weather would be enjoyable, but that would probably send crime through the roof. Anyway, I'm finishing off my monitoring of 14 today. I'm monitoring 14 from now until the first call after midnight, then I'm done for the night until 8am, at which time I'll come back and blog until 8:30. At 8:30, I'll stop monitoring until 8:47, at which time I'll come back to blog until 11:25. At 11:25, I'll be taking a break until 11:38. At 11:38, I'm coming back until 1:15pm, at which time I'm going to be done blogging until after my dinner. Once 1:15 hits, I won't be blogging 14 for the rest of the month, unless something major happens, and I'll be coming back with 25 after my dinner. In that case, here's crime for portions of today.

12:13am - 1) Narcotics. Lyndale and Drake. Group in a gold Ford Taurus doing drugs. 2) Barking dog. 21XX N Point.

12:14am - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

8:00am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

8:06am - Beat 1495 has a traffic stop at Western and North Ave.

8:18am - Beat 1406Adam is doing a gang suppression mission on 1422's Beat. Event number is 03756.

8:30am - I'm going to go for a bit. I'll be back.

8:47am - And I'm back, until 11:25.

8:56am - Traffic accident. 2800 N Maplewood. Caller was in an accident and doesn't think they're drivable.

9:39am - Gang disturbance. Kimball and Wabansia. Three males running into traffic, throwing up gang signs.

9:46am - Information for the CPD. The call is coming from an address on the 1900 block of N Leavitt, but it states that someone emailed the caller to tell them a North Community bank is being robbed. There has been already two robberies (one in 14 and one in 13) to banks.

9:54am - Assist the citizen. 26XX W Altgeld. Caller is front, requesting that CPD helps them pick up a missing 17 year old cousin from this location.

10:01am - Beat car 1431 is coding out the 9:54am job. No one's in front.

10:03am - Traffic accident. North and Bosworth. Two cars, no injures.

10:12am - The 10:03am job occurred on the Kennedy Expressway, so lllinois State Police is going to handle it.

10:27am - Theft. 2838 W North Ave. At the Burger King. Male Hispanic, 40s, black jacket and brown hat stole something from the establishment.

11:20am - Theft. 24XX N Kedzie. Male Hispanic, gray hoodie and blue jeans stole the caller's red bike.

11:25am - I'm going on a 13-minute break. I'll be back at 11:38.

11:38am - I'm back.

11:49am - Some call on 1411's Beat.

11:51am - Disturbance. 24XX N Sawyer. Group of homeless people in the alley.

12:35pm to 12:45pm - There was probably a call or two.

12:55pm - Municipal ordinance violation. 2845 N Milwaukee. Something about an illegal vendor.

1:15pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back later. See you all then, and have a good afternoon.

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

7:50pm - Criminal trespass. 39XX W Fullerton.

8:05pm - A unit is taking one in from 37XX W Shakespeare following a street stop.

8:32pm - Traffic accident. Central Park and Fullerton.

8:51pm - Traffic accident. Belmont and Central Park. Hit and run.

9:38pm - Traffic accident. Pulaski and Oakdale.

10:37pm - Just so everyone knows, there's been a WILD foot chase occurring in 15 that ended up on the Eisenhower Expressway and the factories south of it. Three men were armed with assault rifles. Two are currently in custody, one is at large. Let's just say this foot chase was the most intense I've ever heard in my life. It's like something you'd see in one of those cop shows. For more coverage on the chase, please take a look at my other blog, "Timmy's Chicago Crime Blotter". Obviously, with all of this going on, NO calls have been dispatched. Instead, they're being sent to the computers. And, it might not be long until some officers from 25 are dispatched to help clear 15 out of the backlog.

10:47pm - Criminal trespass. Cortland and Springfield. People in a vacant building are trashing the place.

10:49pm - This chase is now over. I repeat, it is done. They've got the suspect in custody. What a great, great job to the officers in 15!!! This goes to ALL other personnel that help. You guys are excellent. THANK YOU for your very hard work tonight, guys.

10:55pm - Beat car 2524 has a traffic stop at 4100 W Fullerton.

10:58pm - Suspicious person. 39XX W Schubert. Male Hispanic, 6'2, white sweater, blue jeans was checking out the buildings and cars.

11:21pm - Suspicious vehicle. 36XX W Wabansia. Two males in a blue SUV have been sitting there for about an hour now.

11:32pm - Beat car 2524Robert is getting a parker, a loud music disturbance and a barking dog on the PDT.

11:48pm - Disturbance. 30XX N Avers. Male in the alley in a car causing some sort of problem.

11:57pm - Beat 2563Adam had a stop at 26XX N Kostner and is now taking one into 25 from there.

EMS Run On Central Park

2012-01-05T08:30:00.005-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 8:30am. It's a sunny morning, with temps in the 30s. Today, it's going to be in the 40s. I'll be monitoring 14 today, then I'm monitoring 25 after dinner tomorrow evening and on Saturday before dinner. On Sunday, I won't be blogging at all. Here's crime for today.

8:42am - EMS run. 24XX N Central Park.

8:47am - Unfortunately, something has come up that I have to tend to. Not sure when I'll be back. See you all later, I guess.

11:25am - I'm back, briefly.

11:27am - Criminal damage. 3200 W Armitage. Male Hispanic, 6'3, red sweater and white pants damaged something belonging to the caller. He's still out in front.

11:32am - Check the well being. 27XX N Fairfield.

11:38am - I have to go again. I'll be back.

1:15pm - Finally, I'm back for good. Good afternoon, everyone. I'll monitor the time period I was gone tomorrow.

1:18pm - Battery in progress. 1826 N Elston. Two males fighting in front.

1:33pm - Some call on the 2700 block of N St. Louis.

1:56pm - Gang disturbance. 20XX N Hoyne. One male's on the west side of the street, in a black hoodie, throwing up gang signs at another male on the east side of the street, who's throwing up signs back at him. They're walking in opposite directions.

2:57pm - Suspicious vehicle. North/Milwaukee/Damen. Something about a car under the "L" tracks.

3:37pm - Parker. 26XX W Altgeld. Tow zone.

3:56pm - 1) Disturbance. 1950 N Milwaukee. Two people causing problems in front of the grocery store. 2) EMS run. Western Blue Line. Sick person.

4:10pm - Beat 1471 is coding out the Western Blue Line call.

4:14pm - Beat 1406Adam has a street stop at 31XX W Palmer.

4:17pm - Disturbance. 2001 N Milwaukee. At the Walgreens.

4:37pm - Beat 1406A needs a Spanish translator at 16XX N Mozart.

4:39pm - Traffic accident. Western and North Ave. Car VS bicyclist. Bicyclist refused EMS.

4:53pm - Assault in progress. Milwaukee and Spaulding. Two people arguing at the bus stop.

4:54pm - Another call just came in on the 4:53pm call. There's two males over by the Blue Line entrance, arguing and grabbing a female.

5:01pm - Assault in progress. California and Belmont. On CTA bus #6772, there's a male White with a blue jacket threatening people. He's with his mother.

5:06pm - Reckless driver. Armitage and Kedzie. Black car with a plate of N228515 nearly hit the caller's car as it was speeding.

5:08pm - Parker. 20XX N Stave. Car blocking the caller's parking lot.

5:17pm - Information coming over from Zone 12: There's a "person w/ a gun" call at Milwaukee and Central Park. A guy dressed as Santa Claus has a gun in a restaurant at the corner.

5:32pm - Disturbance. 2120 N Mozart. At the church. Male White, 40s, heavy set, bald with a black pea coat needs to be removed from the property, as he's causing problems.

5:38pm - Reckless driver. Kimball/Milwaukee/Diversey. A car with a plate of N205814 has a drunk driver in it, who's speeding south on Milwaukee towards Spaulding.

5:50pm - Assault. North and Leavitt. Blue Chevy Trailblazer with two male Black young adults threatened to do bodily harm to the caller. The car has a plate of A974766.

6:38pm - Disturbance. 3067 N Elston. At the towing place.

6:43pm - EMS run. 3415 W Diversey. Male wants to go to the hospital. He's having a seizure.

7:27pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:41pm - I'm back, and Beat car 1431 is doing a premise check at the California Blue Line station. Event number is 14642.

7:50pm - Beat 1410 has an accident at Schubert and Kedzie. 1495 is heading over to assist him.

8:10pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 7:50pm accident. It's HV106204 with the event number of 14891.

8:14pm - Information for the CPD. 1839 N Richmond. Dog stuck under concrete.

8:21pm - Narcotics. Sawyer and Wellington. Seven to eight males selling out in front.

8:29pm - EMS run. 21XX N Campbell. 20 year old male in front saying that he's smoked too many drugs.

8:43pm - Check the well being. 30XX N Elbridge.

8:52pm - Shots Fired. 32XX W Wellington. About seven shots heard.

8:53pm - More calls coming in. Multiple calls. Shots Fired at 30XX N Sawyer and Wellington/Sawyer.

8:55pm - A slow down is being given on the 8:52/8:53pm jobs.

8:56pm - Per Beat car 1412, three MLDs in the area are saying that a small racing car, tan in color, and a black or dark green older Jeep Cherokee, boxy style, shouted out "MLD killer!" and fired several shots. They're Latin Kings from Central Park and Belmont.

9:09pm - Beat 45Sam10 has a group of Latin Kings stopped in a car at 31XX N St. Louis.

9:15pm - Theft in progress. Webster and Ashland. Male White with a red cap was seen breaking into a car. He then jumped into a car that fled east on Webster, across the river, into the 18th District.

9:26pm - The information from the shooting on Wellington has changed quite a bit. Now, it's being said that the offenders were the MLDs who claimed to be victims at first. The real victims aren't gang members. They had their car window shot out. I guess the LKs were still involved in this, too.

9:35pm - Disturbance. 1640 N Maplewood. At Maplewood Park. Two teenagers shouting obscenities at people.

9:46pm - Beat car 1414 and Beats 1453 and 1461Adam are helping 45S10A take in five to 25 from the 9:09pm stop.

9:50pm - An officer just heard five, rapid loud reports just west of the station, California and Shakespeare.

9:57pm - 1) Beat car 1433 asks for a burglary mission on the Beat. 2) Shots Fired. Moffat and Kedzie. One heard, no descriptions.

10:03pm - Auto theft. 35XX W Wabansia. Brown Buick was just taken from the caller.

10:38pm - Person w/ a gun. 2108 W North Ave. Male Black with a female White in a blue buick is waving a gun out the window.

10:40pm - The 10:38pm vehicle is stopped at 2118 on North.

10:41pm - Beat 1406Charlie gets a prostitution call on the PDT.

10:42pm - Check the well being. 28XX W McLean. Caller needs CPD to check on a friend that they haven't heard from all week.

10:54pm - Loud music disturbance. 2601 N Milwaukee. From the restrauant.

11:58pm - A unit has a stop just west of Simons Park on Wabansia.

Burglar Report On Kilbourn

2012-01-04T09:00:00.001-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 9am. .

10:23am - Burglar report. 30XX N Kilbourn.

10:41am - An RD number is being pulled from the 10:23am job. It's HenryVictor104122 with the event number of 04479.

11:00am - I'm going to go until 9:30pm. I'll be back then. Have a great day, everyone!

9:30pm - I'm back until 10:50. Good evening, everyone.

9:51pm - Beat car 2525 had a traffic stop somewhere in the area.

10:08pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

10:26pm - Speed chase. Speed chase. Beat 2544 has a vehicle taking off on them from 3820 W North Ave. Heading towards Springfield. Lights and sirens activiated.

10:27pm - A slow down is being given. They're okay.

10:50pm - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back in the morning with 14. Good night, everyone.

Traffic Accident @ Walgreens On Milwaukee

2012-01-03T11:00:00.004-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 11am. It's a cold morning out there, and a bit cloudy, but sunny too. It's in the 20s. Anyway, today, I'm monitoring 25 from now until 4:45pm, then I'm taking a break until 5:15. I'll come back at 5:15, until 5:54, then I'm taking another break. At 8:54, I'm back until midnight. So here's crime for today.

1:13pm - Traffic accident. 3222 N Milwaukee. In front of the Walgreens.

2:15pm - A unit was checking out the abandoned building at 2955 N Avers. Not sure why.

4:45pm - I'm going to go for a bit. I'll see you all at 5:15.

5:15pm - I'm back.

5:54pm - And I'm gone again. I'll be back at 8:53. See you all later.

8:53pm - Again, I'm back.

8:54pm - Shots Fired. 44XX W Altgeld. Three heard.

8:59pm - Panic alarm. 3924 W Fullerton.

9:05pm - Beat 2582 is reporting an open door at the 8:59pm job.

9:08pm - Battery in progress. Milwaukee and Central Park. Group of males beating on an older male. They're trying to, also, run him over in a car. The car has a plate of K804006.

9:11pm - 2582 is giving thanks to Beat car 2521, as well as 2540 and Police Heilcopter #1 for helping him out with the 8:59pm job.

9:12pm - Open door. 2300 N Keystone. To the vacant building.

9:14pm - Beat car 2525 is confirming that the 9:12pm door is open. PH #1 is also flying over the scene.

9:21pm - The 9:08pm job is being coded out a 5Boy.

9:30pm - I have to do something important, so I'll be back a little later. See you all in a bit.

10:50pm - I'm back.

11:13pm - EMS run. 3167 N Milwaukee. At the Taco Bell. There's a man there who is saying that his girlfriend had been sick and now she's not responding to him after a few knocks to the bathroom door.

12:00am - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

Disturbance @ Belmont And Pulaski

2012-01-02T17:54:00.004-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 5:54pm. It's really, really cold outside. It's in the teens out there. It's only going to get colder. So if you're heading out, I advise you really dress warmly as you head out. So anyway, I'm monitoring 25 this evening for a couple hours. We'll see how long I go for. Also, I'm going to have the crime highlights post of 2011 up by sometime this week. With that, here's crime for a portion of this evening.

6:08pm - Disturbance. Belmont and Pulaski.

6:33pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

6:53pm - Check the well being. 36XX W Shakespeare. Woman screaming in the alley.

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

7:23pm - I'm back.

8:53pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

Happy New Year: 2012!

2012-01-01T01:00:00.004-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 1am. Happy New Year to all of you!! I'm excited and hopeful for this new year. I'm hoping it brings a lot of good things. But I'm sure it will, namely because I turn 19 this year, and because I FINALLY graduate from high school this year! Whooo! 2012, baby! Well, anyway, I will be making a second post tomorrow regarding crime highlights of 2011 for this neighborhood. Here is crime for this first day in 2012.

1:00am - Request for a supervisor. 20XX N Campbell. Caller is unhappy with police service.

1:04am - EMS run. 2047 N Milwaukee. Female inside of V Live keeps hitting her head.

1:14am - Burglar alarm. 2575 N Elston.

1:15am - I'm gone for now. I'll be back at 2am with 25. See you all then.

2:00am - I'm back with 25 until 2:15.

2:05am - Suspicious person. Hamlin and Armitage. Two male Hispanics, one who is heavy set with a black shirt, keep looking at the caller.

2:15am - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back later in the afternoon. Have a good morning, everyone, and Happy New Year!

4:45pm - I'm back, with 25.

5:15pm - I haven't heard anything in our coverage area, so I'm gone. I'll come back with 14 in 15 minutes.

5:30pm - I'm back with 14.

5:35pm - Beat car 1433 has a bona fide burglary from 1915 N Elston. Beat 1430 is notified of it.

5:50pm - Disturbance. 28XX N Sacramento.

6:00pm - I'm switching over to 17. Standby...

6:15pm - Haven't heard anything in 17, so with that, I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone.

2011-12-31T23:10:00.003-06:00

New Year's Eve 2011 ~ 17th District

Happy New Year to you all ~ hope your evening festivities are going peacefully. Here starts the New Year's Eve activity in 17.

8:11 - Karlov & Henderson, hit-run, vehicle to vehicle, black Sonata hit by Honda, driver fled the scene, left car.

8:35 - 41XX W School, fight in progress, no further details given.

8:40 - 45XX W Belmont, report of a fire, requests check to see if it bonafide.

8:57 - 39XX W Dakin, possible burglary in progress, called in for Apt 2P, caller thinks he hears someone inside.

9:05 - 34XX N Keating, caller states husband's son broke into house, may have alrady been handled with callback on earlier call around 1800, criminal damage to property which may all be same call, 1731 codes it a 16Adam.

9:08 - 47XX W Grace, nearby, one call for shots fired, may be fireworks.

9:17 - Addison/Pulaski, 2-3 males passing out flyers in front of Jewel, disturbing customers.

9:21 - Belmont/Pulaski, person with a gun a Pulaski bus stop waving a gun around. Male, black, wearing a blue jacket and jeans.

9:28 - 33XX N Kilbourn, fire requests assistance, 70-year-old dementia patient, combative.

9:46 - Sunnyside & St Louis, person with a gun, male Hispanic, heavy-set, tall, wearing a black jacket per anonymous caller from cell phone.

9:48 - 1723 reports that they have two on the fence from 9:46 job.

11:34 - 47XX W Berenice, unruly party, underage drinking, urinating in alley and breaking bottles.

11:57 - 1730R asks for all noise disturbance calls for next 15 minutes.

Happy New Year!

New Year's Eve 2011

2011-12-31T18:00:00.013-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 6pm. As you all know, it's New Year's Eve, the last night of 2011. I'm sure a lot of you will be bringing in the new year with your friends and family, which is a good thing. As for my family and I, we'll be having yet another quiet New Year's Eve with no other family members or friends over. I must say, I like it when it's quiet. It gives me a chance to monitor the radio. Speaking of monitoring, I'm going to monitor 25 from now until 8pm, then I'm switching to some other Zones to monitor for my other blog. I'll be returning at 10:15 with 17, then at 10:30, I'll cover 14 until 11. At 11, I'm returning with 25 until 11:30. Finally, at 11:30, I'm going to take a break until 12:15. At 12:15, I'm returning with 17 until 12:30. Then at 12:30, I'm going to monitor my other blog until 1am, at which time I'll come back with 14 until 1:14, then I'll be monitoring until my other blog until 2am, at which time I'm returning with 25 until 2:15. After 2:15, I'll be gone for the night. Also, for you readers in 17 North of Belmont, ProdigalOne will be doing additional coverage after 8pm. There will probably be another post from her. So there are my plans for the evening. What are yours? I hope all of you will stay safe this evening into the new year. Here's crime for this last night of 2011.

6:13pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

6:39pm - Battery in progress. 36XX W Shakespeare. People fighting in the street.

6:41pm - Battery in progress. 3600 W Shakespeare. Big fight with baseball bats.

6:42pm - Beat car 2525 is saying that there's a couple of groups on Shakespeare. Dispatch is requesting back-up for them.

6:43pm - 2524 is heading over to Shakespeare to help 2525. They're fine, but they do need an assist car.

6:55pm - Disturbance. 3850 W Fullerton. At the Jimenez grocery store. Two people refusing to leave.

6:57pm - EMS is needed on Shakespeare. There's a 40 year old man with a head injury.

7:47pm - Battery in progress. 16XX N Harding. People fighting in the basement.

7:50pm - Parker. On 2524's Beat.

7:54pm - Parker. 1800 block of N Harding.

8:00pm - I'm gone until 10:15. See you all then. Don't party too hard in between then ;).
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The following calls and information are from the Criminal Sexual Assault that occurred near the Congress Theater, on the 2100 block of N Rockwell. An 18 year old female was found naked and unconicous. One commenter reports that she is in a coma. I will be looking up information on this incident, but in the meantime, this is what ProdigalOne was able to obtain from the 911 tapes:

9:43pm - 2158 N Rockwell, citizen says there is a naked female in the grass, fire is rolling.

9:49pm - Regarding 9:43, requesting need for detective and evidence team.

9:50pm - Looking for female officer(s) for 9:43 job.

9:54pm - Call for more cars to help with crowd control.

9:57pm - Possibly six offenders, three in custody, awaiting better description.

No further calls one hour past initial call.
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10:15pm - I'm now listening to 17. We have 105 minutes left until 2012.

10:30pm - I haven't heard anything in 17, but you all can always check ProdigalOne's post she will be putting up soon for anything. Standby for 14...

10:45pm - 1) Theft. Medill and Campbell. Male Black in a 4-door gold Buick went towards Belden. Something was stolen from the caller. 2) Burglar report. 31XX N Sacramento. Caller's house was broken into.

10:58pm - Person down. 2169 N Milwaukee. Male down in front of the Congress Theater.

11:00pm - Now switching over to 25 until 11:30. Just an hour left until 2012 :).

11:22pm - Suspicious person. Wrightwood and Pulaski and Wrightwood. Male Black, black and red hoodie with a ski mask is following a female as she's walking towards Altgeld on Pulaski.

11:27pm - Police Helicopter 1 is over the area, looking for the 11:22pm offender. Meanwhile, 2525R has the man stopped on Pulaski, in the 2500 block.

11:28pm - Beat car 2525R is asking for an assist. 2524R is going over to help.

11:36pm - Suspicious person. 36XX W Shakespeare. Some guys hiding by garage. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

11:39pm - Burglar alarm. 3034 N Pulaski. Laundromat, glass-break alarm is sounding. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

11:43pm - Loud music disturbance. 18XX N Harding. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

Man Calls 911 Then Hangs Up

2011-12-30T04:51:00.023-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12:00am. It's a mostly cloudy evening out there with temps in the 30s. It's supposed to rain along with some mixed weather (i.e. sleet and snow) with temps in the 40s. Anyway, as some of you have requested, I am doing the 24-hour blogging today. I'll be blogging from now until 12am Saturday with no breaks. We'll see how long I'm able to stay awake. If I do fall asleep by any chance, ProdigalOne has offered to obtain the calls during the time period(s) that I'm gone. Also, I have some really good news for all of you. I will not be moving anytime soon. Today, my determination letter from SSI came about my appeal and they still consider me disabled, so I'll continue to recieve monthly checks. So I can continue with my efforts to improve the community, and I will attend more meetings in 2012. With that, here's crime for today.

12:07am - Check the well being. Milwaukee and Hamlin. Male called 911 then hung up before the call-taker could ask any questions.

12:34am - Parker. On 2525Robert's Beat.

1:23am - Loud music disturbance. On 2525R's Beat.

2:13am - Suspicious person. 39XX W Wrightwood. A man just came in through the door and tried to get into the caller's apartment. He doesn't live there.

2:29am - Disturbance. On 2525R's Beat.

2:46am - Beat car 2523R has a traffic stop at Hamlin and Armitage.

3:28am - Parker on Monticello, on 2523R's Beat.

5:25am - Attention readers: Do you have a scanner? If so, please send me an email at weatherboy58@hotmail.com. On New Year's Eve (tomorrow), I am going to need help covering 25, as well as 14 (17 is covered). I need someone to help me with 25 between 8pm and 11pm, then again from 11:30pm to 2am; I need help with 14 from 8pm to 10:30pm, then again from 11pm to 1am. If anyone out there can help out with this project, please send me an email. I'd greatly appreciate any help. Thank you!!

8:47am - Burglary in progress. 23XX N Kedvale. Male Black, 25, dark complected, gray jacket and pants is trying to break into the neighbor's house.

8:50am - Beat car 2522 is confirming that 8:47am description. He ran towards Belden in the alley.

9:22am - Vicious animal. Wrightwood and Hamlin. German Shepard running loose. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call for me.

10:02am - Beat 2506 is getting a parker somewhere in the District.

10:45am - Traffic accident. 3600 W Fullerton.

11:05am - Beat car 2524 is pulling an RD number from the 10:45am accident. It's HT652851 with the event number of 05522.

11:14am - Missing person report. 44XX W Barry.

1:12pm - Threatening suicide. 3743 W Fullerton. Caller is having suicidal thoughts.

1:55pm - Backlog in 25 at 13:55 hours.

4:06pm - Suspicious vehicle. 37XX W Shakespeare. Car parked out in front hasn't moved in three days.

5:40pm - Burglary. 28XX N Ridgeway. Garage broken into.

5:52pm - Disturbance. 21XX N Lawndale. Males loitering in front, refusing to leave. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call for me.

6:48pm - Suspicious person. 36XX W Wrightwood. Two males by the back door, acting like they're going to break into the building.

6:58pm - Beat car 2525 needs help at 2325 N Ridgeway. A domestic situation has gotten out of hand. A few units are going.

7:02pm - A slow down is being given on the 6:58pm assist.

7:13pm - 2525 is taking one in from Ridgeway for domestic battery. They also pulled an RD number. It's HT6535XX with the event number of 13416.

7:55pm - Battery in progress. 37XX W Altgeld. Couple of males fighting in the basement.

8:38pm - A description of the 7:55pm offenders has came out. There were a group of four or five of them (three males, two females). They were African-American. They robbed the people in the apartment after forcing their way in. A couple of cell phones, along with some cash, were taken. The offenders are in their 20s. They fled west on Altgeld in a gray van, that went west past Hamlin, towards Avers.

8:47pm - More of a description is being given on the 7:55pm job. One offender was about 25 years old, 5'8, medium complected, black pants with a black leather jacket. He cut one of the victims on the hand with a knife and ran south on Ridgeway towards Fullerton. There is a crime scene from this incident, so the ET will have to be ordered. 2523 is ordering them up, since they're the paper car.

9:11pm - 2525 is being asked to sit over there on Altgeld and wait for the evidence tech while 2523 goes in and does the police report.

9:36pm - Suspicious person. 1841 N Springfield. At the McAufflie school. Male Hispanic, dark hooded sweatshirt, basketball shorts and black gym shoes is lurking around the school grounds, walking towards Cortland.

9:43pm - An outside unit has a traffic stop at 3741 W Armitage.

9:55pm - Reckless driver. Pulaski and Diversey. Sliver Jeep speeding towards George on Pulaski has an impaired driver driving.

10:16pm - Assault report. 37XX W Grorge. Caller's neighbor threatened them.

10:42pm - Reckless driver. Belmont and Milwaukee. Small 2-door Chevy Convertiable on the bumper of other vehicles. Headed south towards Davlin.

11:06pm - EMS run. 20XX N Kedvale. Overdose.

11:10pm - A unit just came up on a hit and run at Kedvale and Fullerton. The offending car fled towards Belden on Kedvale.

11:36pm - Burglary in progress. 21XX N Pulaski. Caller says they hear someone breaking into the first floor apartment, but can't see the person. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

12:00am - This concludes my 24 hours of monitoring. I am dead tired, but I did it for those of you who requested I do this. I hope you all really enjoyed the crime report. With that, I'm gone for the night. I'll be back at 6pm tomorrow to start my coverage for New Year's Eve. Have a good night, everyone!

Shots Fired Last Night @ Milwaukee And Gresham

2011-12-30T04:48:00.003-06:00

Good morning, everyone. I recieved a comment from an anonymous person about shots being fired at Milwaukee and Gresham last night...

"Hi Timmy, Did you hear anything on shots fired Gresham and Milwaukee ave around 615p-625p"

Did anyone in that area hear or see anything? If you did, please give me an eyewitness report on either this post (by commenting), my inbox or the Facebook page. I'd like to know how many shots were heard, how the police responded and what was seen.

Thank you,
Timmy

CAPS Beat 2524 December Meeting (12-15-11)

2011-12-29T10:52:00.004-06:00

Good morning, everyone. I would just like to tell all of you about what happened at 2524's CAPS Beat meeting two Thursdays ago, on the 15th. The meeting wasn't on the short side, but it wasn't long, either. Not many people in attendance. It's the holidays, though. You can't except too many people at meetings like this at this time of year. Now, I will tell all of you about the old issues brought up at the last meeting, which was on November 17th, 2011 . The problems were...

* 2417 and 37 N. Ridgeway - Lots of problems with these two vacant buildings, including loitering, drug-selling and graffiti. Our Lady of Grace Convent was victim to gang-related graffiti, which has been removed. Problems have since died down.
* 2723 N. Ridgeway - Abandoned building; is registered as a vacant building.
* Schubert and Monticello - Many issues with drug sales and loitering.
* 3643 W. Diversey - This building is still abandoned. Scheduled for demolition.
* 3701 W. Diversey - LOTS of problems with drug sales, gang activity, loitering, etc. This is an everyday problem at this location. Sgt. Weiglein has been talking to the owner, who isn't all that cooperative.

And now moving onto the new problems:
* Monticello and Schubert - This corner is still a big problem, with groups of large teens and kids loitering and selling/doing drugs, and etc. They are usually out there from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. This is also possibly related to the problems with dismissal at Monroe Elementary school. (Note from Timmy - I have documented a few calls from this intersection regarding this problem, and as someone who used to attend Monroe, I can attest that there were always a lot of problems at dismissal time. Also, I have the exact address of the problem building, as reported at the meeting, but will not publish it due to liability concerns.)
* 3643 W. Diversey - Still occasional trespassing; building slated for demolition.
* 3701 W. Diversey - As previously stated, there is an everyday situation with drug sales, gang activity and loitering, and this is still a problem. (Note from Timmy - I live nearby and have seen first hand of exactly what kind of activity goes down at this corner building. The problem does not show signs of ending soon.)

As I do in every Beat meeting post, I extend my thanks to all for being involved in this meeting. Once again, I ask for those residents who read the blog but don't come to the meetings (because they don't want to), please, come! It only takes ONE hour of your time, and we need all of the help we can get.

Next meeting: Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Our Lady Of Grace (2446 N. Ridgeway) at 7:00PM.

Thank you,
Timmy

CAPS Beat 2523 December Meeting (12-14-11)

2011-12-29T10:50:00.000-06:00

Good morning, everyone. I would just like to tell all of you about what happened at 2523's CAPS Beat meeting last Wednesday, on the 14th. It was a short meeting, with not many people in attendance. It's the holidays, though. You can't except too many people at meetings like this at this time of year. Now, I will tell all of you about the old issues brought up at the last meeting, which was on September 27th, 2011 (which I neglected to do a post about, alas). The problems were...

* George and Kearsarge - Two arrests made for prostitution, which has been a big problem at this corner; one DUI arrest and one marijuana arrest. Special attention was done, as well as contact cards.
* 2800 block of N. Ridgeway - Problems on the block have died down since October; no new incidents to report.
* 2900 block of N. Avers - One burglary arrest; special attention and contact cards.
* 3600 block of W. Oakdale - Three arrests made for crimes such as burglary, loitering, etc.; one crime report made.

And now moving onto the new problems:
* The area of Barry and Karlov - Kids from the ASPIRA alternative school at 3986 W Barry were reportedly smoking pot on several occasions at the intersection and within the nearby blocks.
* Parking permit problems at the factory at 3030 N Tripp.
* Incident on Thanksgiving involving a local drunk and a truck on Davlin. It was mention that the driver of the truck parked at the fire hydrant, fell asleep at the wheel, etc.
* 3643 W. Belmont - Concerns with Latin King gang members loitering at this location, which is a school called "East Village Youth Center", and harassing the school kids as they let out for dismissal.

Other observations:
> As I said, the meeting was on the short side, with not many in attendance. Our Beat Faciliator brought candy and some holiday treats for those of us who were attendance. Everyone was in good spirits.
> Announcement about Danny's Liquors: The next meeting with the Liquor Control Commission about Danny's will be on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 10:00am, at City Hall (121 N. LaSalle), Room 805. Please mark your calendars if interested.

As I do in every Beat meeting post, I extend my thanks to all for being involved in this meeting. Once again, I ask for those residents who read the blog but don't come to the meetings (because they don't want to), please, come! It only takes ONE hour of your time, and we need all of the help we can get.

Next meeting: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Copernicus Center (3160 N. Milwaukee) at 6:30PM.

Thank you,
Timmy

Person Calling For Help On Monticello

2011-12-28T09:00:00.001-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 9am. It's a cold and cloudy morning out. It's in the 20s. It'll warm up into the mid 30s today. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until 12:57pm, then I will conclude my blogging for today. I'm also going to take tomorrow off, to prepare myself for Friday. If you don't already know, I'll be blogging from 12am to 12am on Friday, which obviously is an entire 24 hours. Hope you all will enjoy that crime report. Here's crime for this morning and early afternoon.

10:19am - Person calling for help. 25XX N Monticello.

11:06am - Support unit request. 40XX W Barry.

11:46am - Reckless driver. Central and Fullerton. Black vehicle with a plate of 6001683 is speeding east on Fullerton, recklessly. Just putting that out there in case the vehicle enters the western part of the coverage area.

12:57pm - I'm done blogging for today, and tomorrow. Have a great day, everyone, and I'll be back on Friday. See you all then.

Man Shouting And Will Not Leave Business On Belmont

2011-12-27T08:00:00.005-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 8am. It's a cloudy morning with temps in the 30s. It's supposed to remain this way all day. Anyway, I'm monitoring 17 today for all of you residents North of Belmont. Hope you all enjoy it. I will resume my coverage of 25 tomorrow, then I'm taking Thursday off from blogging to rest up for Friday. I'm planning on blogging the whole day Friday, an entire 24 hours. We'll see how that works out. Then, on Saturday, I'll be doing limited coverage for New Year's Eve. With that, here's crime for today.

9:56am - Criminal tresapss in progress. 3656 W Belmont. Male White, Polish, 50s, black jacket, blue pants, 5'8 is at this location, by the desk, shouting and refusing to leave.

1:50pm - Traffic accident. 3231 N Springfield. Car crashed into a sign in front of the Lorca school.

2:15pm - An RD number has been pulled from the Lorca accident. It's HT649092 with the event number of 07539.

2:46pm - Holding the offender. 3500 N Kimball. At the Home Depot.

3:30pm - Suspicious person. Addison and Kedzie. Male claiming that he's raising money for charity.

5:33pm - Suspicious person. 3222 N Milwaukee. At the Walgreens. A man walked into the business and said that a man was following him, looking for him. Another man walked in 5 minutes ago and said he was looking for someone.

5:57pm - Theft report. 32XX N Albany. Male Hispanic, 18-19 years old, bald head with black clothing, known as "Ghost", stole the caller's iPhone.

6:32pm - Disturbance. Kimball and Belmont. Female panhandling in front of a business.

7:20pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

7:40pm - I'm back.

9:44pm - Robbery in progress. Addison and Kedzie. Restrauant on the corner is being robbed.

9:47pm - Assault in progress. 3222 N Milwaukee. Male in the Walgreens is threatening everyone.

12:00am - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow, with 25. Good night, everyone.

Disturbance Call On Monticello

2011-12-26T12:57:00.005-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 12:57pm. It's a sunny afternoon with temps around 40. Sorry I'm late today, but I'm just now waking up. I had a long night. I'm going to monitor 25 today, and monitor 17 tomorrow. Then, on Thursday, I'll cover 25. I don't have much to say, so here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

1:05pm - Some disturbance on Monticello.

2:36pm - 1) EMS run. 29XX N Ridgeway. Male overdosed on drugs. 2) Criminal trespass. 2031 N Keeler. Male entered the window of the vacant building.

3:14pm - A unit is pulling an RD number for a "2825" from 4300 W Fullerton. It's HT647XXX with the event number of 10083.

3:22pm - The Ridgeway call is a bona fide D.O.A. Man died of overdose.

3:55pm - Landlord/tenant dispute. 36XX W Wrightwood.

4:01pm - A car is needed to head over to Ridgeway to protect the scene as the detectives investigate. 2525 will head over. FYI, 2523 is at OLR with the body.

6:14pm - Disturbance. 3045 N Pulaski. Problem with a customer inside the pizza place.

6:48pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:05pm - I'm back.

7:41pm - Battery in progress. 2100 block of N Avers. Three males having a fist fight.

12:00am - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone.

Merry Christmas 2011!

2011-12-25T06:00:00.004-06:00

Good morning, everyone, and Merry Christmas to all! It's 6am. I hope everyone is enjoying this great holiday and is with their families and friends on this day. Anyway, I'm on a special monitoring schedule, since I'm going to work on my other blog as well and do other things today. I'm monitoring 25 from now until 6:30am, then I'm covering 14 from 6:30 to 7, and then 17 from 7 to 7:15. I'm come back with this blog, starting with 17 at 8:15pm, then I'm covering 14 from 8:30 to 9:00, and finally, I'm covering 25 from 9:00 to 9:30. After 9:30, I'm done with the blog for the night. So with that, here's crime on this Christmas day. Merry Christmas!

6:07am - This isn't in our coverage area, but there's an EMS 10-1 at 23XX N Keating. There is an out of control domestic disturbance going on, and it's getting ugly.

6:08am - A slow down is being given on the 6:07am job. Quite a few officers on scene.

6:24am - Some more cars are needed at the 6:07am job. It's getting out of control again.

6:48am - Switching over to 14. Standby. Yep, I'm late. I'm sorry. I'll make up for it a bit later.

7:00am - Switching over to 17. Standby...

7:15am - I'm gone for now. I'll be back a bit later. Have a great morning, everyone!

9:15am - I'm back with 14 for now.

9:33am - And I'm gone. See you all later. Have a great Christmas, everyone!

8:15pm - I'm back with 17.

8:30pm - Switching over to 14. Standby...

9:00pm - Switching over to 25. I thought I heard maybe one call in 14 while I was listening, possibly on Palmer, but nothing major happened at all. So standby for 25...

9:30pm - I'm done blogging for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone. Hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas Eve 2011

2011-12-24T11:30:00.008-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 11:30am. It's a sunny Christmas Eve out there with temps in the upper 20s or lower 30s. It's going to be around 40 today. I hope everyone is enjoying this day of festivities and is spending time with their loved ones. Anyway, I'm monitoring 17 right now until 11:45am, then I'm covering 14 from 11:45 to 12:15pm, then 25 from 12:15 to 12:45. I will then leave until 9:45, at which time I'll return with 17 until 10. Then, I'll cover 14 from 10 to 10:30, then Zone 12 from 10:30 to 11. Here's crime for portions of this Christmas Eve. Enjoy your day!

11:47am - Parker. On 1411's Beat.

12:15pm - Switching over to Zone 12. Standby...

12:45pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back later. May everyone enjoy their afternoon on this Christmas Eve.

9:45pm - I'm back until 11. Good evening, everyone. I'm back with 17, first of all.

10:00pm - Switching over to 14. Standby....

10:30pm - Switching over to 25. Standby...

10:38pm - This may or may not be in the area, but Beat 1656 is hearing about ten loud reports on the extreme west end of Beat 2523. They're on Cicero and say the loud reports are being heard about three blocks east of their location, which would be around Kenton, Kolmar or Kilbourn. Kilbourn is the western border of Beat 2523. The loud reports are being heard on the 3100 block.

10:43pm - Shots Fired. 3100 block of N Kenneth. Seven heard. Here we go...

10:44pm - A slow down is being given on the 10:43pm call. It's fireworks being fired off on Beat 2521, on the 3100 block of N Knox.

11:00pm - I'm going to go for tonight. I hope everyone enjoys the remainder of this Christmas Eve, and Merry Christmas to everyone! I'll be back at 6am tomorrow morning.

Burglary On Avers

2011-12-23T20:26:00.000-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 8:26pm. Sorry for being late, but I took a nap. Hey, going to school for 3 months straight with only a couple of days off will do that to ya. So, to start off my 2-week break, I took a nap. Anyway, I'm going to monitor 25 tonight. Tomorrow (Christmas Eve) and Christmas, I will only be blogging for two short periods, as I will be spending time with family and friends and enjoy my holiday. With that, here's crime for this evening.

8:27pm - Burglary. 24XX N Avers. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

9:35pm - Shots Fired. 22XX N Karlov. Nothing further. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

9:36pm - Traffic accident. Central Park and Fullerton. Hit ad run. Man hit by a car. 14 is saying the accident occurred on 25's side. The man is on his way to Illinois Masonic via EMS as we speak. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

10:58pm - Parker. On 2525's Beat.

11:24pm - Gang disturbance. Belmont and Monticello. They're throwing up signs on the corner.

11:39pm - Suspicious person. Harding and Fullerton.

12:00am - I'm going to go. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

Criminal Trespass On Lawndale

2011-12-21T15:41:00.003-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:41pm. It's a cloudy afternoon with temps around 40. It's pretty mild. It's supposed to snow, too. Anyway, this weekend, I will only be blogging a little. For the first time since I've been doing this blog, I won't be blogging much on Christmas Eve or on Christmas. I would really like to spend time with family, and go to church and do other things, so I'll be blogging miminally. With that, here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

4:08pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 1911 N Lawndale. Male just entered the door of the vacant building.

4:30pm - Robbery. 2638 N Pulaski. Sounds like two males held up the Public Storage.

4:35pm - Wanted from the 4:30pm job are two male Hispanics, one with a dark winter coat, who held up the caller in front of the facility at 2638 on Pulaski. They took some money. Went east on Schubert towards Harding.

4:41pm - Some call at 3850 W Fullerton.

5:35pm - Shots Fired. 26XX N Lawndale. In the alley. Nothing further. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

5:38pm - A slow down is being given on the 5:35pm job. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

6:32pm - Assault in progress. Milwaukee and Central Park. Two carloads of gangbangers jumped out of their cars and started threatening each other.

6:59pm - Reckless driver. Pulaski and Belmont. Black vehicle speeding towards Milwaukee.

7:12pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow or Friday. Good night, everyone.

Irate Parent At Mozart School

2011-12-20T15:49:00.002-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:49pm. It's a cloudy afternoon outside, with temps in the 30s. It's supposed to rain and snow this afternoon and evening, but I don't think it will. We're supposed to get some snow accumulations on Thursday. But enough of that. Here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:51pm - Disturbance. 2200 N Hamlin. At Mozart school. Irate male parent at the school needs to leave.

5:15pm - Missing person report. 42XX W Nelson.

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

7:04pm - I'm back.

7:29pm - Traffic accident. 3814 W Armitage.

8:30pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow or sometime this week. Either way, good night to all of you.

Premise Check At The Logan Square Blue Line Station

2011-12-19T20:20:00.002-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 8:20pm. It's a bit cloudy, and cold, out there. It's in the 30s. Anyway, I'm monitoring 14 right now, until 9pm. Then, tomorrow, and for the rest of this week, I'll monitor 25. So, with that, here's crime for this portion of this evening.

8:29pm - A 14th District officer is doing a premise check at Logan Square Blue Line station.

8:45pm - Parker. 2700 block of N Kedzie. Permits.

8:58pm - Parker. On 1412's Beat.

9:00pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Parker On 2523's Beat, Polish Man Not Feeling Well On Milwaukee

2011-12-18T00:00:00.006-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a pretty cloudy night out there, with temps in the upper 20s. It's supposed to get into the lower 40s with sunshine today. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until a little before 2am, then I'll come back around 9am and monitor until my dinner. Here's crime for today.

12:00am - Parker. On 2523Robert's Beat.

12:39am - Check the well being. 3010 N Milwaukee. In the hallway, a Polish man isn't feeling well. EMS isn't going so far.

12:52am - Beat car 2523R is on scene of the Milwaukee call, and they can't get into the building. They're asking for a call back.

1:07am - Information for the CPD. 20XX N Karlov. Underage drinking at a party.

1:49am - I'm going to go. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

8:45am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

9:01am - Disturbance/Person wanted. 27XX N Ridgeway. Male wanted for murder is in front causing a ruckus. He's wearing a black coat with a green hat.

9:04am - The 9:01am male went down Diversey, towards Lawndale.

10:14am - Municipal ordinance violation. 25XX N Hamlin. Man working on cars in front.

11:20am - Burglar alarm. 37XX W Dickens.

11:27am - EMS run. 38XX W Wrightwood. 79 year old man having breathing problems.

11:56am - Suspicious vehicle. 19XX N Ridgeway. Honda parked in front.

2:51pm - 1) Gang disturbance. 4400 W Altgeld. Group of them on the corner throwing things. 2) Disturbance. Wrightwood and Tripp. Two men throwing snowballs at passing cars.

4:15pm - Assist the citizen. 1929 N Pulaski. At the Geneva Foundation group home. Client's locked out.

4:40pm - EMS run. 30XX N Davlin. 40 year old drunken man is sick.

6:44pm - I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow or sometime this week. Have a good night, everyone.

Early Afternoon 14th Dist. Calls/Evening 25th Dist. Calls

2011-12-17T14:06:00.007-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 2:06pm. It's a cloudy day with temps in the lower 30s. It snowed this morning, as you all can see outside. Anyway, I'm monitoring 14 from now until 3:18pm, then I'll come back with 25 after my dinner until 9:20, which then I'll take a break until 10:30. After that, I'll come back to monitor until around 1am or so. Also, we've got a week until Christmas Eve and Christmas and two weeks until New Year's Eve. I can't wait for 2012 to get here. It's going to be a really important but great year for me, I feel. I will be graduating high school and moving on to college in 2012, so I'm excited about that. Here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:12pm - 1) Gang disturbance. Armitage and Kimball. Group of males in a van chasing two others. They're throwing up gang signs and what not, too. 2) Assault in progress. Campbell and Armitage. Three males chasing one, heading towards Western on Armitage.

3:13pm - Burglar alarm. 25XX N Campbell.

3:18pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back later. See you all then.

8:00pm - I'm back.

8:24pm - Suspicious vehicle. 18XX N Harding.

9:20pm - I'm going to go for a while. I'll be back later.

10:30pm - And I'm back.

11:41pm - Shots Fired. 24XX N Kildare. Two heard in the rear.

11:45pm - Burglar alarm. 4200 W Diversey.

Crime Blotter For December 16, 2011

2011-12-16T21:20:00.001-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 9:20pm. It's a pretty cold Friday night out there. It's in the 30s, and it's also cloudy. It's supposed to snow in the overnight hours into the morning, with an inch possible. Anyway, I attended both 2523 and 2524's CAPS Beat meetings this week, and will have posts on them up here sometime during the weekend. Also, I'm going to be on my usual weird weekend schedule this weekend (after dinner tomorrow, until dinner on Sunday), with a little monitoring of 14 tomorrow afternoon from 2:18 to 3:06pm. With that, here's crime for tonight.

9:23pm - Some call at 19XX N Ridgeway.

9:43pm - Parker. On 2525's Beat.

10:26pm - Fire. 21XX N Central Park.

10:30pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'm too tired to continue blogging. I'll be back with some of 14 and 25 tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Ten People Fighting On Dickens

2011-12-13T03:49:00.004-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 3:49am. It's a pretty cold late night out there. It's in the 30s, and it's cloudy. It's supposed to remain cloudy today. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 now until 5am, then I have to go to an appointment, then school. I'm not sure if I'll be back later. So yeah, I'm only up at this hour on a weekday because I'm getting ready for an early morning appointment which I can't miss. With that, here's crime for this portion of this early morning.

3:52am - Battery in progress. 37XX W Dickens. 10 people fighting.

3:54am - A disregard is being given. No fight's going on right now.

4:40am - Suspicious person. Belmont and Lawndale. Two males lurking around in the area.

5:00am - I have to go. I may or may not be back later. If not, see you all tomorrow. Have a good day, everyone.

Proper Attire Needed To Enter Mozart Park

2011-12-12T16:00:00.003-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4pm. It's a pretty warm December day, with temps around 40, and with the sun out but going down. Anyway, I can only be here until 8pm, as I need to go to bed by then. I have to be up extra early tomorrow morning, as I have an appointment I need to be at early in the morning. I'll be getting to school late tomorrow because of it, too, unfortunately. Also, on Wednesday, I'll be attending my CAPS Beat meeting (2523), then on Thursday, I'll be attending 2524's CAPS Beat meeting. Finally, I may or may not blog tomorrow. We'll see.

4:39pm - Disturbance. Mozart Park. Two males not wearing the proper attire are refusing to leave. What??

4:57pm - Disturbance. Belmont and Ridgeway. Male Black, brown jacket and green pants is smoking aboard a Rt. #77 Belmont CTA bus and refuses to get off.

6:08pm - Traffic accident. Pulaski and Armitage. Hit and run. Jeep Cherokee with a plate of 702281 took off from the scene.

6:59pm - Speed chase. Speed chase. Division and Lockwood. A green Kia is coming up hot and CPD is pursing the vehicle. Beat 2561David is chasing. It's heading south on Lockwood, towards Thomas.

7:00pm - Approaching Crystal on Lockwood.

7:01pm - Turning west onto Potomac from Lockwood.

7:02pm - Passing Long on Potomac.

7:03pm - In the east alley of Central, near Potomac.

7:04pm - Passing Austin on Potomac.

7:05pm - South on Linden from Division. They're in Oak Park now. Oak Park PD is being notified.

7:06pm - South from Chicago Avenue on Linden. Beat 2561 is asking officers to terminate the chase.

7:07pm - 2561D is ending the chase at Erie and Elmwood in Oak Park. Oak Park PD is still chasing.

7:08pm - North on Lombard from Erie. It's now a foot chase.

7:11pm - Haven't heard anything else, really, on the chase.

7:12pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:19pm - Heard this on Zone 1: Beat 1761David has a traffic stop at 30XX N Kimball.

7:30pm - I'm back.

7:51pm - Shots Fired. 31XX N Monticello. Two cars involved in an accident that have gangbangers in them just got out of the car and started shooting.

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

Calls From 25 And 14, 12-11-11

2011-12-11T08:00:00.005-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 8am. It's a sunny but cold Sunday out there. It's in the mid 20s. It's supposed to warm up into the lower 40s, though, so that's good. Anyway, today, I'm taking a bit of a break from blogging, since I blogged most of the week. I have things I need to do today, so that's mainly the reason why I'm taking a break. I'm going to be monitoring 25 from now until 8:34am, then 14 from 9:02 to 11:27. After that, I'll be gone until 8:20pm, at which time I'll come back with 14 and monitor until 9pm. Also, I have two community meetings I'm attending this week. On Wednesday, I'm attending the CAPS Beat meeting for my Beat, 2523, and then on Thursday, I'm attending 2524's CAPS Beat meeting (I know, that's a shocker, right?). With that, here's crime for portions of today.

8:05am - Traffic accident. Cortland and Central Park.

8:34am - I'm going to go until 9:02. I'll be back.

9:02am - I'm back.

9:18am - Burglar alarm. 17XX N Troy.

10:03am - Some call at 3527 W Fullerton.

10:31am - Battery in progress. 20XX N Whipple. Details to follow....

10:32am - Details just came in on the 10:31am job. Caller's husband is in a fight with another guy in the building.

10:35am - The 10:31am fight's getting pretty ugly. Someone was just kicked in their private parts. Ouch. Other neighbors are now involved and a big fight's starting to break out.

10:36am - 1422 is on scene of the 10:31am job, talking to all parties involved.

10:46am - 1) Suspicious vehicle. 31XX N St. Louis. Red pick-up truck parked in front. No plates or stickers. 2) Parker. 34XX W Medill. Car blocking the alley. It looks like it may have been in an accident.

10:55am - Check the well being. 1754 W Armitage. At the Shell gas station. It's usually open 24/7 but it's closed. There's two people in a black Charger passed out in front of the station.

11:23am - Beat 1405 asks for a park check at Holestin. Event number is 06581.

11:27am - I'm going to go. I'll be back later. Have a great day, everyone.

Calls From 14 and 25, 12-10-11

2011-12-10T00:10:00.012-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12:10am. It's a real cold, but clear, night out there. It's only around 20 degrees. It's going to get around 15, too, and warm up in the day into the upper 20s. So yeah, it's cold. Anyway, yep, I'm monitoring 14 today. I should be able to be here for most of the day for it, too. Though I do need to go somewhere in the morning for about two and a half hours, and possibly in the afternoon for about an hour. I'll be able to either record the afternoon time period or get an archive of it. I'll finish off the morning portion of 14 a day or two after Christmas. I'm also going to monitor a little of 25 tomorrow too. Should be an interesting day. Here's crime for today.

12:13am - Shots Fired. 41XX W Fletcher. Couple of gunshots heard succeeding a car speeding off.

12:16am - A slow down is being given on Fletcher. While a car did speed off, no shots were heard.

12:39am - Some call in the area.

12:56am - I'm going to go. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

7:30am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

7:37am - Burglar alarm. 42XX W Wellington.

7:39am - Parker. Palmer and Lawndale.

8:00am - Here's 14 now...

8:07am - Burglar alarm. 1664 N Ada.

8:21am - Residential alarm. 18XX N Kedzie.

8:32am - Commercial alarm. 2953 W Belmont.

8:54am - Traffic accident. Western/Elston/Diversey. Semi and a car involved.

9:02am - I'm going to go. I'll be back later. See you all then.

11:27am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

11:38am - Beat 1405 is doing a park check at Haas.

11:57am - Some call in the area.

12:25pm - 1405 is now doing a park check at Holestin.

12:32pm - Burglar alarm. 19XX N Hoyne.

1:21pm - Residentai alarm. 21XX N Western.

1:27pm - Parker. 2539 N California.

1:36 to 1:44pm - There were probably two or three calls in the area, and if there were, I missed them. I'm sorry.

2:06 to 3:18pm - I had to go out. I'll monitor this time period of 14 next weekend.

4:06pm - Landlord/tenant dispute. 31XX N Kedzie.

4:43pm - Some call in the area.

4:50pm - Disturbance. 2707 N Milwaukee. At the McDonalds. Someone's causing problems.

4:57pm - Parker. 30XX N Troy.

5:28pm - Suspicious person. Fullerton and Franscisco. Two male Blacks lurking around near the alley.

6:07pm - Burglar report. 30XX N Elbridge.

6:21pm - Loud music disturbance. 16XX N Richmond.

6:41pm - Fire. 23XX W Wabansia. Roof.

6:58pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:20pm - I'm back.

7:28pm - Some call in the area.

7:45pm - Suspicious person. 18XX W Cortland.

8:20 to 9:00pm - I didn't really pay attention. I'm sorry. I'll get this time period when I monitor 14 again.

9:16pm - Criminal trespass in progress. Simons Park. Group of kids breaking into the park's fieldhouse. They're males and mostly have on black.

9:18pm - An officer says those kids are running towards North Ave. in the west alley of Drake.

9:19 through 9:24pm - Police/Dispatch chatter about the Simons Park incident.

9:37pm - Parker. 27XX W Fletcher.

9:46pm - Shots Fired. Whipple and Bloomingdale. Four gunshots.

9:49pm - A slow down is being given on the 9:46pm job.

10:06pm - Beat car 1411 needs two things. One, an event number for Skate Park is needed and then two, an event number for a gang suppression mission on the 2800 block of N Albany is needed. Skate is 17107 and Albany is 17110.

10:07pm - Officers in 14 are currently working on a bona fide fire from 2114 N Humboldt. It involves an apartment building and there's been injures. Ambulance 44 is taking at least one injured person to Norweigan Hospital. I believe a couple of families have been displaced too.

10:15pm - Disturbance. Homer and Leavitt.

10:54pm - 1) Some call on 1412's Beat. 2) Parker. 29XX N Dawson.

11:07pm - Parker. 2600 block of N Sawyer. Permits.

11:13pm - Disturbance. 24XX N Rockwell.

11:47pm - Beat car 1422Robert is doing a theft from auto mission on their Beat.

11:51pm - Traffic accident. 2406 W Diversey. In front of the Golden Nugget.

11:52pm - Information for the CPD. Bernard and Altgeld. Two males robbed the caller in the area 45 minutes ago, caller doesn't want to speak to CPD though.

11:53pm - CFD run. 35XX W Palmer.

11:56pm - Parker. On 1411's Beat.

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

EMS Run On Wrightwood, Two Men Fighting On Wabansia

2011-12-07T08:34:00.004-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 8:34am. I'm still home. I'm not really sick at this point, but I want to go back to school almost 100%, if not at that level. Also, I didn't get a lot of sleep at all last night, so I didn't want to go to school and end up falling asleep in class. So I'm just taking another day off. I'm going back tomorrow for sure though. Anyway, it's a sunny and cold morning outside. It's in the lower 30s. It's about to get colder as the end of the week approaches, too. I'm sure a lot of you don't like hearing that. I know I didn't. But yeah, here's crime for portions of today.

8:53am - EMS run. 44XX W Wrightwood.

9:22am - Battery in progress. 38XX W Wabansia. Two males fighting.

9:34am - Parker. 37XX W Wrightwood. Neighbor's saving parking spots. But it hasn't even snowed yet...

9:53am - Some call at the Ames Middle School, 1920 N Hamlin.

10:22am - Animal abuse. 30XX N Hamlin. Dog tied up to a gate without any food or water.

10:33am - Robbery. 40XX W Armitage. Male Hispanic with a green hoodie on a bike just robbed the caller.

10:46am - The 10:33am offender went north on Karlov towards Dickens from 4042 on Armitage.

10:48am - An RD number is being pulled from the 10:33am job. It's HT621549 with the event number of 04944.

11:11am - Check the well being. 30XX N Avers. Woman crying near a car. Not sure what's wrong.

11:18am - The 11:11am job is a vicious animal call. The woman was attacked by a dog.

12:39pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back either later or tomorrow. See you all later.

3:45pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone. I'm sure you all are happy to hear about Blago being sentenced to 14 years in prison.

4:18pm - Disturbance. 1627 N Pulaski. At the Walgreens. Teenage panhandlers begging in front.

4:20pm - Suspicious vehicle. Central Park and Wrightwood. Black 4-door Acura has no plates on it.

5:00pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Wires Down On George

2011-12-06T12:39:00.003-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 12:39pm. I'm feeling just a little better, but not really. Hate this cold. It's mostly cloudy outside and it's in the 30s. It's supposed to clear up today. Well, that's all I have to say for today, so here's crime.

1:28pm - Wires down. 3750 W George. By the vacant building.

1:41pm - Beat car 2524 is coding out the wires. They're not on the ground and it's thought that they're not live.

2:00pm - Dispatch tells all units in 25 to be on special attention at Kelvyn Park High School, 4343 W. Wrightwood, due to yesterday's big and terrifying gang fight at the school yesterday.

2:37pm - Battery in progress. 20XX N Keystone. Couple of people fighting in front.

3:21pm - Disturbance. 1627 N Pulaski. Teenage panhandler in front of Walgreens.

3:46pm - Battery. 42XX W Wrightwood. Caller was just hit by someone. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

5:53pm - Burglar report. 24XX N Avers.

6:08pm - EMS run. 29XX N Hamlin. Male passed out.

6:34pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:00pm - I'm back.

7:13pm - Fire. 38XX W Diversey. Stove.

8:49pm - Beat car 2523 is recovering a stolen vehicle at 28XX N Ridgeway.

9:17pm - Speed chase. Speed chase. Cicero and Armitage. Black vehicle taking off from Beat 2550. Heading south towards Grand.

9:18pm - South on Cicero from Grand.

9:19pm - Passing Keeler on North Ave.

9:20pm - Passing Lawndale, still east on North Ave.

9:21pm - The chase's been terminated. The car was last seen passing Kimball/Homan on North Ave.

9:22 through 9:35pm - Police/Dispatch chatter about the chase.

9:38pm - Burglar report. 21XX N Avers.

10:00pm - I have to go. I'll probably be back tomorrow. If not, I'll see you all on Thursday. Good night, everyone.

Fight In Alley Near Wrightwood And Harding

2011-12-05T15:56:00.002-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:56pm. I'm not really feeling good. My throat hurts and I have aches and stuff. Signs of the flu, basically. I'll probably stay home from school tomorrow. We'll see. I don't have much to say, so here's crime for the remainder of this afternoon and evening.

4:04pm - Battery in progress. 39XX W Wrightwood. Group fighting in the alley.

4:05pm - Battery in progress. 26XX N Harding. Teens fighting in the alley.

4:30pm to 6:00pm - Took a nap. I'm sorry.

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

7:22pm - I'm back.

7:45 to 10:15pm - Again, I took another nap. I'm sorry.

11:18pm - Disturbance w/ a mental. 30XX N Kenneth.

12:00am - I'm going to go. I may or may not be back tomorrow. We'll see. If not, I'll see you all on Wednesday. Good night, everyone.

Two Males Fighting On Harding

2011-12-04T08:55:00.004-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. I'm monitoring 25 from now until 1:18pm, then again from 1:53 until my dinner. So here's crime for today.

12:06am - Battery in progress. 17XX N Harding. Two males fighting. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

12:31am - Reckless driver. Karlov and Fullerton. Possible impaired driver in burgundy conversion van. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call for me.

12:57am - Robbery. Cortland and Monticello. Two male Blacks with black clothing and ski masks robbed the caller of their cell phone. They ran south towards the train tracks.

1:00am - I'm gone until the morning. I'll see you all then. Good night, everyone.

8:55am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

9:01am - Speed chase. Speed chase. West on Erie from Mayfield. Beat car 1511 is chasing a 2-door tan Lincoln that was involved in a Criminal Sexual Assault. Beat 1510 is monitoring.

9:02am - South on Ridgeland from Washington. Oak Park 1 is being notified.

9:03am - Left on Harrison from Ridgeland.

9:04am - South on Austin from Harrison.

9:05am - Making a left on Roosevelt from Austin.

9:06am - Passing Central on Roosevelt.

9:07am - East on Roosevelt, approaching Laramie.

9:08am - Oh, this chase just turned ugly. Ambulances needed at Roosevelt and Cicero. Offender crashed into a car or two, and apparently has been shot.

9:09am - The offender's bleeding profusely. People are screaming and yelling.

9:10am - Offender said he was shot a couple of months ago. Okkkk....

9:11 to 9:13am - Police/Dispatch chatter about the incident.

9:20am - Attempted Criminal Sexual Assault. Somewhere on 2524's Beat. Something about a father attempting to fondle his own daughter.

9:21am - Sounds like everything is calming down over there, so back to only our neighborhood.

10:37am - Burglar report. 25XX N Harding.

11:30am to 12:45pm - Fell asleep. I'm sorry. I'll try to get an archive of this time period.

1:13pm - Check the well being. 39XX W Armitage.

1:18pm - I'm going to go for a little bit. I'll be back soon.

1:53pm - I'm back.

1:56pm - Loud music disturbance. 40XX W Barry.

2:08pm - I'm getting word from a source about a battery that just occurred at St. Louis and Diversey. There was a large crowd of African-American people (Blacks) near the intersection, on the south side of the street, when an argument ensued. The argument turned physical, with seven to eight males jumping on one. After they got done beating the guy up, they all fled south on St. Louis towards Schubert. They caused some mayhem before they left, though, by jumping in the middle of the street, in front of cars, are running around the intersection. CPD arrived moments later, along with EMS, and several witnesses told CPD what happened. The victim had a little blood on his face. That's all I know as of now. I'll get more information, if I can, from residents in the area.

2:35pm - Battery. Diversey and Central Park. Call is 42 minutes old. Six male Blacks just jumped on one. This is from the incident that occurred at St. Louis/Diversey.

2:55pm - They're calling back on that 1:13pm job. It's domestic-related, apparently.

3:06pm through 3:09pm - Some police/Dispatch chatter regarding the 1:13/2:55pm jobs.

3:34pm - Battery in progress. Monticello and Schubert. 12 to 15 gangbangers fighting in the street.

3:37pm - Several calls coming in on the 3:34pm job. 10 to 15 fighting.

3:41pm - Now there's a call of a "person stabbed" from the 3:34/3:37pm jobs. One of the fighters got stabbed in the chest.

3:52pm - The 3:34/3:37/3:41pm jobs are coded 19P. Crowd dispersed and no one was stabbed.

4:11pm - Person stabbed. Wrightwood and Lawndale. Male stabbed in the chest and back. Probably related to the earlier gang fight.

5:14pm - Some call in the area.

7:15pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm gone for the night. I'll be back in the morning with 25. Good night, everyone.

Suspicious Person On Monticello, Two Accidents

2011-12-03T19:35:00.002-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:35pm. I'm not having such a good evening. Someone just irrirated me. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 tonight, on my usual, weird weekend schedule. That means from now until the first call after midnight, then tomorrow from when I wake up until my dinner. That's all I've got to say for now, so here's crime for tonight.

7:54pm - Suspicious person. 23XX N Monticello. Male Black with black clothing and white shoes is looking into the houses.

8:24pm - 1) Traffic accident. Fullerton and Kostner. 2) Traffic accident. Central Park and Belmont. Injures, couple of cars involved.

8:25pm - Criminal damage. 23XX N Springfield.

9:11pm - An RD number has been pulled from the Central Park/Belmont accident. RD number is HT616737 with the event number of 15837.

9:18pm - 1) Traffic accident. Diversey and Pulaski. 2) Loud music disturbance. 18XX N Harding. 3) Municipal ordinance violation. 18XX N Pulaski.

9:41pm - 1) Disturbance. 36XX W Dickens. Male yelling out in front. 2) Parker. On 2525's Beat.

9:47pm - Open door. 39XX W Dickens.

9:55pm - Parker. 26XX N Lawndale. Permits.

11:51pm - Parker. 2800 block of N Ridgeway. Permits. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call.

Officer Does Premise Check On Kelvyn Park High School

2011-12-02T13:18:00.004-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 1:18pm. It's a sunny but cold day out there. It's in the 40s. Why am I on here during school hours, you ask? This is my lunch break, and I was allowed on the computer. So yeah, lol :). I won't be blogging today after I get off the computer once my break is over, though. I'll be back tomorrow evening. So with that, here's crime for a small portion of the afternoon.

1:32pm - We've got an officer at Kelvyn Park High School, doing what sounds like a premise check.

1:39pm - Beat 2582 is doing segway patrol on Fullerton from Cicero to Pulaski. Event number is 08641.

1:40pm - Dep. practice report. 4400 W Diversey.

1:53pm - I have to go, so with that, good night everyone. I'll see you all tomorrow.

Father Being Threatened On Harding

2011-12-01T17:26:00.002-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 5:26pm. I'm really not in the best of moods at all. I won't really go into it, but my family's financial situation is worse than ever. I have to start working now. Don't know how we're going to deal with all of this. But I won't burden you all with my issue, and will provide this blog for this month with Christmas colors, so you all can enjoy the holiday season just a little more. Anyway, I won't be here tomorrow. I have an event at school that I'm helping out with and it's going to require me staying there until mid-evening. So yeah. I'll be back Saturday. Here's crime for this evening.

5:45pm - Assault in progress. 18XX N Harding. Caller's father is being threatened.

5:46pm - Battery in progress. Kelvyn Park. Gang fight.

6:30pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

6:48pm - I'm back.

6:57pm - Drag racing. Oakdale and Ridgeway. Black SUV and another black vehicle involved. Speeding north on Ridgeway towards Milwaukee Ave.

7:02pm - Gang disturbance. Central Park and Belmont.

7:11pm - Assault in progress. 29XX N Springfield. Something about the roommate and a stolen laptop.

7:29pm - Narcotics. On 2535's Beat.

8:30pm - I'm gone for the night. Don't feel like blogging anymore. See you all on Saturday. Good night, everyone.

CAPS Beat Meetings For December 2011

2011-12-01T03:33:00.002-06:00

CAPS Beat meetings:

1411 - NO DECEMBER MEETING.
1412 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, December 1st @ St. Nicolai Church (3000 N. Kedzie)
1413 - NO DECEMBER MEETING.
1414 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, December 22nd @ Logan Square Library (3030 W. Fullerton)
1421 - NO DECEMBER MEETING.
1422 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, December 8th @ Hispanic Housing (1402 N. Kedzie)
1431 - NO DECEMBER MEETING.
1432 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, December 15th @ Holestin Park (2200 N. Oakley)
1433 - NO DECEMBER MEETING.
1434 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, December 21st @ Wicker Park-Bucktown Library (1701 N. Milwaukee Ave.)

1732 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, December 14th @ Athletic Park Field House (3546 W. Addison)
1733 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, December 8th @ Brands Park (3259 N. Elston).

2523 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, December 14th @ Copernicus Center (3160 N. Milwaukee Ave.)
2524 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, December 15th @ Our Lady Of Grace (2446 N. Ridgeway)
2525 - NO DECEMBER MEETING.
2535 - NO DECEMBER MEETING.

* I will need at least three requests from residents on a particular Beat to be in attendance of a meeting, with the exception of Beat 1733's meeting, which I will never return to.

Black Vehicle With Gun Heads North On Pulaski

2011-11-30T16:14:00.001-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:14pm. Just a cold late November late afternoon with the sun going down. It's in the 30s and will continue to be for a while. Anyway, beginning tomorrow, we all know it's the beginning of December, so if you're a long time reader, you know what that means. The blog's type will be in red and green to celebrate the holiday season. Just a couple of weeks 'til Christmas and the year ending. 2011 went by fast. Well, that's all I'm saying for now. Here's crime for this late afternoon and evening.

4:15pm - Person w/ a gun. Armitage and Pulaski. Black vehicle heading north has an occuppant in it who has a gun.

5:10pm - Assist the citizen. Kildare and Schubert. Truck needs help turning around.

5:23pm - A unit is doing a follow-up investigation at 19XX N Lawndale.

6:26pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm gone for the night. I need to get some other things done this evening.

Five Gunshots Fired At George And Ridgeway

2011-11-27T00:59:00.009-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It continues to be a rainy night out there, with the temps dropping. It's currently about 50 now, but the temps will lower into the lower 40s to upper 30s by day's end, and with the rain lighting up a bit. Though, there's a chance that snow will replace the rain. We'll see. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until I hear the first call for the day, then I'll come back at 9am and monitor until my dinner.

12:36am - Shots Fired. George and Ridgeway. Five heard.

12:37am - A slow down is being given. Beat car 2523Robert is right in the area and heard nothing. I didn't hear anything either.

12:39am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

9:00am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

10:01am - Criminal damage in progress. 29XX N Kostner. Group of kids tagging garages in the west alley. They've got backpacks. Heading north towards Wellington.

11:35am - Information for the CPD. 26XX N Hamlin. Caller found what they believe to be a human bone.

12:33pm - Disturbance. Pulaski and Armitage. Few calls for a car refusing to move. At the Shell gas station.

12:44pm - Beat car 2523 is doing a premise check at 3802 W Diversey.

12:45pm - Battery. 31XX N Monticello. Caller's grandfather was beaten up by the owner of the building. He's got briuses all over his body.

1:57pm - 1) Loud music disturbance. 20XX N Hamlin. 2) Traffic accident. 27XX N Kildare.

2:06pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 2955 N Avers. Group of men trespassing into the vacant building. They're setting up furniture.

2:46pm - DUI driver. Oakdale and Central Park. Biege vehicle with a plate of 6316110 is swerving all over the road into oncoming traffic. The car just pulled into the driveway of one of the two banks on that corner.

2:48pm - Car alarm. 3963 W Belmont.

4:09pm - Parker. On 2525's Beat.

4:45pm to 5:04pm - I had something to do and my recorder ran out of time. I'll try to get an archive of this time period.

5:04pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back sometime in the week. Have a good night, everyone.

Permit Parking On Harding

2011-11-26T19:45:00.009-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:45pm. It's a pretty warm night outside. It's in the 50s. But it's pouring rain, too. It'll probably be quiet on the radio tonight due to the rain. We'll see. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until a little after midnight, then tomorrow from 9am until dinner. Just another weekend. Also, beginning Thursday, until 2011 is over, I will be blogging in red and green, because of the holiday season being in full swing. With that, here's crime for this evening.

7:56pm - Parker. 1800 block of N Harding. Permits.

8:00pm - Vice complaint. On 2524's Beat.

8:10pm - Anyone out there need a babysitter? My sister is willing to babysit kids between the ages of 5 and 12. She would like to be paid minimum wage ($8.25 an hour). Flexible hours. If anyone's interesting, send me a line at weatherboy58@hotmail.com. I will then get you in touch with her. Thank you!

8:26pm - Person stabbed. 3050 N Milwaukee. Caller's girlfriend's ex and another guy stabbed them. One of the offenders lives on Keeler, in the 2200 block.

8:31pm - A slow down is being given on the 8:26pm job.

10:18pm - The 8:26pm job is bona fide. It was a 31 year old victim, who's currently at Illinois Masonic. He's in critical condition. He was stabbed twice. An RD number has been pulled from this incident. It's HT606593 with the event number of 14826.

10:25pm - Beat 2552 has a street stop at 1627 N Pulaski, in front of the Walgreens.

10:45pm - Disturbance. 4460 W Diversey. Male loitering in front.

10:46pm - Information for the CPD. North and Pulaski. CTA bus driver would like to make out a report regarding 3 teenage girls being harassed by a man in a red vehicle with a plate of L775216 who followed, or who's following, them when they were on the CTA bus, offering to take them home to their addresses. Possible attempted CSA.

10:48pm - Parker. 28XX N Lawndale. White Nissan without a residential permit is parked real close to the caller's car.

11:09pm - Criminal trespass. 2639 N Ridgeway. Someone just went into the vacant building.

11:33pm - Disturbance. Hamlin and Armitage.

11:34pm - Loud music disturbance. 18XX N Central Park. Street party.

Traffic Accident On Palmer

2011-11-25T08:30:00.003-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 8:30am. It's the day after Thanksgiving, of course, and we all know what that means. It's the start of the holiday season and it's Black Friday. Black Friday is that one day of the year where people go crazy at the malls, trying to get all of the things on sale. So far, I haven't heard anything crazy happen just yet in the city in regards to the malls, but I'm listening. Anyway, I'm only listening to 25 from now until 9am, then I'm going to monitor other Zones until 10:15. After then, I'm taking the rest of the day off from both blogs. Here's crime for this short time period this morning.

8:38am - Traffic accident. 3900 W Palmer. Truck hit three parked cars.

8:40am - Anyone out there need a babysitter? My sister is willing to babysit kids between the ages of 5 and 12. She would like to be paid minimum wage ($8.25 an hour). Flexible hours. If anyone's interesting, send me a line at weatherboy58@hotmail.com. I will then get you in touch with her. Thank you!

9:00am - I'm gone for the day. May everyone have a great day and enjoy the holidays. I'll be back tomorrow evening after my dinner. See you all then.

Happy Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-24T19:19:00.004-06:00

Good evening, everyone. Happy Thanksgiving to all! I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving and is spending it with their loved ones and/or friends. I was at a dear friend's house with my family and we had a good time. Anyway, I'm going to monitor 25 from now until 7:45pm, then I'll come back with 14 and 17 at some point in the evening. I'll definitely be done by 10pm. I'm also not going to blog as much tomorrow as well, as I'll be focusing on other Zones for a couple of hours, and then enjoying my holiday. With that, here's crime for portions of this evening.

7:19pm - Traffic accident. Diversey and Ridgeway. Two cars, property damage. Not sure of injures.

7:25pm - An RD number has been pulled from the accident. It's HT603378 with the event number of 12538. The offending car is a white car that went north on Ridgeway from Diversey. Beat car 2524's going to drive around the area to see if they can find the car. There's damage to both cars.

7:45pm - I'm gone for now. I'll see you all a bit later.

11:45pm - I'm back with 14, until midnight. Sorry I never got to 17 and sorry for not monitoring 14 for 30 minutes. Guess I'm making up for it next Thanksgiving, if possible.

11:50pm - Battery in progress. 17XX N Sawyer. Three males fighting. They're all intoxicated.

11:58pm - Battery report. Somewhere in the coverage area. It happened at a bar. Caller was beaten up.

11:59pm - Reckless driver. California and Milwaukee. White car speeding south towards Palmer, speeding all over the place.

12:00am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for reading, and I hope everyone had a great holiday. Good night, everyone.

Possible Road Rage Coming Into Logan Square Via Fullerton

2011-11-23T17:04:00.001-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 5:04pm. Like I said in my pervious post, it's hard to believe it's been three years since I started this blog. Three years ago today. So to honor that, I'm going to monitor the first ever time period I monitored, which is from now until 7:38. I'm a bit on the historical side, you can say. Anyway, as we all know, Thanksgiving is tomorrow. I will blog very miminally, as I'll be in church, then I'll be with my family for a big Thanksgiving dinner. I'll probably blog for up to an hour. We'll see. I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you once again for being such great readers. I couldn't have made this blog be successful without you. Here's crime for early this evening.

5:54pm - Getting word of a possible road rage incident coming into our area from Fullerton and Cicero. A man almost hit the caller's car, then got out and threatened them. He's in a white Ford Explorer with a plate of H757413. Heading eastbound towards Killpatrick.

6:02pm - Traffic accident. Pulaski and Wrightwood. Ambulance took someone to OLR.

6:26pm - Commercial alarm. 28XX N Ridgeway. At the Boys and Girls Club. What?? There's no club on this block.

6:41pm - Battery in progress. Oakdale and Central Park. Group of teens attacking a man in the west alley.

6:51pm - Person w/ a gun. Avers and Schubert. 10 males on the corner, by Koz Park, and they're passing a gun around.

6:55pm - A slow down is being given on the 6:51pm job. Beat car 2524 has a couple of guys stopped in the northwest section of the park.

6:59pm - The 6:41pm job is about to be coded.

7:16pm - They're calling back on the 6:51pm job. This time, it's five male Blacks, and the one with a blue short-sleeved shirt has the gun.

7:29pm - The 7:16pm job is coded 19Boy.

7:38pm - I'm going to go. I went at this time three years ago today. So good night, everyone, thank you for all of your years of reading, and may you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving! Take care.

Three Years Later...

2011-11-23T07:41:00.003-06:00

Good morning, all. Wow. I can't believe it. It's been three years since I started this blog. It was three years ago on this date, the 23rd. I don't have too much to say about it, but I do remember it. I had to chose a blog layout, then decide how I was going to cover crime in the area and what kind of details I was going to cover. Let's just say in the last three years, this blog has it's ups and downs. More ups though. I'm just thankful to have all of you as readers. I want to especially thank my loyal readers for all of this time that you've been reading. I don't have enough words to say. Thank you, thank you. May everyone have a great day, and I will continue to do this service for all of you.

REMINDER: CAPS Beat 1433 Meeting TONIGHT

2011-11-23T05:41:00.005-06:00

Good morning, everyone. Just a friendly reminder that the CAPS Beat 1433 meeting is tonight, beginning at 6:30pm. It will be held at St. Mary Of The Angel's Church at 1850 N Hermitage. For those of you unfamiliar with the area, it covers areas such as the Clybourn METRA Station area and the Walsh Park area. The official boundaries for the Beat are Armitage to the north, Wood to the west, North Ave. to the south and the Chicago River to the south.

For those of you who live on this Beat, please attend your CAPS meeting tonight. I know it's the day before Thanksgiving, but if you want to address anything with the city or CPD about crime in your area, this is your chance. It only takes an hour, and this is your last CAPS meeting for the year 2011.

Thank you,
Timmy

Parker On 2535's Beat, Stove Fire On Springfield

2011-11-19T09:37:00.014-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 9:37am. It's pretty unusual for me to be monitoring 25 on a Saturday morning, huh? It feels sort of weird to me. But it's no problem. Today, I'll be monitoring 25 until my dinner, then I will resume blogging on Monday. I won't be blogging tomorrow because I have some things I really need to do. Anyway, I have a couple of events I need to be at this coming week. Monday is the Avondale Neighborhood Association meeting (St. Hyacinth's at 7:00pm), and then I need to stay after school on Wednesday for a Student Government meeting. I don't like that all too much, since it's the day before Thanksgiving and everyone, including me, just wants to go home. But oh well. Well, I'll stop talking and give you all the crime report for today.

9:44am - Parker. On 2535's Beat.

10:07am - Fire. 25XX N Springfield. Stove.

10:31am - Check the well being. 31XX N Kostner. OEMC Operator is requesting CPD to check on a couple of small children, who may be playing on the phone.

10:33am - Beat car 2523 is requesting a phone number on that Kostner call. Dispatch gives it to them. Dispatch is saying a small child called, and when the call-taker asked for an adult, no adult came to the phone.

11:31am - Burglar report. 43XX W Wrightwood.

12:06pm - Suspicious person. Somewhere in the area. The caller is calling from a location on Pulaski, which I won't reveal, but there is a male Hispanic in a white Toyota with a plate of K227715 who keeps following the caller. The car is parked around the corner from where the caller is.

12:19pm - Beat car 2523 is helping 2524 look for the 12:06pm car.

12:34pm - EMS run. 31XX N Monticello. Male drank too much alcohol.

12:44pm - Battery. Altgeld and Central Park. Two male Hispanics, one with a green turtleneck and the other with a blue jacket, just threw rocks at the caller.

12:56pm - Check the well being. 30XX N Davlin. Man who suffers from a mental problem is threatening to take his own life. Originially, he was calling because he wanted an order of protection from a girl who kept texting him.

12:57pm - There's a second call on the 12:44pm job. Someone else is calling to say the neighbor chased him with a knife. The person calling now might be the offender on the original call.

1:05pm - Residential alarm. 43XX W Drummond.

1:12pm - The 1:05pm job is coded out.

1:54pm - Traffic accident. Karlov and Belmont.

2:26pm - Person wanted. 3963 W Belmont. Male wanted for burglary.

2:35pm - Person wanted. 25XX N Central Park.

2:42pm - Traffic accident. North and Central Park. Car VS semi, no injures.

2:59pm - Parker. 2941 N Avers. Car blocking the alley.

3:20pm - Beat 2505 is doing a park check at Koz. Event number is 107XX.

3:46pm - 2505 is now at Kelvyn Park. Event number is 11392.

4:19pm - Traffic accident. 23XX N Lawndale.

6:51pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm gone for the night. I'll be back on Monday. Enjoy the remainder of your weekend, folks :).

7:44pm - Just so everyone knows, but there is a 10-1 situation at 4136 W North Ave. about a half hour ago involving the 25th District officers. Officers responded to a bank robbery with two men holding up the bank and taking people hostage and tying them up. Employees were also tied up. Officer Puntey, one of our wonderful officers on Afternoons who works Beat 2523, chased one of the offenders down the alley and detained him. 2520 called a 10-1 on this incident, and almost all officers from 25 and 15 went to the scene. Two offenders are in custody with none at large. No one is hurt, amazingly, although a number of ambulances and CFD personnel were called to the scene as a precaution. All officers are accounted for and are fine. Just be prepared, though. A LOT of officers are over there and there's a backlog right now in 25, so you may have to wait a while if you call 911 for the next hour or two. A great, great job to all of the officers involved in this! Your work tonight is to be awarded. Be safe out there, guys. Have a good night, everyone. I'll be back Monday.

Robbery Report On Wrightwood

2011-11-18T00:00:00.009-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's still cold out there. In the 30s. It'll be in the upper 20s overnight and then warm up into the 40s, I think. It's going to be windy and sunny. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until the first call for the day, then I'm going to monitor 17 starting at 8am. On Saturday, I'm going to cover 25 from when I wake up until my dinner. I will not blog on Sunday. With that, here's crime for today.

12:03am - Robbery report. 39XX W Wrightwood. Caller was jumped on and robbed about a half hour ago.

12:05am - Beat car 2524Robert is asking for a call back.

12:07am - I'm going to go. I'll be back with 17 in the morning. Good night, everyone.

8:00am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

1:14pm - Burglar alarm. 34XX N Albany.

1:17pm - Beat car 1732 has an open door. 1724 is going to assist her.

2:11pm - 1732 is giving a description of a male offender who just stole merchandise from the CVS at 3411 W Addison. He's a male Hispanic, 35-55 years old, black puffy coat and blue jeans on a bike.

2:27pm - Burglar report. On 1733's Beat.

2:50pm - Check the well being. Elston and Albany. Brown blanket is laying in the middle of the street, by the sidewalk. It is believed that there is a person underneath it.

3:09pm - Beat 1730 is giving 1731 a disregard on the 2:50pm job. No human in the blanket.

4:42pm - Assault. 38XX W Addison. Caller was threatened by the neighbor.

5:36pm - Burglar report. 33XX N Central Park.

6:10pm - The 5:36pm job is bona fide. 1730 is notified.

6:54pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:24pm - I'm back.

7:37pm - Vice complaint. 29XX W Belmont.

8:50pm - Disturbance. Kimball and Avondale. Three Hispanic females drinking on the corner. Thanks to ProdigalOne for obtaining this call for me.

11:13pm - Burglar alarm. 3256 N Milwaukee.

11:50pm - Disturbance. 3135 W Addison. In the parking lot of Little Ceaser's. Problem with the tow truck driver.

12:00am - I'm going to go. I'll be back in the morning with 25. Have a good night, everyone.

Drinker In Alley On Monticello

2011-11-17T18:58:00.005-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 6:58pm. It's a cold night, with temps around 30. It's clear, though. Tonight will be in the upper 20s. It'll warm up a bit tomorrow, into the 40s, I think. Speaking of tomorrow, I'm covering 17 all day. And since we're talking about what I'll be monitoring, I'll let you all know that I'm monitoring 25 from now until a little after midnight, and then again on Saturday from when I wake up until my dinner. I will not blog on Sunday. With that said, here's crime for this evening.

7:20pm - Disturbance. 2200 block of N Monticello. In the alley. Drinker.

7:47pm - EMS run. Belmont and Pulaski. Male down on the corner. Possible battery victim.

11:05pm - Robbery. Avers and Milwaukee. Caller was just robbed.

11:43pm - Battery in progress. 27XX N Lawndale. Couple of people fighting in front.

11:51pm - Loud music disturbance. 37XX W McLean.

Crime Blotter For November 16, 2011

2011-11-16T15:27:00.004-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:27pm. It's a cold but sunny afternoon. It'll continue to be cold, too, through tonight. Temps in the lower 30s, even upper 20s in some spots. Anyway, I'll speak on my monitoring schedule for the remainder of this week and weekend. Tomorrow, I'm going to monitor 25 from after my dinner until a little after midnight, then Friday I'm going to monitor 17, and then Saturday I will cover 25 from when I wake up until my dinner. I will not blog on Sunday. Also, since we're on the subject of my blog, a week from today will be the 3rd anniversary of it. Wow, three years already. Just wow. Well, I won't really get into that for now and will get straight to the crime reporting. Here's crime for the remainder of this afternoon and for this evening.

3:40pm to 3:55pm - I had to go out somewhere. I'll try to get an archive of this time period.

5:04pm - Burglar report. 17XX N Central Park.

5:16pm - Parker. 1800 block of N Harding. Permits.

5:35pm - Assault in progress. Armitage and Central Park. Caller fears for their life at the grocery store.

6:00pm - Burglary in progress. 36XX W Shakespeare. Two male Blacks broke into the rear of the neighbor's house and took the heater and appliances.

6:04pm - Beat car 2523 is on the 6pm job and is going through the back.

6:05pm - A slow down is being given on the 6pm job.

6:14pm - Beat car 2524 says that the 6pm building is vacant. The Water Department is needed over there, though, because there's a broken water pipe.

6:26pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat, on George.

6:37pm - Suspicious vehicle. 26XX N Ridgeway. Gold Nissan Ultmia with a plate of K820285 was left in the middle of the street.

7:02pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:24pm - I'm back.

7:28pm - Assault in progress. 1929 N Pulaski. Caller's car is getting attacked behind the group home.

8:20pm - I have to go for a little bit. I'll be back soon.

9:30pm - I'm back.

10:06pm - Some call on 2524's Beat.

12:00am - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow evening. See you all then. Good night, everyone.

Burglar Alarm On Armitage

2011-11-15T19:50:00.002-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:45pm. Had a bad day today. Just glad to be home. Glad it's only a three-day week and it being a four day weekend. Anyway, the Harpin Lofts at Diversey/Milwaukee/Kimball opened up today, at 5pm. There was an open house. I was too tired to attend it, though. Well, I don't have much else to say, so here's crime for a portion of tonight.

7:58pm - Burglar alarm. 3702 W Armitage.

8:33pm - Speed chase. Speed chase. Wrightwood and Pulaski. Heading west. Car speeding off from a unit at a high rate of speed. They were trying to put a stop on the car. No further info at this time.

8:34pm - Oh, they crashed. 4427 W Wrightwood. Chase is on foot now. Going west in the alley.

8:35pm - Suspect is running through the backyards on the 4400 block of W Wrightwood. Also, another car is needed at Kilbourn and Deming.

8:36pm - Chase is over. They lost him. Now, officers are talking about this and what not.

9:06pm - Criminal trespass. 30XX N Monticello. Males in the backyard.

9:18pm - Some call in the area.

9:28pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Crime Blotter For November 14, 2011

2011-11-14T19:26:00.000-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:26pm. It's a chily night outside, but clear. It's going to get into the 30s today. Anyway, I've been thinking a lot on this, but it seems like involvement in the community has really died down this year. I know it's getting colder now, but even in the summer I noticed that. I admit I haven't been as involved as I probably should be, and I'm trying to change that for the upcoming year, but we all need to remain involved. Seriously. Because if we don't, the negative energy in this neighborhood will take over. Just my thoughts. Here's crime for a portion of this evening.

7:59pm - Some call on 2525's Beat.

8:37pm - Criminal trespass. 37XX W Dickens.

9:24pm - EMS run. Milwaukee and Ridgeway. Drunk guy down.

9:40pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Burglary SOB Mission Conducted On 2524's Beat

2011-11-13T08:00:00.013-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 8am. It's a pretty cloudy but mild Sunday, which is unusual for this time of year. It's supposed to get into the 60s today. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until my dinner. I don't know if you all read my plans for next weekend, but I plan on monitoring 25 from after my dinner until a little after midnight on Thursday, monitor 17 on Friday, and then monitor 25 on Saturday from when I wake up until my dinner. I will not be blogging next Sunday. That's all I have to say for now, so here's crime for today.

8:09am - Beat car 2524 asks for a burglary SOB mission on the Beat.

8:34am - Parker. On 2524's Beat.

10:37am - Some call in the area.

11:36am - DUI driver. Armitage and Central Park. Green minivan just drove up onto the sidewalk. Driver is a male Hispanic in his 60s. He may be drunk or high.

11:46am - 1) CFD run. 37XX W Diversey. Woman stuck in a car with a baby. Forced entry needed. 2) Beat car 2523 asks Dispatch if a couple of squad cars at Pulaski and Wellington need any help. She said she hasn't heard anything.

11:53am - 2523 is asking for a call back. Dispatch doesn't have one, but says the victims are in a brown Nagivator. It's coded 19P, CFD is leaving.

12:02pm - They're calling back from the 11:46am job. It's a green Nagivator, and now it's in front of an address on the 2700 block of N Ridgeway.

12:37pm - Traffic accident. North and Pulaski.

12:59pm - Shots Fired. 29XX N Kenneth. Couple of gunshots heard.

1:20pm - Vicious animal. 25XX N Harding. Pit bull running around the neighborhood.

1:36pm - Traffic accident. Pulaski and Barry. Injures.

2:12pm - Gang disturbance. 3700 W Diversey. Two of them loitering in front of the grocery store.

2:15pm - 1) Assist the citizen. 3050 N Pulaski. At the gas station. Caller needs help retrieving stolen property. 2) Battery. Fullerton and Kostner. Caller was punched by a "friend". 3) Disturbance. 4008 W Armitage. 4) Disturbance. 2001 N Pulaski. Two male Blacks on the lot of the gas station, causing problems.

3:32pm - Beat car 2523, the unit that responded to 3050 Pulaski, is relocating that person to the area around the Belmont Red Line station.

3:53pm - Gang disturbance. Diversey and Lawndale.

4:47pm - Burglar alarm. 2121 N Keeler. At the Nixon school. Room #8 motion.

5:16pm - Burglary in progress. 28XX N Avers. People breaking into the home.

5:17pm - An officer is saying that that building is vacant, on Avers.

5:20pm - Narcotics. On 2524's Beat.

5:40pm - Gang disturbance. On 2524's Beat.

5:41pm - They're calling back on the Avers burglary.

5:59pm - The Bears score is 37-6. Good job, guys!

6:08pm - Disturbance. 31XX N Hamlin. Argument about the wife being threatened or something.

6:21pm - Check the well being. 29XX N Harding.

6:39pm - Beat car 2524 is asking for a call back on the 6:21pm job.

7:06pm - I have to go eat, and that note, I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Female Officer Needed For Search On Wrightwood

2011-11-12T19:25:00.003-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:25pm. It's a pretty mild Saturday night outside, but it's windy too. It's in the 50s. It's going to get into the 40s tonight. Anyway, yep, I'm back with 25. I'm sure all of you in 25 are glad, too. I know I am. So, I'm going to monitor from now until 10:25pm. I have to go to bed after 10:25. I'll monitor on Wednesday night from 10:25 to the first call after midnight. Then, tomorrow, I'm going to monitor 25 from when I wake up until my dinner. Finally, I'm going to monitor 25 on Thursday from after my dinner until the first call after midnight, then on Saturday from when I wake up until my dinner. Next Friday, I'll cover 17. I won't blog next Sunday. With that, here's crime for tonight.

8:04pm - Beat 2561Boy has a street stop at 42XX W. Wrightwood, in the alley. Female needed for a search. Beat 4638Eddie is heading over.

8:05pm - Parker. On 2535's Beat.

8:19pm - Check the well being. On 2524's Beat.

8:31pm - Barking dog. On 2535's Beat.

10:25pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow morning. Good night, everyone.

Traffic Stop @ North And Central Park

2011-11-11T02:00:00.010-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 2am. Happy Veteran's Day to all of the people who have friends or family in the army, or to the Vets who have served. We appreicate your service to our country. Anyway, I'm monitoring mostly 25 today, and I'll break down the time periods I'm monitoring. First, I'm monitoring from now until 5am, then again from 6:17 until 7. After that, I'm covering 14 from 10:30 to 10:50. Not sure if I'll blog on this blog after I'm done with 14. I might not, and blog on my other blog today. We'll see. Here's crime for today ... at least, this morning.

2:58am - Beat car 2535Robert has a traffic stop at North and Central Park.

5:00am - I'm going to go for about an hour. I'll be back soon.

6:17am - I'm back for the time being. Good morning, everyone.

6:22am - Beat 2573 has a traffic stop at 22XX N Keystone.

6:35am - 2573 is heading in with a TVB from that stop.

6:47am - Burglar alarm. 24XX N Tripp.

7:00am - I'm going to go. I'll be back later, at 10:30, with 14. See you all then. Have a great start to the morning :).

10:30am - I'm back with 14 for the time being.

10:37am - Barking dog. 17XX N Hoyne.

10:44am - Vicious animal. 31XX N Bernard. Neighbor's pit bull, that has been trapped into the caller's backyard, is acting really vicious and cannot be calmed down. Animal control has been notified.

10:50am - Ok, I'm gone now. I'll be back tomorrow with this blog. Have a good day, everyone.

Early Morning Prostitute On North Avenue

2011-11-10T08:00:00.016-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 8am. It's a cold and cloudy morning. It's in the 30s at this time and will remain so today. It's also supposed to rain, or more likely, snow today. We're not getting a major snowstorm or anything, at least what that's the weather is saying. We'll probably only see a dusting of snow, if even that. Anyway, as you can see, I'm monitoring 14 today, since I'm off from school. I'm off tomorrow, too, but I'm not sure what Zone I want to cover. I'm not even sure if I want to blog on this blog tomorrow, or dedicate my time to my other blog. We'll see. Here's crime for today.

8:05am - Prostitution. 35XX W North Ave. Female Hispanic, 25 years old, 5'4, black outfit, black and orange purse, is next to the laundromat, soliciting.

8:10am - Beat 1465Boy asks for a burglary and robbery mission in the District. Burglary's event number is 03584 and the robbery is 03585.

8:14am - Beat car 1431 asks for a premise check at the Western Blue Line station. The event number is 03623.

8:18am - Beat 1463B asks for a gang suppression mission on 1422's Beat for their entire tour. Event number is 03672.

8:21am - Narcotics. 18XX N Kedzie. Male Black, black hoodie, yellow shirt and white gym shoes is selling at this location.

8:35am - Commercial alarm. 1965 N Milwaukee.

8:56am - Beat car 1411 gets something on the PDT.

9:35am - Reckless driver. Diversey/Damen/Clybourn. Car running stop signs, driving into oncoming traffic and swerving. Driver looks like they're under the influence of drugs.

9:36am - Information for the CPD. 29XX N Elston. Something about a car.

9:39am - Burglar alarm. 22XX W McLean.

9:40am - Parkers on 1411's and 1413's Beats.

9:48am - Burglar alarm. 19XX W Armitage.

10:06am - Commerical alarm. 3160 N Elston.

10:17am - Parker. 27XX W George.

10:30am to 10:50am - I didn't pay too much attention, so I'll for sure get this time period tomorrow.

11:07am - Commercial alarm. 3421 W Fullerton.

11:25am - Commercial alarm. 2958 W Fullerton.

11:37am - Threatening suicide. 26XX N California. Wife is threatening to kill herself by taking some pills.

11:47am - Burglar alarm. 26XX W Schubert.

12:20pm - Theft. 18XX N Humboldt. Mail carrier had some mail stolen from them.

1:14pm - A unit is doing a premise check at the Belmont Blue Line station. Event number is 08651.

1:24pm - We've got our first snow of the 2011-2012 winter season! It's snowing here on the 2800 block of N Ridgeway.

2:10pm - A unit is doing a permise check at the California Blue Line station. Event number is 09535.

2:53pm - Parker. 24XX N Bernard. White Armstrong air vehicle with ladders on top of it has been parked there for several days and the driver's side door's lock been messed with.

2:54pm - Traffic accident. Fullerton and Albany. Child hit by a black car. It may have a plate of L32632177. The boy supposedly got on a bus.

3:23pm - Beat 1484 is doing a premise check at the Spaulding enterance of the Logan Square Blue Line station. Event number is 10758.

3:25pm - Reckless driver. Elston and Belmont. White Dodge Neon with a plate of 284N733 is speeding north towards Brands Park. Call should've went to 17...

3:29pm - Traffic accident. Ashland and Armitage. Cab VS car. EMS en route.

3:30pm - 1484 is now doing a premise check at the station's main enterance on Kedzie. Event number is 10897.

3:36pm - Missing person. 1839 N Richmond. From the Yates school. 6 year old Marcus Cuellar, last seen at 14:30 (2:30pm) hours wearing a white shirt, navy blue pants and dark jacket.

3:57pm - A unit is needed to check out a home on the 3100 block of W Moffat to see if Marcus is at this address, which would be a house where he goes to after school.

4:29pm - 1) Suspicious vehicle. 1800 N Elston. Male in a vehicle is sitting behind this location. He doesn't look well. 2) Parker. 1520 W North Ave. Car blocking the exit lot to the Mercedes-Benz car dealership in a no park zone.

4:33pm - Parker. 3265 W Fullerton. Car parked in the loading zone.

4:41pm - 1) Burglar alarm. 2211 N Elston. 2) Auto theft. 22XX N Wolcott. Car's car was just stolen.

4:44pm - Suspicious vehicle. 27XX N Sawyer. Vehicle with a plate of G634888 with some guy in it has been sitting there for 20 minutes. This is a frequent occurrance. The plate registers to an address on Emmet.

5:02pm - Traffic accident. Milwaukee and Sacramento. Car drove up on the sidewalk and hit something. It's non-drivable.

5:03pm - Parker. 20XX W Shakespeare. Truck with a flatbed is blocking the driveway.

5:05pm - The 5:03pm job is calling again, but to cancel. Truck just pulled away.

5:33pm - Disturbance. 16XX N Washtenaw. Male bothering customers and refusing to leave.

6:13pm - Beat car 1413 is heading to their CAPS Beat meeting at the Logan Square Boys and Girls Club, 3228 W Palmer.

6:16pm - Traffic accident. North and the Kennedy Expressway. Three cars under the viaduct. One male's walking around like he's drunk.

6:27pm - Beat 1495 is coding out the 6:16pm job and now has a traffic stop at 1837 N Elston.

6:54pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:08pm - I'm back.

7:11pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 26XX N Drake. Caller is arguing with a man who's trespassing. Some kind of dispute over ownership of the home.

7:21pm - Loud music disturbance. 18XX N Whipple.

7:30pm - Suspicious vehicle. 26XX N Drake.

7:47pm - A unit has a street stop at Drake and Cortland.

8:11pm - Beat car 1431 is doing a premise check at the California Blue Line station.

8:15pm - Theft in progress. 2546 W Diversey. Bicycle being stolen.

8:22pm - Couple of disturbances going onto Beat car 1432's PDT.

8:41pm - Beat 1410 wants Beat car 1422 and Beat 1452 held down on a gang suppression mission for an hour on 1422's Beat.

9:09pm - Attempted suicide. 35XX W Belden. 51 year old male swallowed six to seven pills and drank beer. EMS en route.

9:10pm - Beat 1495 wants an event number for the traffic mission. It's 17012.

9:11pm - Parker. On 1411's Beat.

9:13pm - Check the well being. 28XX W Palmer. Retired member of the CFD is calling to say that his 51 year old girlfriend has been sick and hasn't answered her phone in six hours. CFD en route.

9:24pm - Assist Streets and San. Wabansia and Elston. They need help with traffic control while trying to tow a car from an apparent earlier accident that I never heard dispatched.

9:34pm - Beat car 1431 is doing a theft from auto mission on their Beat. Event number is 17419.

9:57pm - A unit is assisting State Police on a stop at 2347 W Fullerton.

10:14pm - Suspicious vehicle. 23XX W Belden. White sports vehicle with a plate of 7911816 has been sitting in the alley for a while.

10:15pm - Beat car 1413Robert has a traffic stop at 2010 W North Ave.

10:23pm - Traffic accident. 20XX W Homer. Caller's 2000 Ford Focus, that's parked, was hit by a sliver Dodge Caravan with a plate of K902739.

10:29pm - Suspicious person. St. Louis and Medill. The street lights just went out in the 3400 and 3500 blocks of Medill, and there's a group of males hanging out on the corner. One's on a bike. Not sure if they had anything to do with the lights being shut off.

10:30pm - Traffic accident. Diversey and Sacramento. No injures.

10:43pm - Assist the citizen. 20XX N Kimball. Stolen phone is at this location and caller needs CPD to help them get it back.

10:44pm - 1) Beat car 1413R is coding out the 10:29pm job. The lights are out but nothing's happening. 2) Narcotics. 35XX W Wolfram. Two males driving a light blue van were asking people if they wanted drugs.

10:49pm - 1495R is asking for a call back from the 10:30pm job.

10:59pm - Theft. Talman and Milwaukee. Male Hispanic, 18, black hoodie and black hat stole the caller's car. Caller chased the car down Talman but lost it on Milwaukee.

11:00pm - Gang disturbance. 29XX W Fullerton. Group of teens running in and out of the business, flashing signs and drinking.

11:04pm - Fire. 3200 block of W Bloomingdale. Car.

11:06pm - Beat car 1422R needs another car at the 11:04pm job. CFD just pulled up.

11:13pm - 1422R ran a plate on that car that caught fire and the owner needs to be contacted.

11:24pm - 1412R has a street stop at 28XX N Kedzie.

11:27pm - 1495R is going into 14 from the 10:30pm accident with a TVB.

11:37pm - Parker. 18XX N Kedzie. White Dodge Ram pick-up with a plate of 84518S is blocking the caller's garage.

12:00am - Ok, I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow morning. Good night, everyone.

Drinkers On Monticello, Suspicious Vehicle On Kedvale

2011-11-09T21:00:00.004-06:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 9pm. It's a cold Wednesday evening, as we can all see. It's in the 30s right now, and will remain so tonight through tomorrow. It's going to be clear for the night, but a bit rainy tomorrow, along with, possibly, some snow. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 tonight from now until about midnight, then I'm going to monitor 14 all day tomorrow, since I have the day off from school. I'm also off on Friday, but I'm not sure what my monitoring schedule will be. So, with that, here's crime for tonight.

9:05pm - Disturbance. 30XX N Monticello. Drinkers in the rear.

9:14pm - Suspicious vehicle. 22XX N Kedvale.

Woman Crying On Ridgeway

2011-11-08T05:00:00.001-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 5am. It's still cloudy and rainy out there. Today will continue to remain rainy and cloudy. Anyway, today, I'm monitoring from now until around 6:15, then from when I get home until 3:45pm, then again from 7:53 until around 9. Not much to say, so here's crime for today.

5:24am - Disturbance. 28XX N Ridgeway. Woman crying in the alley or by an apartment. Not sure if she needs help or is just upset.

5:39am - CPD is gone from Ridgeway. They say it was a drunk. It also could've been a man. Either way, sounded like the person needed help.

6:17am - I have to go. I'll be back later. Hope everyone has a great day.

3:25pm - I'm back for now. Good afternoon.

3:45pm - I'm gone for a few hours. I'll be back at 7:53.

7:53pm - I'm back.

8:20pm - Disturbance. 3720 W Armitage. Bunch of homeless people loitering in front and what not.

Sex Offense Near Kelvyn Park

2011-11-07T15:45:00.002-06:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:45pm. It's a cloudy afternoon, in the 50s right now. It's also rainy, and it will only get more rainy, as there's a storm system coming into town. .

3:53pm - Sex offense. Drummond and Kostner. Headed east on Drummond towards Kildare. Guess it's a guy who showed off his private parts or something.

4:44pm - Battery in progress. Lawndale and Altgeld. People fighting.

4:46pm - The 4:42pm job also comes in as a domestic in the alley on the 2400 block of Lawndale.

5:03pm - Burglar alarm. 3650 W Armitage.

7:02pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:18pm - I'm back.

7:53pm - I need to fill some forms out for college and other things, so I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone.

Man Having A Seizure @ Belmont And Milwaukee

2011-11-06T07:00:00.005-06:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 7am. It's a mostly cloudy day with some peaks of sun. It's in the mid 40s right now, and will get into the mid 60s today, with wind. Anyway, I only have three days of school this week :), so I'll be off on Thursday and Friday. I'm going to monitor 14 on Thursday, and on Friday, I might take a day off from this blog to do some blogging on my other blog. We'll see, though. Also, the clocks have been turned back one hour, and we all know what that means. It's going to get dark around 5pm now. Lastly, I'm monitoring today from now until my dinner. Here's crime for today.

8:21am - Beat car 2523 has an emergency. Ambulance needed at Belmont and Milwaukee for a man having a seizure. EMS en route.

9:10am - Parker. 3100 block of N Springfield. Illegal parkers and permits.

11:43am - Burglar report. 24XX N Kildare.

12:08pm - Burglar alarm. 28XX N Springfield.

12:57pm - 1) Criminal trespass in progress. 2800 block of N Hamlin. Male Hispanic went through the window of a boarded up building on the left side of the street. 2) Parker. On 2524's Beat.

2:09pm - Suspicious vehicle. 3810 W North Ave. Four guys in a brown Jeep trying to open the door to the vacant laundromat.

2:55pm - Beat car 2523 needs another car at Armitage and Hamlin. Four on the hood. 2533 is going.

6:04pm - I have to go eat, and with that, I'm gone for the night. See you all tomorrow, and have a good night.

Female Fight On Lawndale

2011-11-05T19:13:00.003-05:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:13pm. It's a pretty nice evening outside. Not too cold. Tonight will get into the mid to upper 40s, which is pretty nice weather for an early November evening. Anyway, don't forget to change your clocks back one hour before you head to sleep tonight. It's that time of year again. I kind of dread it, because it's going to get dark around 5pm now, and there are times in the school year where I'll be getting home around that time. Lastly, I'm doing the usual weekend schedule of monitoring. From now until the first call after midnight, then tomorrow from when I wake up until my dinner. So with that, here's crime for tonight.
7:30pm - Battery in progress. 31XX N Lawndale. Two females fighting in front.

7:45pm - EMS is needed. One female's really intoxicated. They're in the alley of 3055 on Milwaukee.

7:51pm - Person w/ a gun. 41XX W Fletcher. Caller went to the known drug house to go get their daughter and had a gun pointed at them. The daughter needs to be taken to the hospital, because she's bi-polar.

7:54pm - Beat car 2523 is complaining that EMS passed them up twice on the 7:30/7:45pm thing.

8:25pm - Burglar alarm. 41XX W Nelson.

8:44pm - Burglar alarm. 3651 W Schubert. At the Monroe school.

Suspicious Person On Harding, Battery On Kostner

2011-11-04T15:31:00.004-05:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:31pm. It's a decent day outside. .

4:23pm - Suspicious person. 19XX N Harding.

4:32pm - Battery. 26XX N Kostner. Caller was punched by a tenant who went back into the building.

5:14pm - Beat car 2522 has a traffic stop at 20XX N Karlov.

6:32pm - Beat car 2524 gets a call on the PDT.

6:36pm - I'm going to go until 9:16. I'll be back then.

9:16pm - I'm back for the time being.

10:19pm - Loud music disturbance. 36XX W Wrightwood.

10:48pm - I'm gone until 11:26. I'll be back then.

11:26pm - I'm back until midnight.

12:00am - And now, I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow night. Good night, everyone.

Permit Parking On Karlov

2011-11-03T18:36:00.005-05:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 6:36pm. I'm finally back in action with the blog, after being absent for two days. Sorry about that guys, but I was busy with doing homework for school and getting things in order as far as paying fees and stuff. That's out of the way for now. Anyway, as we all know, it's November, which means many thing. The holiday season is fastly approaching, it's raining a lot to prepare for the first snow, and the anniversary of my blog is coming up. Three years this year. Can you believe it? I can't. It seems like I just started this blog yesterday, but it's been a whole 3 years. Well, I'll stop talking for now and give you all the crime for this evening.

7:39pm - Parker. 2300 block of N Karlov. Permits.

7:50pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

8:04pm - I'm back.

8:25pm - Parker. 23XX N Keystone. Permits.

8:44pm - Fire. 29XX N Lawndale.

9:01pm - Parker. 36XX W Wrightwood. Handicap space.

9:09pm - Beat 2563Charlie is on a traffic stop at 39XX W Belden.

9:16pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone, and I'll be back tomorrow.

10:48pm - I'm back for a little bit.

11:08pm - Beat car 2522Robert has a street stop at Diversey and Avers. Female needed for a search.

11:14pm - Burglar alarm. 3700 W Diversey. At the Adrian's Food Grocery. Glass break motion.

11:17pm - Beat car 2523R is on scene of the 11:14pm job. There's no broken glass or anything, but they're going to do a walk-through.

11:26pm - I'm gone for sure now. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

CAPS Beat Meetings For November 2011

2011-11-01T07:00:00.002-05:00

CAPS Beat meetings:

1411 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, November 2nd @ Resurrection Church (3045 N. Francisco Ave.)
1412 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
1413 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, November 10th @ Logan Square Boys & Girls Club (3228 W. Palmer St.)
1414 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
1421 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, November 9th @ Salem Good News Bible Church (2038 N. California Ave.)
1422 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
1431 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, November 17th @ 14th District Station (2150 N. California Ave.)
1432 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
1433 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, November 23rd @ St. Mary of the Angels Church (1850 N. Hermitage Ave.)
1434 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.

1732 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, November 9th @ Athletic Park Field House (3546 W. Addison)
1733 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.

2523 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
2524 - 7:00pm-8:00pm, November 17th @ Our Lady Of Grace (2446 N. Ridgeway)
2525 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, November 15th @ Mozart Park (2036 N. Avers)
2535 - 6:30pm-7:30pm, November 1st @ Maternity BVM Church (3647 W. North Ave.)

* I will need at least three requests from residents on a particular Beat to be in attendance of a meeting, with the exception of Beat 1733's meeting, which I will never return to.

Halloween 2011 Coverage: Day 2

2011-11-01T00:00:00.003-05:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. Even though it's now midnight, it's still Halloween evening to most of us, and I'm continuing to monitor the neighborhood, until 2am. Things haven't been that bad this evening, and hopefully things will just fizzle out. With that, here's crime for the remainder of this Halloween.

12:32am - Disturbance. 31XX N Hamlin. In the hallway, there's people slamming doors, cursing and being loud.

12:37am - Check the well being. 36XX W Cortland. Man has blood coming from his eyes and is tied up in the alley.

12:43am - Area 5 wants to know 2534Robert's status on Cortland. They're still on scene, and are requesting an ambulance. Apparently this is a bona fide job of some sorts. Possibly a kidnapping or robbery.

12:59am - 2534R's victim is being taken to llinois Masonic Hospital.

1:20am - Beat car 2525R wants to know what they're looking for in that alley. Beat 5502 wants them to give him a call.

1:27am - Curfew violators. 29XX N Ridgeway. Eight of them under a porch.

1:34am - Loud music disturbance. 2300 N Ridgeway.

2:00am - I'm going to go. My coverage of Halloween is over for this year. I should be back later today for more crime. If not, have a great day, everyone!

Halloween 2011 Coverage

2011-10-31T18:15:00.019-05:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 6:15pm. It's Halloween evening, and I've started my monitoring of the community. First I will be monitoring 17, from now until 6:30pm, then some of 14 from 6:30 to 7pm, then I'm switching over to 25 for the night. Hopefully things won't be too crazy tonight. I'll try my very best to stay on top of things through the evening. I'll be here until 2am. With that, here's crime for tonight.

6:23pm - Three pit bulls running loose through the community at Monticello and Roscoe.

6:30pm - Now monitoring 14...

6:31pm - 1) Panic alarm. 21XX W Fullerton. 2) Parker. 2400 block of N Talman. Permits.

6:32pm - 1) Gang disturbance. 3200 block of W Cortland. Two rival groups arguing over the block. They're between Sawyer and Kedzie. 2) Reckless driver. Webster and Ashland. Car heading towards Armitage almost ran two cars off the road.

6:41pm - Person w/ a gun. Western and Wabansia. Group of kids egged the caller's car and one of them, a male Black, 17 years old, red sweater, khaki pants and a black backpack (with the gun inside of it), came up to the car and pointed a gun at him. The group's currently going up and down Western, egging cars.

6:43pm - Criminal damage. 1605 N Troy. At the Humboldt Park Library. Group of teens just came into the library and threw eggs at the computers. They're all males that are wearing blue, black, gold and red.

6:46pm - Assault. North and California. Two male Blacks, one wearing red, were mad about a non-refunding policy that the Family Dollar over there has and the male wearing red said that he was going to "get my (his) money one way or another".

6:51pm - Car alarm. 2746 W Fullerton.

6:56pm - Traffic accident. California and Elston. Two cars.

6:58pm - Assault. 21XX N Spaulding. Group of kids were throwing rocks and one hit the neighbor in the face. The victim is chasing the kids south on Spaulding towards Dickens.

6:59pm - Those kids are now at about Dickens and Kimball.

7:00pm - I'm now here with 25.

7:17pm - Battery in progress. Springfield and Fullerton. Group of males fighting in the street.

7:36pm - Gang disturbance. Fullerton and Lawndale. They're yelling and screaming at each other.

8:09pm - Shots Fired. Lawndale and George. Five shots fired. Nothing seen.

8:12pm - Beat 6759Adam is on the 8:09pm job. Someone's telling them that the shots came from north of George, possibly from around Oakdale.

8:53pm - Some sort of call on the 2200 block of N Central Park.

9:16pm - Battery in progress. 3110 N Milwaukee. Intoxicated female in the rear is fighting with people.

9:29pm - Disturbance. 36XX W Palmer. Loiters.

9:32pm - They're calling again on Central Park.

9:58pm - Battery victim injured. 37XX W Altgeld. Gangbangers just beat up the caller.

9:59pm - Disturbance. 26XX N Harding. Group of four people on the front porch, refusing to leave.

10:42pm - They're calling back on the 9:16pm job.

10:43pm - Person w/ a gun. Armitage and Pulaski. There's a man by the gas station with a gun. This also comes in as a "gang disturbance".

11:54pm - Wanted from a robbery (hold-up) that just occurred at the Crown Liquors at 2821 N Milwaukee are three male Hispanics and two female Hispanics. The main offender has a tattoo on his face. They took off in a gray SUV towards Wisner. They're armed.

Customer Leaves Puppy At Animal Treatment Center

2011-10-30T00:00:00.007-05:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a chily night out there, it being in the 40s. I'm going to monitor 25 today from whenever I wake up until my dinner. As I said yesterday, I will kick into special coverage of 25 for tomorrow evening. I will begin monitoring sometime between 6pm and 7pm and will not stop until 2am. So, with that said, here's crime for today.

12:10am - Theft. 3927 W Belmont. Customer just left the animal treatment center without paying and left his puppy there.

12:28am - Person w/ a gun. 21XX N Lawndale. Male Hispanic with a gray outfit and he's got a gun. He's with three male Blacks in front.

12:32am - A slow down is being given on the 12:28am job. No one's out there right now.

12:40am - I'm going to go. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

8:30am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

9:19am - Parker. On 2525's Beat.

10:11am - Beat car 2523 is coding out a Ridgeway and a Lawndale job. I never heard any calls from either street, so Dispatch must've just sent the calls over to their PDT.

11:44am - Beat car 2525 is doing a contact card at 3643 W Fullerton.

12:05pm - Disturbance. 2003 N Pulaski. Male beggin for money at the gas pumps.

12:48pm - Disturbance w/ a mental. 1627 N Pulaski. At the Walgreens. Male Hispanic, 5'5, slim build, black and gray jacket and black pants is running up and down the street yelling at people.

1:18pm - Criminal damage. 2918 N Pulaski. Broken window over at D&G Express.

1:20pm - There was a burglary at the 1:18pm job a couple of weeks ago.

1:44pm - The 1:18pm job is coded 19Henry for now. The owner's not there right now, but as soon as he gets there, they will recontact the police.

1:49pm - Beat 2561Charlie needs another car at 27XX N Lawndale. They were dispatched to a selling job there. I never heard it, though, so it must've been sent over to their PDT. Also, Beat 6751Eddie has a male Black in all black running from them at Harding and Wabansia. Running east.

1:50pm - Beat car 2512 is assigned to go help 2561C, while 2534 is going to help 6751E. 6751E lost sight of the offender. Last seen heading north in the yards. 2512 is coming all the way from Diversey and Narranganset.

1:51pm - A slow down is being given on the foot chase, per Beat 2520.

1:52pm - Beat 2561Eddie is going to help 2561C instead. 2512 is given a disregard.

1:54pm - Parker. 39XX W Barry.

1:55pm - Backlog in 25 at 13:55 hours.

2:19pm - Missing from Kelvyn Park is a male Hispanic, 9 years old, named David. He has spiky hair, black pants, black shoes and a gray jacket. He's 3 feet tall, 60 lbs and has brown eyes. He was last seen in the west side of the park.

2:55pm - Parker. 28XX N Kildare. Car on the hydrant.

3:12pm - Open door. 31XX N Lowell. An abandoned building has it's back door open.

5:35pm - Municipal ordinance violation. 4400 W Parker. People working on cars on the street.

6:30pm - Traffic accident. Milwaukee and Belmont. Injures. EMS en route.

6:41pm - Battery in progress. 3110 N Milwaukee. Two females fighting in front. One's drunk.

6:42pm - I have to go eat, so with that, I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow evening. Have a good night, everyone.

Search Warrant On St. Louis

2011-10-29T19:14:00.011-05:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:14pm. It's a pretty cool night out, with temps around 50 or in the upper 40s. It's a clear evening, too. I'm monitoring this evening until about midnight or so, then I'll monitor 25 tomorrow from whenever I wake up to my dinner time. I monitored 17 this morning and there were no calls. Anyway, regarding Halloween, I will have special coverage of 25, starting around 6 or 7pm and lasting until around 2am. I may also monitor a bit of 14 and 17 also. We'll see. Here's crime for this evening.

7:15pm - A 45Sam unit is doing a search warrant on the 2400 block of N St. Louis. Console time is 19:15 hours.

7:32pm - EMS run. Milwaukee and Central Park. Male hit his head on a bus (assuming on a CTA bus).

8:11pm - Burglar alarm. 39XX W Wrightwood.

8:24pm - Loud music disturbance. 20XX N Kedvale. Loud party.

8:44pm - Beat 2563Eddie has a street stop at Central Park and Dickens. 2563Boy is heading over for the search.

8:52pm - Parker. 39XX W Barry.

9:35pm - Disturbance. 37XX W McLean. Argument in the hallway, possibly domestic related.

9:50pm - Suspicious vehicle. 18XX N Harding. Vehicle with a couple of people in it has been sitting in front for about 45 minutes now.

10:17pm - Some call in the area.

10:18pm - Loud music disturbance. 18XX N Lawndale.

10:24pm -Disturbance. Central Park and Milwaukee.

10:33pm - Beat car 2524 is on a traffic stop somewhere.

11:05pm - They're calling back on that 10:18pm job.

11:22pm - Parker. 43XX W Drummond.

11:40pm - Parker. 2800 block of N Ridgeway. Permits.

Threatening Suicide On Albany

2011-10-28T08:18:00.003-05:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 8:18am. Sorry for no post yesterday, but my computer wasn't working and I spent hours fixing it. But, in the 5pm hour, there were about 10 gangbangers going up and down Diversey, imtimdating people, flashing and shouting gang signs/slogans, etc. Anyway, I'm monitoring 17 today for all of you good residents North of Belmont. We'll see what happens. Here's crime for today.

9:47am - Threatening suicide. 33XX N Albany. Caller's wife is threatening to kill herself.

10:11am - Information for the CPD. 34XX N Lawndale. Corner seal needs to be removed. This is where that murder occurred last week.

10:32am - Beat 1702 is coming over the air, saying that an assist unit is needed at Belmont and Kedzie for the 14th District and Streets and San. They need some help clearing out the homeless people. 1732 is assigned.

11:00am to 11:40am - I recorded this time period, but for some reason my microphone didn't get it. I'll get this time period tomorrow.

1:05pm - There's just been a traffic accident at Belmont and Keeler. It's on 25's side and there's injures.

1:21pm - Beat car 2525 is handling the accident.

2:40pm - Disturbance. Kimball and Belmont. Female in a wheelchair begging for money.

2:47pm - Beat 1761David has a street stop at Addison and California.

2:58pm - Person down. Kimball and Avondale. Person down on the east side of the street.

3:03pm - Traffic accident. Melrose and Kimball. Rollover. EMS and CFD en route.

3:04pm - Two males are fighting at the scene of the 3:03pm accident. Coming in as a "battery in progress".

3:07pm - Beat car 1733 is at the accident. There's a fight and robbery may have a role in it.

3:08pm - A slow down is being given at the accident.

3:12pm - Beat 1761Adam is on scene of the accident also, and reports there's a lot of people over there.

3:23pm - Reckless driver. California and Belmont. Small black car with a male in it falling asleep. He's heading towards Melrose.

3:30pm - 1) Theft. 2909 W Addison. Two males just stole something from the Payless Shoes. 2) Landlord/tenant dispute. 37XX W Addison. Problem with a tenant.

3:34pm - Two people are being taken in from the accident.

3:53pm - Burglar alarm. 35XX N Whipple.

3:58pm - 1733 wants to know what time the accident call came out. It came out at 15:03 hours (3:03pm).

4:16pm - Landlord/tenant dispute. 37XX W Addison. I believe they called here earlier.

4:50pm - EMS run. 2818 W Belmont. Girlfriend can't be woken up. May have taken too much medicine. Over at the Burger King.

6:19pm - The event number from the whole accident thing is 11138.

7:04pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

7:19pm - I'm back.

7:31pm - Narcotics. Belmont and Monticello. Seven to eight guys smoking refer on the street.

9:20pm - Person w/ a knife. 39XX W Roscoe. Female in the alley running with a knife.

9:47pm - Some call at 3500 N. Kimball, the Home Depot.

10:04pm - Loud music disturbance. 33XX N Central Park. Loud party and underage drinking.

10:32pm - Disturbance. 32XX N Drake. Loud people.

10:35pm - Another call on the 10:04pm job.

11:12pm - ANOTHER call on Central Park.

12:00am - I'm going to go. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

Traffic Accident On George, Info For CPD On Diversey

2011-10-25T16:58:00.002-05:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 4:58pm. It's a pretty cloudy but warm afternoon. It's in the upper 60s or something like that right now. Tonight, it'll get to around 47 or 48, and tomorrow will only get to around 50, then it's going to get colder. Anyway, you all remember me talking about my financial situation two months ago, right? Well, it looks like that may really happen, in a matter of weeks. The walls are closing in on us, it seems like. I don't know how much longer this blog will be around, but I'll blog until I go, if I do. So, with that, here's crime for this afternoon and early evening.

6:10pm - Traffic accident. 41XX W George.

6:19pm - Information for the CPD. 36XX W Diversey.

6:39pm - Gang disturbance. 25XX N Kilbourn. Group of about 8 in front flashing signs.

6:43pm - Fire. 40XX W Dickens. Fence.

6:55pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:09pm - I'm back.

7:15pm - Speed chase. Speed chase. Beat 2562Boy is chasing a gold Transporter down Mason from Bloomingdale. Three heads in it. Lights and sirens activated. Beat 45Sam17 is monitoring the chase. I think they're chasing for UUW (Unlawful Use of a Weapon).

7:16pm - South on Mason, approaching North Ave.

7:17pm - East on Hirsch from Mayfield.

7:18pm - They're bailing, in front of 1411 N Menard. One's in custody but there's another running. The other two guys are running towards Massasoit.

7:19pm - All three subjects in custody. Great job, officers! Back to regular Zone 12...

7:21pm - A slow down is being given on all of this. Units are still flying over there.

Traffic Accident On Lowell

2011-10-23T00:00:00.014-05:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a nice late evening out there, with clear skies and temps around the lower 50s or so. Today will get into the 60s and be sunny. Hopefully there won't be too much crime as a result of that. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 until my dinner this evening. Also, I have a day off from school on Friday, so I'm going to take time and monitor 17 on that day. Here's crime for today.

12:04am - Traffic accident. 28XX N Lowell.

12:12am - I'm going to go. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

11:07am - I'm back. Sorry I'm late, but good morning to all.

12:26pm - Criminal damage. 3198 N Milwaukee. Two male Hispanics, one 18 years old with a black shirt, gray pants and yellow shorts underneath and the other with black shorts and pants are headed south towards Davlin. Caller didn't say what they damaged, but the call comes in as this.

12:32pm - Beat 2552 is doing a premise check at the pumping station, 1747 N Springfield.

12:47pm - Person slumped over the wheel at 22XX N Keeler.

12:58pm - Missing person. 2956 N Hamlin. 2 year old girl, last seen wearing a red shirt and jeans, was outside with her 8 year old sister, but the 8 year old just returned without her. Mom is out looking for the missing child.

1:32pm - Missing from 2956 N Hamlin is a female child named Anna "Dailey" Rasanio, 2 years old. She is 2 feet tall, 37 lbs, and has black hair worn in a ponytail. She has on a red shirt and blue jeans.

1:34pm - Beat 2550 wants two cars to come to the Hamlin job, to help with the missing. 2524 and 2552 are assigned.

1:35pm - Criminal trespass. 2979 N Ridgeway. Males in the vacant building.

1:36pm - Beat car 2535 has a traffic stop at North and Hamlin.

1:37pm - 2535 needs another car. The person stopped might have a warrant.

1:44pm - 2524 might have the missing child at Avers and Wellington. There's a child walking around by herself over there.

1:45pm - It's a negative on that child. 2524 and 2552 are continuing to tour the area.

2:01pm - 2550 wants 2552 to look in Koz Park for that child. There's a good possiblity she might be there.

2:36pm - Traffic accident. Belmont and Milwaukee. At the Shell gas station.

3:22pm - Beat 2561Charlie has a street stop at 38XX W Wabansia.

3:25pm - Beat 2561Adam has a street stop at 17XX N Springfield.

3:32pm - Battery in progres. Diversey and Lawndale. Three males fighting.

3:48pm - Assault in progress. Lawndale and Belmont. Three gangbangers, "Royal Killers" (probably Latin Kings), are chasing the caller.

3:51pm - The 3:48pm caller relocated to somewhere in 14. Won't give out where due to the nature of this call.

4:27pm - Battery in progress. 18XX N Springfield. Gangbangers fighting someone in the alley.

4:54pm - Battery in progress. Harding and Diversey. Gang fight by Koz Park. They're throwing bottles also.

5:00pm - Battery victim injured. Diversey and Springfield. Someone was jumped from that fight that happened.

5:57pm - Parker. On 2524's Beat.

6:38pm - 1) Traffic accident. 29XX N Avers. 2) Disturbance. 26XX N Harding.

7:14pm - Some job on the 2000 block of N Keystone.

7:25pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Shots Fired On Belmont

2011-10-22T19:38:00.005-05:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:38pm. It's a clear night outside, with temps in the 50s. It was a really beautiful day outside today, and it'll be a beautiful night. Hopefully the gangbangers and criminals don't take that to their advantage. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 tonight until a little after midnight, then I'm going to monitor 25 in the morning from when I awake until my dinner. We'll see how that goes. Well, here's crime for tonight.

8:14pm - Shots Fired. 39XX W Belmont. Five male Hispanics, one with black clothing fired some shots. Ran towards Harding on Belmont.

8:15pm - Shots Fired. Belmont and Harding. Three shots fired. Males with white tops are running.

8:18pm - Beat 1753 is giving a slow down at the 8:15pm job. Apparently Zone 1 had some calls on it too.

8:19pm - Beat car 2523 is giving a slow down for the 25th District units.

8:20pm - Just for your information, the "Shots Fired" incident that occurred last night at Harding and Wabansia was an actual shooting. A 20 year old man was shot in the chest.

9:44pm - Gang disturbance. Fullerton and Pulaski.

10:00pm - Switching over to 14 until 10:07.

10:07pm - And I'm back with 25.

10:12pm - Beat 2563Eddie has a street stop at Kedvale and Fullerton.

10:17pm - Beat 2563Charlie is taking one in following a street stop at 39XX W Wellington. An RD number for "1811" is being pulled, and it's HT555019.

10:18pm - 2563E needs a transport car.

11:07pm - Disturbance. 30XX N Karlov. Drunk man standing in front, causing problems.

11:22pm - Disturbance. 18XX N Harding. Argument in the alley.

11:33pm - Battery in progress. Armitage and Central Park. People fighting.

11:41pm - A slow down is being given on the 11:33pm job.

11:50pm - Disturbance. 25XX N Central Park. Drinkers in front.

11:51pm - Disturbance. 31XX N Monticello. Male talking too loud outside.

Murder On Lawndale On Tuesday

2011-10-22T19:34:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone. Sorry I'm really late with this, but a murder occurred in the Avondale community on Tuesday. It occurred on the 3400 block of N Lawndale Avenue at about 8:40am in a home on the block. According to the information I've gotten, from the Chicago Tribune and Chicago News Report, a 16 year old boy named Andre Vasquez was killed when two gunmen wearing masks inveaded the home and shot him dead. His mother, Krystal Hethcoat, 33, was seriously injured in the accident. A 14 year old sister was involved, but she managed to escape. Vasquez was pronounced dead at 12:31pm at Illinois Masonic.

The sister and Vasquez were getting ready for school when this happened. Vasquez allegedly opened the door and the two men ran in, then rushed the home. The offenders ordered all of the victims to the ground and held them at gunpoint, then duct-taped their hands and feet together. The offenders allegedly demanded money. After stealing items from the home, a jewelry box, a cell phone, credit cards and Hethcoat's state I.D., they ran to the car and put the stolen items in it. During that time, the sister was able to free herself and run for help. The men then came back in the house, and shot both Vasquez and Hethcoat in the head, because they believed that both would be able to identify them, should the police get there.

All three of the offenders were arrested shortly after the incident. The offenders are as follows: Jennifer Vojinovic Williams (the getaway driver), 27, Devonte Williams, 17, and Sean Williams, 33. All were charged with home invasion, first degree murder and unlawful restraint. They plead gulity to their charges, according to the information I've been given. Allegedly, Vojinovic was the brain who thought this murder through, apparently because of a falling out she had with Hethcoat.

Hethcoat is being described as a good woman who truly loved her children and was doing good in life. She apparently was going back to school to learn drafting and designing, despite being laid off from her lumbering job. Vasquez, a sophomore who was attending Schurz High School, allegedly was recieving As and Bs in school, meaning he was a good student. He was a good student who had no gang affliations, according to numerous sources, including the family.

Police were investigating whether this shooting was gang and/or drug-related. According to a few sources, including Chicago News Report, who grabbed their information off of Hethcoat's Facebook profile, Hethcoat may have had a boyfriend who was involved in a gang. She was allegedly seen in a photo with a group of men, who were throwing up gang signs. Also, Chicago News Report claims that Vojinovic may have been planning this murder for about a month or so.

The arrests probably would have not been made if it wasn't for Ray Souchet, a 53 year old Streets and Sanitation worker, who witnessed the car being out in front of the residence, it being in the alley, and then it leaving the scene. So, we have him to thank for that.

Police are investigating and will continue to investigate.

My opinion: What a sad, sad story. My condolences to Vasquez's family. This shouldn't have never happened. I'm glad the suspects are off of our streets, and I'm glad they'll rot in jail. I hope what some sources are saying about Hethcoat aren't true. I truly hope she wasn't involved in gangs and drugs, or had a gangbanging boyfriend. If she did, I'm sorry, but she brought this on herself. That's a big IF, though. If this was a gang-related or drug-related incident, then we can except retailation for this. And this is exactly why I am helping my alderman organize an anti-violence march in the area for next month. We really need to stop the violence in this community. Enough is enough. You've got innocent youth being killed now, for God's sake. To the criminals and gangbangers out there - drop your guns, drop your crack pipes, pull up your pants, pick up a book, pick up a college or job application, and go to college or a job or church. Get involved with something positive. Please. For the sake of our children and youth. So, to wrap up, my thoughts and prayers are with this family. Let's hope something like this never happens again.

Media coverage: Chicago Tribune

- Timmy

Gang Disturbance On Hamlin

2011-10-21T15:59:00.004-05:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:59pm. It's a sunny but chily afternoon. It's in the 50s right now. Nice October day, though. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 from now until 10pm, then I'm going to monitor 14 until midnight. I'm monitoring 25 all this weekend, from after my dinner to a little after midnight on Saturday, then from whenever I wake up on Sunday until my dinner. Also, I'll have a post up on that murder that occured tomorrow. Here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

4:41pm - Gang disturbance. 2800 block of N Hamlin. They're by the corner, loitering and throwing up signs.

4:50 to 7:22pm - Fell asleep. This time period will be monitored over the weekend.

7:31pm - Beat car 2535 has on-view "Shots Fired" at Wabansia and Harding. More cars needed.

7:32pm - Male running down the east alley of Harding off of Wabansia.

7:33pm - Up to four men are running, and Dispatch is getting calls of "Shots Fired" at Harding and Wabansia on her board.

7:35pm - One man is in custody. The three others took off running down the east alley of Harding into the 1600 block. More cars are still needed.

7:36pm - Three males now in custody. A slow down is being given but Dispatch is advising the units to keep rolling that way. Also, a gun's been recovered.

7:37pm - Shots Fired. Wabansia and Pulaski. Five to six gunshots heard with a white car involved.

7:38pm - Everything's ok at the scene. An official slow down is being given. Multiple units on scene with more pulling up.

7:39pm - There's a crime scene. Shell casings found.

7:40 through 7:45pm - Police/Dispatch chatter about the shooting.

7:45pm - Beat car 1112 just had someone end up at Norwegian Hospital who was shot, possibly at this shooting. Man shot in the abdomen.

7:47pm - Shots Fired. Armitage and Pulaski. Five to six heard in quick succession.

8:48pm - Shots Fired. 2400 block of N Lawndale. Three shots heard, possibly from the west.

8:50pm - Another call on the "Shots Fired". Now it's coming in at Fullerton and Lawndale.

9:20pm - Gang disturbance. Avers and Schubert.

9:41pm - Gang disturbance. Palmer and Keystone. They're on the corner, throwing up signs.

10:07pm - I'm here with 14, despite being a few minutes late. I'll get from 10pm to now tomorrow evening.

10:14pm - 1) Parker. Somewhere in 14. 2) Loud music disturbance. 30XX W Palmer. Loud music and too many people hanging out.in front

10:20pm - 1) Disturbance. 35XX W McLean. 2) Disturbance. 16XX N Humboldt. Man making too much noise in front.

10:56pm - 1) Parker. 21XX W Cortland. 2) Parker. 2300 block of W Dickens. Permits.

11:40pm - Request for a supervisor. 22XX N Leavitt. Caller is being harassed by CPD.

11:52pm to 12:00am - There might have been a call or two in the area, but I doubt it.

12:00am - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Crime Blotter For October 20, 2011

2011-10-20T18:22:00.003-05:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 6:22pm. I did blog yesterday from 5:55pm to 7:10 as promised, but there was only one job, which was an "Info for the CPD" in the general area. I clocked that call to be at 6:19. Anyway, I have had a few inquires on that murder that occured on Lawndale the other day. I am fully aware of it, but haven't been able to make a post about it. I should have one up before the weekend, though. Also, tomorrow evening from 10pm to midnight, I'll monitor 14. With that, here's crime for tonight.

7:09pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

7:23pm - And I'm back.

9:17pm - Disturbance. 27XX N Kostner. On-going problem with the homeless guy sleeping on the porch.

9:51pm - A Tac unit has a traffic stop at North and Pulaski.

10:07pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Kids Block Sidewalk On Ridgeway

2011-10-18T16:55:00.003-05:00

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:55pm. It's a cold and rainy afternoon out there. It's barely 50 degrees right now. It's going to get into the lower 40s tonight, with the rain picking up, with winds getting heavy. Just an unpleaseant forecast, but it's that time of year. Anyway, sorry for no post yesterday. I had to take care of some community obligations and do my homework. Well, I don't have much else to say, so here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

5:36pm - Disturbance. 2700 block of N Ridgeway. Group of kids blocking the sidewalk.

5:55 to 7:10pm - Didn't pay attention and had to eat. I'll get this time period tomorrow.

8:19pm - EMS run. 36XX W Wolfram.

8:45pm - Parker. 30XX N Pulaski.

9:00pm - I'm gone for the night. I'll see you all tomorrow. Good night, everyone.

Children Under 5 Left Alone On Hamlin

2011-10-16T00:00:00.008-05:00

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. It's a clear but chily night. It's mid October, after all, though. Its only going to get colder and colder. Anyway, I'm monitoring 25 today until my dinner. I don't have any community or school obligations (other than going to school) this week, so I may be able to blog everyday this week, depending on how much homework I get. Don't know what else to say, so here's crime for this morning and afternoon.

12:14am - Child left alone. 21XX N Hamlin. Three children under 5 years old are left alone.

12:15am - I'm headed to bed. I'll be back in the morning. Good night, everyone.

9:11am - I'm back. Good morning, everyone.

10:39am - Traffic accident. Fullerton and Kostner. Hit and run.

11:22am - Parker. On 2535's Beat.

12:34pm - Person down. 37XX W Wrightwood. EMS isn't going.

12:42pm - Backlog in 25 at 12:42 hours.

12:52pm - Theft. 1627 N Pulaski. At Walgreens.

1:07pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 12:52pm job. It's HT545289 with the event number of 08164.

1:36pm - Sex offense. 37XX W Belmont. Couple makin' love in a car.

1:41pm - Stripping the auto in progress. Cortland and Lawndale. Guys stripping a white van.

1:51pm - Backlog in 25 renewed at 13:51 hours.

1:56pm - Burglar alarm. 41XX W George.

3:05 to 3:25pm - There may have been a job or two in the area, but I had to step out to the store.

3:27pm - Burglar alarm. 31XX N Haussen.

4:13pm - Person w/ a gun. 24XX N Lawndale. Three gangbangers have guns, and they just went into the basement.

4:55pm - I have to go. Sorry for cutting my mointoring short. I'll resume this time period tomorrow.

Stop On Monticello, Males With Guns @ Wabansia And Springfield

2011-10-15T19:09:00.004-05:00

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:09pm. Sorry for no post for several days, but I was swamped with homework from school, and because this is my last year of high school, it's especially important to me that I do my homework. Well, the only other thing I'll say for now is that I'm monitoring 25 this weekend, first from now until a little after midnight, then tomorrow from when I wake up until my dinner. Here's crime for tonight.

7:18pm - A unit has a stop on the 2600 block of N Monticello.

7:37pm - Person w/ a gun. Springfield and Wabansia. Bunch of males on the corner, with guns.

7:41pm - A slow down is being given. They've got four on the hood. Couple of more units needed to assist with the street stop.

7:52pm - A unit has a traffic stop at Belmont and Monticello.

8:47pm - Shots Fired. Harding and Altgeld. One heard.

9:12pm - Assault. 29XX N Springfield. Tenant threatened to hit the landlord.

9:25pm - Loud music disturbance. 28XX N Lawndale. Loud band playing. This is right by my house, but I didn't call. Band's pretty loud, though.

9:41pm - 1) Residential alarm. 28XX N Avers. 2) Loud music disturbance. Wabansia and Monticello. Loud band. 3) Loud music disturbance. 18XX N Harding.

9:42pm - Battery. 40XX W Oakdale. Caller was attacked by the neighbor.

10:00pm - An RD number is being pulled from the 9:42pm job. It's HT544627 with the event number of 17456.

10:02pm - Loud music disturbance. 24XX N Kostner.

10:34pm - Loud music disturbance. 31XX N Monticello.

10:49pm - They're calling back on the 10:34pm job.

11:03pm - Disturbance. 18XX N Lawndale. Loud people.

11:23pm - Loud music disturbance. 3919 W Fullerton. Party behind the Motel.

11:33pm - Beat 2506Adam has a traffic stop at Diversey and Lawndale.