Halloween 2011 Coverage

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.