Assist The Citizen On North Ave.

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:30pm. I'm just glad to be home. TGIF! Tonight, I'll be monitoring 17 from 9pm to midnight, and I'll be monitoring 14 all day tomorrow. That should be interesting, I guess. I have nothing else to say right now, so here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:32pm - Assist the citizen. 3614 W North. Caller needs help getting belongings.

3:36pm - 1) Disturbance. 2136 N Springfield. 2) Traffic accident. 2200 N Avers.

4:08pm - Battery in progress. 3751 W Armitage. At the store. Gangbangers fighting.

4:11pm - Holding the offender. 3940 W Fullerton. At CVS. Teen being held for shoplifting.

4:44 to 4:58pm - I layed down. Tired. Sorry :(.

4:59pm - Beat car 2534 is giving a slow down on 3604 W Schubert, where a "person w/ a gun" call was given out.

5:03pm - Disturbance. 4100 W Fullerton.

5:16pm - Criminal damage. 2126 N Hamlin. Someone broke a window.

5:55pm - Theft. 3900 W George. Over $3,000 taken.

6:07pm - Disturbance. Belmont and Monticello. Loiters.

6:10pm - The 6:07pm job is now a "battery in progress", with six gangbangers fighting.

6:26pm - Parker. 3806 W Altgeld.

7:08pm - 1) Burglar alarm. 2314 N Central Park. 2) Reckless driver. Diversey and Pulaski. 3) Parker. On 2523's Beat. 4) Parker. On 2524's Beat.

7:22pm - A unit has a handwaver at 3720 W Armitage regarding a male down with diabetes. The job actually just popped up on the dispatcher's screen.

7:43pm - Threatening suicide. 3627 W Shakespeare. Neighbor cut theirself.

8:11pm - Beat car 2534 has a traffic stop at 2048 N Karlov.

8:23pm - Disturbance. 1627 N Pulaski. At Walgreens. Males selling movies in front.

8:29pm - Beat 4460David has an emergency. Traffic pursuit on Congress from Laramie. Two door grey van speeding east on Congress towards Lavergne.

8:30pm - Heading north on Lavergne from Congress.

8:31pm - It sounds like the offender fled from the car. He's in the yards somewhere around 4818 W Van Buren.

8:32pm - Back to the regular coverage area, for now, I guess.

8:37pm - 1) Disturbance. 3030 N Davlin. Males drinking in the alley. 2) Disturbance. Shakespeare and Springfield. Kids playing basketball in the street.

8:48 to 8:58pm - Again, didn't pay attention too much. Sorry :(.

9:00pm - Switched over to Zone 1 until midnight.

9:01pm - Beat car 1732 is on a POD camera mission at 3632 W Belmont.

11:02pm - Parker. 3400 block of N Central Park. Premits.

11:22pm - Parker. 3300 N Springfield. Car blocking the driveway.

12:00am - I'm gone for the night. I'll be here with 14 tomorrow. Good night, everyone :).

Animal Bite On Kostner

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:37pm. Day #2 of Special Olympics was alright. I won 6th place in the 100 meter run. I'm a little disappointed in myself because I feel like I could've done better. But my leg was somewhat hurting today, which prevented me from running as fast as I can. Oh well. Maybe next year I'll do better. Anyway, it's kind of chily out. I have nothing else to say, so here's crime for this afternoon and early evening.

3:50 to 3:54pm - Had the radio off. Sorry.

4:04pm - Animal bite. 2609 N Kostner.

4:07pm - EMS run. Milwaukee and Avers. Elderly male down in the alley. People are trying to awake him.

4:16pm - Disturbance. Springfield and Wabansia. In the park, there's drinkers.

4:36pm - Battery in progress. Koz Park. No further information.

4:46pm - Suspicious vehicle. Barry and Pulaski. Red car following a female in a parking lot. Probably the mini mall.

4:47pm - Beat 2505 is doing a park check at Mozart.

4:51pm - Gang disturbance. Harding and Wabansia. Four of them representing and harassing people going by on the SE corner.

4:58pm - Beat car 2523 gets a parker on the Beat.

5:01pm - Disturbance. Belmont and Lawndale. Five to six males throwing bottles.

5:40pm - Burglar alarm. 2323 N Pulaski.

6:00pm - Beat car 2525 has a handwaver at 2112 N Springfield regarding criminal damage.

6:23pm - Traffic accident. 4441 W Wrightwood. Neighbor crashed car into the garage.

6:32pm - Burglary. 1622 N Avers. Male Hispanic, black hat and jacket, and dark pants just broke into a house and fled west on North Ave.

6:48pm - Some job on Lawndale somewhere and another at 4003 W Wellington.

6:49pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

7:06pm - I'm back :).

7:25pm - Some job at 3611 W George.

7:26pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 2526 N Hamlin. Several teens

7:35 to 7:42pm - The volume on the radio was turned down. Sorry.

7:45pm - Parker. On 2525's Beat.

7:50pm - Some jobs in the 20 sector.

7:54pm - Domestic disturbance. 3117 N Kilbourn. Problem with the child.

8:08pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night.

Major Landlord/Tenant Dispute On Altgeld

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:24pm. Day #1 of Special Olympics was great. I enjoyed my time there. I did the running long jump, and came in sixth place. Tomorrow, I'll be doing the 100 meter run. I hope I at least get a medal (and that my shoe doesn't fall off again, like last year!). I would've been here sooner (I got home at 3:03), but I was soaking my feet. They were hurting. Anyway, it's kind of warm out. Well, here's crime for this afternoon and early evening.

3:32pm - Landlord/tenant dispute. 3924 W Altgeld. Problem with the landlord.

3:35pm - The 3:32pm job now comes in as a "person w/ a kinfe". Landlord's son took out a knife on the caller and their children. Caller is terrified.

3:38pm - Now the 3:32pm job is coming in as a "battery in progress".

3:39pm - Sex offender. 1923 N Harding. Two people makin' love in the alley.

3:40pm - Multiple units en route to Altgeld. I spotted about three units speeding down Diversey towards Hamlin just now.

4:34pm - 1) Traffic accident. Ridgeway and Oakdale. Someone backed in the caller's car. 2) Disturbance. 3640 W Oakdale. Five drinkers in the alley.

4:45pm - Theft. Pulaski and Wabansia. On CTA bus #6529, which is facing north, a passenger had their I-Phone stolen buy a guy who's still on the bus.

4:56pm - Both 4:34pm jobs are coded.

4:59pm - Disturbance. Koz Park. Men drinking in the northwest corner of the park.

5:18pm - Gang disturbance. George and Avers. They're arguing.

5:24pm - EMS run. 2521 N Pulaski. There's a gas leak.

5:35pm - The 5:24pm job isn't life threatening. It's actual already being cleaned up. Just some light traffic control being done on Pulaski. The units that responded should be clear soon.

5:39pm - Backlog in 25 at 17:39 hours.

5:43pm - The 5:24pm scene is completely cleared up. The units are up and available for jobs.

5:50pm - Gang disturbance. 19X1 N Monticello. They're loitering.

6:03pm - Open door. 372X W Dickens. Basement.

6:18pm - Assault. 3042 N Milwaukee. Three males threatened the store owner.

6:28pm - Disturbance. 2959 N Hamlin.

6:37pm - Beat 2563Eddie is doing a gang suppression mission from Wellington-Pulaski-Diversey-Ridgeway. I'm thinking this is to particulary target the corner of George and Avers, which has had LOTS of gang problems lately.

6:55pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

7:25pm - I'm back :).

7:28pm - Some call at 2555 N Pulaski. Also, Beat 2563E has a stop at about 3800 W George.

7:33pm - Beat 2500, the Commander of the District, has a couple stopped at 3800 W Diversey. 2563E is clear from the stop and will head over.

7:49pm - Reckless driver. Fullerton and Pulaski. Female in a maroon car speeding towards Harding.

7:56pm - Beat 2563E is going in with one from 2849 N Springfield. They need another 2563 unit to come do the mission while they go into 25.

8:00pm - I have to go. Good night, everyone :). Be back tomorrow.

Reckless Driver On George

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:09pm. Today was a good day for the opening ceremony of Special Olympics. My class had lots of fun. Speaking of which, I have a question for anyone who may know: what channel or channels is Special Olympics going to be on? Anyway, it's real warm out. Upper 70s. 'Nuff said, so here's crime for this afternoon and early evening.

3:11pm - Reckless driver. 3600 block of W George. Male driver in a red Ford seems out of it. Heading towards Lawndale.

3:35pm - EMS run. Milwaukee and Avers. Male bleeding on the sidewalk.

3:41pm - Assist the citizen. Pulaski and Wrightwood.

4:37pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 2941 N Avers. Three people went into a vacant building.

5:09pm - Suspicious person. George and Avers. Four to five people sitting in a car on the SW corner.

5:58pm - EMS run. 3037 N Davlin. 6 yr old has a high fever. He's bleeding from the mouth and nose.

6:20pm - EMS run. Shakespeare and Central Park. Male down in the street.

6:41pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back.

7:00pm - I'm back :).

7:07pm - Liquor license needs to be checked at the bar, 2918 N Pulaski.

7:28pm - Assault in progress. 2800 block of N Kenneth. Four gangbangers chasing a guy on a bike towards George.

7:32pm - Gang disturbance. Kelvyn Park. Dozen of them hanging out.

7:41 to 7:46pm - I accidentally turned the radio off. Sorry :(.

7:50pm - I forgot to mention two things earlier. One, there was a shooting at George and Avers at 11am yesterday, with over a dozen gunshots fired. Nothing really was found. Two, I'm not sure if I ever told any of you this. This is about my future employment thoughts. In the next couple of years, I'd like to get a job at the 911 center, being a police dispatcher. It sounds like a challenging but fun job. I would give my teeth for the job.

7:54pm - Battery in progress. Hamlin and Altgeld. Group of men breaking out car windows with baseball bats and they're also fighting.

8:01pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon. Good night, everyone.

Gang Disturbance At Barry and Monticello

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:26pm. Sorry I'm late. I was preparing notes for an article which I have to do for school. Speaking of which, the yearly Special Olympics events begin tomorrow! I'm very excited about it. I love Special Olympics. Tomorrow is the opening events at Soldier Field. I'll fill you all in about as the days go by, if you'd like to know. Anyway, it's warm out right now. Well, on that note, I'm done talking and now I'm ready to blog until 8pm.

About 3:45pm - Battery in progress at 2954 N Hamlin with two men fighting in front.

4:42pm - Gang disturbance. Barry and Monticello. NW corner. They're screaming at passing cars, and throwing things at them. They're also flashing and representing.

5:46pm - Domestic disturbance. 2856 N Avers. Problem with the husband.

5:48pm - Reckless driver. George and Kostner. Blue Honda with a plate of H288184 is speeding.

6:21pm - Beat car 2523 gets a disturbance on the Beat.

6:29pm - Gang disturbance. Harding and Schubert. Four to five of them flashing signs.

6:32pm - Assault in progress. 4160 W Fletcher. Drug addict threatening the caller.

6:45pm - Open door. 3050 N Hamlin.

7:07pm - They're calling back on the 6:32pm job. A guy in front is breaking out car windows with a baseball bat.

7:09pm - An off duty PO is on scene of the 6:32pm job, attempting to subdue the man with the bat. He's requesting units, and for them to hurry up.

7:10pm - There's a unit on scene at 4160 W Fletcher.

7:31pm - Assault. 3837 W Fullerton. At Salvation Army. Male threatening someone.

7:53 to 8:07pm - Fell asleep. Sorry :(.

8:26pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

8:45pm - Switched over to Zone 1 until 9pm.

9:00pm - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back with 25 tomorrow afternoon :).

Two Men Shot Near Foodsmart On Armitage

Good afternoon, everyone. What can I say? More gunshots. More people shot. This time, two men were shot at 4:30 this morning at Foodsmart, 2901 W. Armitage, according to this Sun-Times article. Two men in their late 20s were walking through the parking lot of Foodsmart when a gold or brown Conversion minivan stopped at Armitage and Franscisco. Two men in that van shouted gang slogans, then one of them got out and opened fire on the two men. One man, 28, had a gunshot to his abdomen while a 27 yr old was shot in the buttocks. As the shots rang out, witnesses scrambled into the store for cover, along with the vitcims. The offenders got back into their van and took off. The 27 yr old was taken to Stroger in serious condition and the 28 yr old was taken to Illinois Masonic in good condition.

I seriously think people are gun happy in Logan Square, especially the thugs. And it ain't even summer yet. Just wait to then. All hell is going to break loose....


Noon Time Gunfire @ George and Hamlin
Sixteen Year Old Shot In Logan Square
Two Women Attacked With Bat In Logan Square
Police Helicopter Flying, Squad Cars Going Wrong Way
Stabbing On Milwaukee This Morning
Shots Fired @ Milwaukee and Drake Last Night
Shooting On Cortland Friday Night
Teen Shot In Head On Armitage
Shooting On Dawson?
Homicide And Beating In North Avondale
Letter To Alderman Reboyras Re: Shooting at Belmont and Monticello
Shooting At Altgeld and Ridgeway This Morning
Shooting In 2100 Block of Lawndale
Shots Fired On Belmont Last Night
17 Year Old Murdered In Logan Square Club
Shooting At Lyndale and Campbell

Domestic Argument On Addison

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. Today, I'm mointoring 17 for our residents north of Belmont. It'll be in the lower 70s with am rain that is supposed to clear up. Anyway, I'm only monitoring until bedtime tonight (8pm). I'll finish 17 on Friday. I have nothing else to say, so here's crime for today.

12:09am - Domestic disturbance. 3747 W Addison. Male and female arguing. With that, I'm gone. Good night :).

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

7:55am - A female officer says that her car won't start. She's at 2901 W Addison. I guess she'll be ordering up R service (the person[s] that fixes their cars).

10:52am - Disturbance. 3259 N Elston. At Brands Park. Kids throwing rocks at cars.

12:44pm - Suspicious vehicle. 3201 N Kimball. Car left in the middle of the street.

2:32pm - Missing person report. 3317 N Kedzie. Male Hispanic, 18, 180 lbs, black and grey hair with some kind of disorder was last seen at 13:45 (1:45pm) hours.

3:16pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 2:32pm job. It's HS287232 with the event number of 10563.

3:20pm - 1) Burglar report. 3512 N Elston. 2) Criminal damage report. 3285 N Elston.

3:39pm - Reckless driver. Belmont and Kimball. Car with a plate of K481466 is heading towards St. Louis on Belmont, speeding.

5:13pm - Assault in progress. Brands Park. Male threatened a kid on the baseball field.

6:36pm - DUI driver. Belmont and Kostner. Headed eastbound into Avondale on Belmont is a drunk driver. I have a partial plate of A981 and I believe that the vehicle was white in color.

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

6:56pm - I'm back :).

8:45pm - I'm gone for the night. I'll be back with 25 tomorrow afternoon and 17 on Friday. Good night, everyone :).

Aqua-Colored Vehicle Sits In Deming Alley

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. Today starts the month of May. Can you believe it? I'm glad because the weather will get warmer, but unfortunately, that'll led to more violence. To help keep you on top of it, I'll be posting the locations of all CAPS meetings sometime today for this month. Anyway, I'll be monitoring 25 all day. Tomorrow, I'm monitoring 17 for our residents north of Belmont. Here is crime for today.

12:19am - Suspicious vehicle. 4443 W Deming. Stolen aqua-colored vehicle sitting in the alley.

12:20am - Beat 45Sam14 has a traffic stop at Fullerton and Hamlin.

12:22am - Car alarm. 2901 N Kildare.

12:26am - Battery in progress. Hamlin and Armitage. Group fighting on the street.

12:27am - Person w/ a gun. 3758 W Armitage. Blue commerical truck heading north towards Dickens with two men in it that have guns.

1:06am - The 12:19am job is called in again. An address on Altgeld is now given.

1:24am - Request for a supervisor. Cortland and Hamlin. An officer allegedly threatened the caller.

1:39am - 1) Some job. I forgot the details, though. 2) Parker. 3700 W Lyndale.

2:03am - Battery in progress. Belmont and Milwaukee. People fighting in the alley behind Cafe Luna.

2:04am - Beat 2520 checked out the 2:03am job. He's coding it 5Paul, nobody's out there.

2:31am - I'm going to bed. Good night, everyone. I'll be back by 9am :).

9:03am - I'm back. Good morning :).

9:39am - 1) Person down. 3919 W Fullerton. At Fullerton Hotel. 2) Disturbance. 3940 W Fullerton. At CVS. Female refuses to leave.

9:59am - Landlord/tenant dispute. 2431 N Lowell.

11:20am - Domestic disturbance. Hamlin and Schubert. Husband just tried to run the caller over.

11:58am - Threatening suicide. 4122 W George. Son is either inside the house or outside in front, and he's threatening to kill himself.

12:38pm - Domestic battery. 3841 W Belden. Mom and boyfriend fighting.

12:49pm - Suspicious person. 1657 N Harding. Woman looking into people's mailboxes.

1:29 to 1:46pm - I was paying attention on and off.

1:48pm - Two disturbances with drinkers on the 20 sector of 25.

1:58pm - Narcotics. On 2523's Beat.

2:41pm - EMS run. 3031 N Monticello. Male down in front. Probably one of the drunks.

2:47 to 3:00pm - Again, wasn't really paying attention. Sorry. But, I think an alarm on Milwaukee was dispatched along with some job on Hamlin (at 3:57, codes were given for these two jobs, so I think most likely that the jobs were given out in this time period).

3:25pm - Assault in progress. 2134 N Pulaski. Tow truck driver is getting threatened.

3:38pm - Criminal damage. 3638 W Wrightwood. Someone damaged the sidewalk.

3:51pm - 1) Narcotics. George and Avers. Female White in a purple shirt just brought drugs from males on the corner. 2) Parker. 2800 N Kenneth. Truck blocking the alley.

3:58pm - Loud music disturbance. 3922 W Wellington. Black car in front blasting music.

4:05pm - Missing person. Koz Park. Male Hispanic, 59, 190 lbs, short brown hair, red t-shirt and blue jean shorts just walked off, while the caller wasn't paying attention. The caller is the man's son. The man has that cancer which makes you lose your memory (still don't know how to spell the word).

4:13pm - Domestic disturbance. 3810 W Armitage. 14 yr old daughter refuses to listen to the caller. Also, the two 3:51pm jobs and the 3:58pm job are coded.

4:15pm - Update on the 4:05pm job: The father's been found :).

4:17pm - The 3:58pm job now comes in as a landlord/tenant dispute.

4:48pm - Landlord/tenant dispute. 2110 N Keystone.

5:10pm - 1) Disturbance. 2500 N Ridgeway. Male White twirling a ball of fire on a stick. 2) Gang disturbance. 22X8 N Keystone. They're loitering.

5:34pm - Disturbance with kids playing on 2523's Beat.

5:53pm - Traffic accident. Milwaukee and Hamlin. Person hit by a car.

5:57pm - The 5:53pm vitcim wasn't hit by a car. It was just a drunk down.

6:00pm - The 5:53pm job is being called in again, now as a disturbance with a drunk passed out.

6:04pm - Battery. 2814 N Lawndale. Roommate and the caller had a fight. Alcohol was involved. Roommate fled.

6:20pm - They're calling back on the 22X8 Keystone gang disturbance.

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

7:00pm - I'm back :).

7:24pm - Vice complaint. 2535's Beat.

7:54pm - Hold-up alarm. 3945 W Armitage. At the bakery.

7:57pm - The 7:54pm job is coded. There's no bakery there.

8:36pm - Traffic accident. Diversey and Kostner.

9:03pm - Loud music disturbance. 3123 N Monticello.

9:13pm - Parker. 1800 block of N Harding. Premits.

9:34pm - Battery in progress. Fullerton and Monticello. Gang fight.

9:35pm - There will be no car for Beat 2523 tonight. Beat car 2523Robert is down. Just making those of you aware who live on the Beat. We'll still have other Beat cars that can respond to calls on the Beat, but the response time will definitely be slower.

9:41pm - Beat 2540 needs a unit for a TBD situation at 3455 N Pulaski. 2512 is going, but they're coming from Fullerton and Central Ave.

9:43pm - Battery in progress. 3611 W Palmer. Male beating a female in front.

10:07pm - Loud music disturbance. 1827 N Pulaski.

10:17pm - Domestic disturbance. 3939 W Wabansia. Problem with the boyfriend.

10:33pm - Disturbances galore. 2112 N Springfield, Springfield and Dickens and 2220 N Lawndale.

10:35pm - Fire. 3121 N Harding.

10:45pm - Disturbance. Dickens and Kedvale.

11:42pm - There's no 2524R tonight either. Just great. We barely have any cars to respond to any calls in our area now.

11:44pm - EMS run. 3086 N Milwaukee. Male down in front of the clothing store. But that's Bristol's.

11:54pm - Gang disturbances at George and Hamlin, and Diversey and Kostner.

11:58pm - Beat car 2521R has an on-view disturbance at Schubert and Kostner.

11:59pm - The Diversey and Kostner now comes in as a "person w/ a gun".

12:00am - I'm gone with 25 until Monday, unless something major happens tomorrow. Standby for 17...

CAPS Beat Meetings For May 2010

CAPS meetings
Beat 1411 - 7pm-8pm, May 17 @ Resurrection Church (3045 N. Francisco).
Beat 1412 - 7pm-8pm, May 24 @ St. Nicolai Church (3000 N. Kedzie).
Beat 1413 - 7pm-8pm, May 3 @ Logan Square Boys and Girls Club (3228 W. Palmer).
Beat 1414 - 7pm-8pm, May 25 @ Chicago Public Library Logan Square (3030 W. Fullerton).
Beat 1421 - 7pm-8pm, May 26 @ Salem Good News Bible Church (2038 N. California).
Beat 1422 - 7pm-8pm, May 5 @ Simons Park (1640 N. Drake).
Beat 1431 - 7pm-8pm, May 6 @ Goethe Elementary School (2236 N. Rockwell).
Beat 1432 - 7pm-8pm, May 20 @ Holestin Park (2200 N. Oakley).
Beat 1433/34 - 6:30-7:30pm, May 10 @ Chicago Public Library (1701 N. Milwaukee).

Beat 1732 - 7pm-8pm, May 12 @ Athletic Park (3546 W. Addison).
Beat 1733 - 7pm-8pm, May 13 @ Brands Park (3259 N. Elston).

Beat 2523 - 7pm-8pm, May 26 @ Copericus Center (3160 N. Milwaukee).
Beat 2524 - 7pm-8pm, May 20 @ Our Lady of Grace Church (2446 N. Ridgeway).
Beat 2525 - 7pm-8pm, May 18 @ Mozart Park (2036 N. Avers).
Beat 2535 - 7pm-8pm, May 4 @ Maternity BVM Church (3647 W. North).
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ADDITIONAL:
Youth Family Event: 10am-12pm @ 14th District Police Station (2150 N. California) on May 22.

Noon Time Gunfire @ George and Hamlin

You're about to read correct. Yup, more shots fired reported on this blog. This incident took place on drunk-ridden and (somewhat) gang infested Beat 2523, in Avondale. A source who wishes to remain anonymous reports that at noon yesterday, gunshots were fired at George and Hamlin by a gang member on foot, looking to shoot a rival gang member. I have no other information except that the guy jumped into a gold SUV and took off, and that the police came out in force.

Sounds like more gang activity is building up. George and Hamlin has been a relatively quiet corner the last few months as far as gangs are concerned. But I think it's getting active again. Though, it's not as bad as George and Avers, where gang members have been acting up over the last couple of days.

May I remind people to please call 911 on any sort of gang activity. Be on the look out.


Sixteen Year Old Shot In Logan Square
Two Women Attacked With Bat In Logan Square
Police Helicopter Flying, Squad Cars Going Wrong Way
Stabbing On Milwaukee This Morning
Shots Fired @ Milwaukee and Drake Last Night
Shooting On Cortland Friday Night
Teen Shot In Head On Armitage
Shooting On Dawson?
Homicide And Beating In North Avondale
Letter To Alderman Reboyras Re: Shooting at Belmont and Monticello
Shooting At Altgeld and Ridgeway This Morning
Shooting In 2100 Block of Lawndale
Shots Fired On Belmont Last Night
17 Year Old Murdered In Logan Square Club
Shooting At Lyndale and Campbell

Dozen Teen Argument On Ridgeway

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:09pm. Boy, is it warm out this afternoon! It's nice, but it's also bad because of the increase in gang activity and crime (I've been getting reports about gang activity in the 3800 block of W. George for the last two days, today and yesterday, and will do a post on it). I'd just like to say to everyone to please be careful over the next couple of days. There's been a lot of gang activity. Anyway, I'll be monitoring 25 all day tomorrow. Here is crime for this afternoon and evening.

4:28pm - Assault in progress. 2446 N Ridgeway. A dozen teens are arguing in front and caller is concerned it'll escalate.

4:43pm - 1) Traffic accident. 1800 N Hamlin. 2) Narcotics. Kostner and Wrightwood. Skateboarder selling drugs.

4:45pm - Person w/ a gun. Wrightwood and Hamlin. Male Hispanic with a black t-shirt and blue jeans is riding towards Schubert on a bike. He's got a gun. He was with three other teens and they were fighting.

4:58pm - They're calling back on the 4:29pm job.

5:15pm - 1) Domestic battery. Wrightwood and Keeler. 2) Gang disturbance. Dickens and Lawndale. 3) Disturbance. Belmont and Lawndale. Loiters on the corner. 4) Vice complaint. On 2525's Beat. 5) Disturbance. 1900 N Springfield.

5:35pm - Gang disturbance. George and Avers. Two of them stopping traffic and throwing up signs. Again? Oh, c'mon now. Second time in three hours. They're really acting up over there this afternoon. Sorry to say, but I except a Shots Fired call sometime this evening from this corner.

5:41pm - Vice complaint. 1659 N Pulaski.

5:48pm - Criminal damage in progress. 2526 N Springfield. People breaking out the neighbor's windows.

5:54pm - Beat car 2524 needs another car on the 5:49pm job. 2573 is going over.

5:56pm - Beat 2573 is given a disregard on the 5:55pm assist.

5:58pm - Gang disturbance. Barry and Monticello. They're loitering on the corner.

6:04pm - 1) Domestic disturbance. 2844 N Lowell. Problem with mom who won't give the caller the car keys so they could go pound their I-Pod in the car. 2) Disturbance. Mozart Park. 3) Gang disturbance. Armitage and Pulaski.

6:06pm - Person w/ a gun. Belmont and Monticello or Central Park. Male Hispanic, red t-shirt, tattoo possibly has a gun. He's heading east in either the north or south alley of Belmont.

7:00pm - Beat 2505 asks for an event number for Kelvyn Park. It's 16464.

7:03pm - Beat car 2534 a handwaver at Armitage and Avers.

7:09pm - 1) Criminal damage. 1724 N Springfield. 2) Disturbance. Keystone and Palmer.

7:15pm - Reckless driver. Central Park and Oakdale. Intoxicated male White in his 50s driving towards George in a red Toyota with a plate of 3738292.

7:25pm - Beat 2566Eddie asks for a transport unit at 2747 N Karlov. 2521 will go.

7:26pm - An RD number has been pulled from a traffic accident which occurred at 2604 N Elston. It's HS284477 with the event number of 16521.

7:34pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 7:26pm stop. It's HS284499.

7:42pm - Multiple calls for a disturbance w/ a mental at 2659 N Springfield. The mental is violent and a couple of tickets say that he's beating on mom.

7:43pm - I'm going to take a nap for a little while. I'll be back at 9pm, granted the storms don't wake me up. If they do, I'll be back then.

8:59pm - I'm back.

9:04pm - Parker. 3858 W Palmer.

9:07pm - Shots Fired. 3905 W George. Male Hispanic in a black jacket on a bike fired shots and took off towards Wellington on Springfield.

9:17pm - 1) Alarm. 3643 W Belmont. At East Village Youth Hall. 2) Suspicious vehicle. 4243 W Wrightwood.

9:25pm - Assault in progress. 2522 N Springfield. People in the background threatening the caller. Police code this call out because they've been out there three times already and I guess the call is nonsense.

9:30pm - Some job at Fullerton and Pulaski. involving a plate of A972316.

9:35pm - Battery in progress. 1814 N Monticello. Gang fight in the park. Couple of calls coming in.

9:36pm - Battery in progress. 1807 N Lawndale. Men fighting in the street.

9:43pm - A slow down is being given on the 9:36/9:37pm jobs. There's clothes and jerseys laying on the street, though. They were out there at some point.

9:46pm - Person w/ a gun. 3649 W Cortland. There's a gang fight and a dude in a black shirt has a gun.

9:47pm - Multiple tickets coming in for a fight at Cortland and Lawndale, 1831 N Lawndale, 3649 W Cortland, etc. 15 to 20 males out there fighting.

9:48pm - A slow down is being given on the 9:47/9:48pm jobs.

10:01pm - Person w/ a gun. Fullerton and Central Park. Several male Blacks in white tees and masks have guns. They act like they're gonna rob something or something. This job is coded 19Adam because 2523Robert is on scene and sees nothing. Maybe they meant Fulton? 2) Disturbance. George and Lowell. Kids hanging on the corner, making noise.

10:04pm - 1) Loud music disturbance. Monticello and Wabansia. From a garage. 2) Loud music disturbance. 2300 N Avers. From an ice cream truck.

10:07pm - Battery in progress. Armitage and Pulaski. Male beating a female in the gas station.

10:30pm - Fireworks. 1925 N Hamlin. In the alley.

10:31pm - Person down. 3121 N Haussen.

10:32pm - Battery in progress. Schubert and Kildare. Male beating a female near the factory.

11:38pm - A unit has a traffic stop at 1937 N Hamlin.

11:55pm - Loud music disturbance. 2124 N Avers.

Sixteen Year Old Shot In Logan Square

The violence never stops in Logan Square. Especially in the area of Armitage-Western-Bloomingdale-Damen. First we had those two women last week attacked with bats in the 1800 block of Damen (the offender was arrested, by the way. He resided just three blocks from me), now we have this.

A 16 yr old was shot at 8pm last night in the 2300 block of W Armitage. He was shot in the pelvis and was seriously injuried. The vitcim was taken to St. Mary's in serious condition intally, but was then transfered to Stroger. The shooting is believed to be gang related.

Boy, do we have some violent offenders in that area. This has got to STOP. Period. People, work with the cops, please. Call 911 as often as necessary to report activity. Folks, you need to pressure our elected officals to do something.


Two Women Attacked With Bat In Logan Square
Police Helicopter Flying, Squad Cars Going Wrong Way
Stabbing On Milwaukee This Morning
Shots Fired @ Milwaukee and Drake Last Night
Shooting On Cortland Friday Night
Teen Shot In Head On Armitage
Shooting On Dawson?
Homicide And Beating In North Avondale
Letter To Alderman Reboyras Re: Shooting at Belmont and Monticello
Shooting At Altgeld and Ridgeway This Morning
Shooting In 2100 Block of Lawndale
Shots Fired On Belmont Last Night
17 Year Old Murdered In Logan Square Club
Shooting At Lyndale and Campbell

Parker On Sawyer

Good morning, everyone, it's 8am. Today, I'm monitoring 14 on a school day while I'm off from school today. I will be here until 4pm. Anyway, it's going to be rather cloudy with a high in the low 70s. It'll be windy, too. We'll see how that drives the school kids (LOL). Special note: If any fights break out at Clemente HS (even though it's not in the neighborhood), I'll cover those. Here's crime for this morning and afternoon.

8:09am - Parker. 1856 N Sawyer.

8:16am - Disturbance. 1950 N Milwaukee. Problem with the manager at the liquor store.

8:17am - Criminal damage report. 2915 N Richmond.

8:25am - Commerical alarm. 2800 N Milwaukee. At Payless Shoes.

8:31am - Suspicious person. Armitage and Milwaukee. Heading towards Western is a male Black, 17 yrs old, 200 lbs, short brown hair, light complected, blue hoodie is talking to himself while he has a bat in his hand. He's swinging it as he goes by.

8:34am - An RD number has been pulled from the 8:16am job. Non-criminal, however. It's HS281661 with the event number of 03263. Also, school kids heading to Logandale school at Wellington and Kedzie need help crossing the street because the traffic lights are out. That is due to an earlier power outage in the area.

8:36am - Two male Blacks with baseball bats. It is thought that the one from the 8:31am job joined up with another guy. Location is Armitage and Oakely. There was a shooting in the area last night, so I think it may be related.

8:47am - Beat car 1434 advises that he's going in with the report from the 8:16am job, but there will probably be future problems there.

8:50am - 1) Beat 1472 is doing an "L" check at the California Blue Line station. Event number is 03858. 2) Reckless driver. Fullerton and Albany. Heading east is a 4-door Honda Accord speeding. It's got a plate of 4176328.

8:55am - Reckless driver. Logan and California. Burgundy GMC heading towards Diversey nearly cut off the caller. This was after that car was chasing the caller's car after a traffic dispute.

9:04am - Two parkers on 1412's PDT.

9:08am - Person w/ a gun. 1715 N Humboldt. Male Hispanic, white leather jacket, got out of a white vehicle and went into a trunk and got a gun. He put it in his waistband. He went into the hallway of the building. The plate of the car is HA476478.

9:12am - A slow down is being given on the 9:08am job.

9:15am - The officers would like to know who called in the 9:08am job. Anonymous did. One officer would like to know if it was a male or female voice who called it in because this all may be a boyfriend/girlfriend dispute.

9:30am - Traffic accident. North Ave. and Magnolia. By the Home Depot. Multiple calls coming in. A car flipped over. Also stated was that a truck went OVER a car. A female is pinned in a car. Multiple ambulances on the way for multiple injuries. Oh my god ... this sounds horrible.

9:31am - Someone's got a street stop at Wabansia and Mozart.

9:32am - Disturbance. 2300 N Maplewood. Citizen is giving C-DOT a hard time. WTH?

9:35am - Traffic control is to be done at North and Elston. Eastbound traffic on North needs to be diverted to Elston. Officer is instructed to send traffic to Division.

9:41am - A scrap iron truck is wanted for hit and run from the 9:30am job. It fled east on North Ave. into the 18th District, towards Kingsbury. An officer from 18 looked for a truck like the one described in a truck company parking lot on Clybourn near North. This truck was making a right turn when the car somehow got under it and it was flipped over.

9:45am - Traffic accident. Fullerton and Elston. Two cars, no injuries.

9:58am - Beats 1444 and 1446 are to do a TRP mission at 2325 W. Armitage, the site of last night's shooting.

10:09am - Beat 1454 has a possible truck from the accident on North Ave. at 1900 N Kingsbury.

10:15am - Wires down. 3534 W Wabansia. The wires for the POD camera are down.

10:28am - The 10:15am wires are on the SW corner of Wabansia and Drake. They are to the POD camera.

10:35am - The lights are flashing red. Humboldt and Palmer.

10:40am - Battery. 2750 W North. At the medical center. Pregnant woman hit another woman and kicked her daughter.

10:42am - Beat car 1412 asks for an event number for something. It's 03883.

10:43am - Beat 1410 is doing an outdoor roll call at Armitage and Oakely, near the scene of last night's shooting.

10:46am - Assault in progress. Milwaukee and Fullerton. CTA bus driver of #1463 is allegedly threatening a disabled man.

10:47am - A second call came in for the 10:46am job. Now the driver and the man are arguing over the fare.

11:00am - The 10:46am job is coded.

11:28am - ComEd was kicked out and they'd like to get their materials. They were trying to shut off the power. Location is 1860 N Hoyne.

11:29am - Alarm. 3512 W McLean.

11:43am - Beat car 1412 is doing a premise check at 3036 N Elbridge.

11:47am - Check the well being. 3309 W Palmer. Someone's being either strangled or attacked by a dog.

12:04pm - Person wanted. 2701 N Western. At Burger King. Female employee is wanted for leaving the scene of an auto accident.

12:08pm - The first school call has came out for our area today. There's a disturbance at 1711 N California, at the Moos school. Problem with a student over property.

12:11pm - Beat 1472 has a traffic stop at Dickens and California. Running a plate.

12:15pm - Beat car 1412 is doing a Sex Offender check at 2951 N Gresham. Event number is 06998.

12:20pm - Suspicious vehicle. 1658 N Leavitt. A sliver SUV with a plate of 719490 has a female laying in the vehicle.

12:33pm - Alarm. 1847 N Humboldt. At the church.

12:39pm - Alarm. 2335 N Lister.

12:45pm - Person w/ a knife. 1935 N Albany. Male Hispanic, 20s, black t-shirt, is out in front, yelling that he's got a knife and that he'll cut himself.

12:49pm - Theft. 1627 N Bell.

1:00pm - Threatening suicide. 3212 W George. At Logandale school. Female student has a knife. EMS is en route and police are being requested.

1:01pm - Gang disturbance. Diversey and Artesian. Five of them running around with bats.

1:03pm - Someone's doing an "L" check at the Belmont and Kimball Blue Line station. Event number is 07837.

1:05pm - A slow down is being given at Logandale school.

1:07pm - Disturbance. 2235 N Lister. Tenant who's getting evicted and he refuses to leave.

1:13pm - Battery. Webster and Ashland. The CTA bus driver on #1128 had food thrown on them.

1:19pm - The 1pm girl will be transported to Norwegian for an evaluation. Job will be duped out to the ambulance. The girl claims that she's hearing voices but the school think she's just mad because she's in trouble for skipping school a couple of times.

1:26pm - EMS run. 2061 N Campbell. Grandfather's been drinking and took some pills.

1:30pm - Parker. 1952 N Damen. In the loading zone.

1:36pm - Disturbance. 2813 W McLean. Bums hanging out in the alley.

1:45pm - 1) Traffic accident. 1758 W Armitage. Citizen hit by a car. 2) Person wanted. 1815 N Whipple. A female named Jessie is wanted for battery. 3) Gang disturbance. Wrightwood and Kimball. Seven "punks" just tagged the sidewalk with gang lettering. 4) Wires down. 2921 W Diversey. Wire less than 20 feet from the ground. A strong gust of wind will probably knock it down. 5) Burglar report. 3011 N Kedzie.

2:04pm - Burglar alarm. 1800 N Washtenaw.

2:18pm - Disturbance. 1600 block of N Fairfeld. A group of male teens have been drinking on the sidewalk all day.

2:27pm - Beat 1489 is doing a school crossing at Humboldt and Armitage.

2:31pm - The wires at 2921 Diversey may be live. ComEd will be notified.

2:33pm - The street lights at Kedzie and Wellington are out. They've been out all day. The city is needed asap because of the Logandale school kids going home, from both the regular day and from after school.

2:34pm - Beat 1446 asks for a gang/drugs mission and a DOC mission. DOC event number is 09506 and gangs/drugs is 09505.

2:36pm - 1) Beat 1488 is doing a school crossing at Damen and Cortland. 2) Check the well being. 1740 N Spaulding. 86 yr old woman locked herself out of the house.

2:38pm - Violation order of protection. 2132 N Kedzie. Ex-husband's in front of the caller's job.

2:41pm - Burglar alarm. 2717 N Elston. At David's Bridal.

2:44pm - Burglar alarm. 1900 N Honye.

2:53pm - Domestic battery. 1719 N Talman. Boyfriend and girlfriend fighting.

2:57pm - Burglar report. 1848 N Western.

2:58pm - Beat car 1432 needs some jumper cables at Shakespeare and Oakely.

3:04pm - Beat 1462Eddie had a street stop at 1824 N Talman but is now going in with one.

3:05pm - Parker. 2120 N Hoyne.

3:24pm - Burglar alarm. 1735 N Honore.

3:26pm - Traffic accident. North and St. Louis. Couple of calls for a bike, a car and a motorcycle all involved in an accident.

3:39pm - A unit has a stop at 3006 W North Ave.

3;44pm - Disturbance w/ a mental. 2449 N Maplewood. 17 yr old brother, who's a high risk, may not be in his right mind and is arguing with mom. He may hurt someone. He's got a Noble school uniform, which is a burgundy shirt and biege khaki pants. He fled towards Rockwell on Fullerton.

3:46pm - Burglar alarm. 2051 W Willow.

3:51pm - 1) Battery in progress. 1655 W Wabansia. Male and female fighting in front. 2) Battery in progress. 1641 N Mozart.

3:53pm - A slow down is given for 1655 Wabansia.

3:54pm - A slow down is given for 1641 Mozart.

4:00pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back at 4:09pm tomorrow afternoon with 25. Good night, everyone :).

Beat 2523 Meeting Tonight (4-28-10)

Good evening, everyone. Our Beat, 2523, meeting continues to grow even more. This particular meeting had lots of new faces, which is great.

The old issues that were talked about from last month's meeting were the one on Hamlin, the one on Fletcher, the one on Kenosha and the one at Diversey and Lawndale. For Hamlin, Sergeant Weiglein stated that he went by there, spoke with the complaining resident several times and basically he did what he could do. For Fletcher, he went by there, but people who lived at the place told him there was no people selling drugs from there. For Diversey and Lawndale, two men were arrested for drugs. One for having two grams of weed, the other for having cocaine. I don't think I'm forgetting any other issues, but if I am, please let me know (I had several of you, my readers, in attendance tonight of the meeting).

Now on to the problems:

• On Davlin, there's been trespassers.

I'm not aware of any other new problems since I had to leave, but maybe those of you who were there with me can tell me (please)?

Other observations:
> We had a guest speaker, a dispatcher, from OEMC to come out to the meeting. She explained to us that the 911 calls come in priorities. Priority #1 jobs, for example, are like "Shots Fired", "Battery in progress", etc. Those jobs have to be dispatched immeadiately. Priority #2 jobs are like "battery", "robbery" and so on. Prority #3 jobs are ones like barking dogs, parkers, narcotics, etc. She told us that ALL jobs are [to be] dispatched. EVERY 911 call gets an event number and the call taker MUST create an event for it. No call can be held or canceled. The dispatcher urged citizens to call 911 for anything and everything we see. Unless we're vitcims of a crime, we DO have the right to be ANONYMOUS. Call takers are required to ask callers regarding gangs and drugs if they'd like to be anonymous. She also urged us to try to tell the call taker everything of what's going on with an incident, for officer's safety and their safety. She also urged us to call 311 for reports.
> A woman came to the meeting and talked about the drunks on Milwaukee Avenue. She was saying things like we should have sympathy for them, how come Salvation Army isn't in the neighborhood, etc. At first, it sounded like she was blaming us. As she continued talking, however, she seemed to have been on our side somewhat more than she as. She meant well, I think.
> The most incidents took place in the 2900 block of North Milwaukee. The most crimes were, as usual, battery (25 reported incidents), criminal damage (16 reported incidents) and narcotics (13 reported incidents). The most incidents took place on Mondays and Fridays. Most incidents took place on the street (30 reported incidents) and in apartments (26 reported incidents). The most incidents took place in the 4pm, 9am, 12pm and 8pm hours.

As usual, I thank everyone for being involved in this meeting. We can still make Avondale better, if we all do our part. I still thank everyone for coming to the meeting. It's encouraging to see all of you care about the neighborhood. And, for my readers who were newcomers, nice to meet you! For those residents who read the blog but don't come to the meetings (because they don't want to), please, come! We need all of the help we can get.

Thank you,
Timmy

Unavoidable Stop On Fullerton

Good morning, everyone, it's 5am. It's freezing out there right now. It's only in the mid 30s. But it's supposed to warm up into the mid 60s, so that's good. Anyway, I'm taking off from school tomorrow (because we're not really doing anything) to monitor 14 on a school day. I'd like to hear the calls from the schools in 14. Also, just to put this out there, I won't be monitoring this afternoon, as I'm most likely going to my Beat meeting tonight. Here is crime for this morning.

5:59am - Beat 2593 is going in on an unavoidable traffic stop from Kilbourn and Fullerton.

6:43am - I have to go. Have a great day, everyone, and I'll be back tomorrow.

Domestic On Wrightwood

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:07pm. School was alright. Just glad to be home. Tomorrow, it's yet another day of school. I'll be taking Thursday off. Anyway, in any event, it's sunny and in the 50s right now. Also, I have a reminder: the 2523 CAPS Beat meeting is tomorrow night at 3160 N Milwaukee at 7pm. I'll probably be there. Here is crime for this afternoon and early evening.

3:35pm - Domestic disturbance. 4236 W Wrightwood.

4:09 to 4:29pm - I fell asleep. Sorry.

4:38pm - Narcotics. Koz Park. Three males doing marijuana on the basketball court.

4:57pm - Assault (in progress). 2437 N Hamlin. Tenants threatened the caller.

5:11pm - Traffic accident. Avers and Diversey. Caller was side-swiped.

5:14pm - Shots Fired. Ridgeway and Milwaukee. Five heard by Avondale liquors.

5:20pm - The 5:14pm job is coded. No shots were fired.

5:40pm - Parker. 1800 block of N Harding. Premits.

6:04pm - Beat 2505 is doing a park check at Mozart.

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

7:00pm - I'm back :).

7:26pm - Gang disturbance. Belden and Keystone. Four representing.

8:58pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow morning. Good night, everyone :).

Criminal Trespass On Palmer

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:26pm. School was alright today. Just glad to be home. Tomorrow, we're playing baseball at a park against Walter Payton HS. Then, Wednesday, we're on a completey different schedule. All I hope for is that we can get out early that day and that we can win tomorrow. Anyway, it's in the 50s right now. Also, I'll be monitoring until 7:05pm. Here's crime for this afternoon.

4:29 to 4:40pm - Had the radio off on accident. Sorry :(.

4:46pm - Criminal trespass in progress. 3721 W Palmer. Two squatters trying to enter via the rear and take stuff.

5:08pm - Assault. Belmont and Monticello. Drunk guy argued with the caller's cousin, then threatened to get some of his friends to start some trouble.

5:40 to 5:50pm - Fell asleep. Sorry :(.

6:00pm - Disturbance w/ a mental. 1929 N Pulaski. At Geneva Foundation. One of the clients is causing a problem.

6:07pm - Beat car 2523 gets two small things on the Beat.

6:16pm - Generic. 1725 N Ridgeway. Caller got a letter in the mail about the house they that own being in foreclosure. There was a number for the caller to call. They called it, but however, the person who the caller contacted was very rude. The caller then called 311, but for some strange reason, they sent it over to 911. Caller insists on sending police, even though Dispatch's partner called them to tell them it wasn't a police matter. Dispatch's supervisor wants someone to go over, also.

6:28pm - EMS run. 3832 W Diversey. Car on the sidewalk with a possible sick man in it.

6:58pm - 1) Disturbance. 2323 N Kedvale. Dispute over a car parked in the garage. 2) Parker. 3974 W Barry.

7:05pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon. Good night, everyone :).

Two Women Attacked With Bat In Logan Square

Good morning, everyone. Sorry for not posting this earlier in time, but I've been somewhat busy. Anyway, according to a Chicago Breaking News article, two women were attacked with a bat in the wee hours of the morning on Friday.

The attack occurred in the 1800 block of North Damen at 3:30am. The two women, both college students (one being an exchange student from Ireland), were walking back to vitcim #1's home (not the exchange student) when a male Black, 27-34 yrs old, 5'7-5'9, medium complected, wearing a tan or light colored hooded sweatshirt struck them from behind and hit them in the back of the head with a baseball bat. He took off with their purses, and they fell unconscious. Both vitcims were then rushed to Illinois Masonic Hospital, one being in critical condition and the other being in serious condition. It's unknown if this point if they are still in the hospital.

Fact reporting is over on this end. Now, let's talk about this. Why does a man with a bat prey on two college women, in an area with a popular dog park (Churchill comes to mind) and half million dollar homes (and probably condos), no less? Of course, we could ask, why is there a man on the street with a bat at 3:30 in the morning, period. You mean to tell me that not ONE person saw the guy and didn't call 911 to report it? I'm sure someone HAD to see this guy. I'm not convinced that nobody saw him.

What can we as a community do to stop these kind of vicious attacks? More police presence? That wouldn't really work, the police have real manpower shortages and most of those cops in the 14th District refuse to protect and serve the citizens. Go to CAPS Beat meetings and complain? That really doesn't work, either, if you're just complaining about it. So, I'd like to know, what can we do? Before this guy does it again (I'm pretty sure this is the first of attacks he has planned).

If you know the guy, turn him in. Or, if you see him (provided description), call 911. Don't hesistate to. This guy is dangerous and he could prey on someone else next if we don't stop him.

I sure hope the vitcims are ok, and that this psycho that committed this disgusting crime pays the ultimate price for his act.

Update, 4/27/10: We have two arrests. Heriberto Viramontes, 30, of the 3100 block of N Springfield Avenue and Marcy Cruz, 25, were charged with aggravated battery and armed robbery. I'm glad these two are of the street. Here's the article.


Police Helicopter Flying, Squad Cars Going Wrong Way
Stabbing On Milwaukee This Morning
http://avondalelogansquarecrime.blogspot.com/2010/03/shots-fired-milwaukee-and-drake-last.html
Shooting On Cortland Friday Night
Teen Shot In Head On Armitage
Shooting On Dawson?
Homicide And Beating In North Avondale
Letter To Alderman Reboyras Re: Shooting at Belmont and Monticello
Shooting At Altgeld and Ridgeway This Morning
Shooting In 2100 Block of Lawndale
Shots Fired On Belmont Last Night
17 Year Old Murdered In Logan Square Club
Shooting At Lyndale and Campbell
Shooting On Palmer Wednesday Night

Male Beating Female @ Wrightwood and Avers

Good morning, everyone, it's 12:35am. Right now, it's raining out and it's in the lower 50s. We'll see what that does with crime. I'll be here from 10:57am to 4:26pm today. I don't have anything else to say, so here's crime for this morning and afternoon.

12:48am - Battery in progress. Wrightwood and Avers. Male beating a female. Multiple, multiple calls on it.

12:58am - Robbery. 4200 W Wrightwood. Male, who got into a red '90 Sedan with a partial plate of 7818, beat up and robbed a female in front. He fled towards Pulaski.

1:23am - Loud music disturbance. 2735 N Hamlin.

1:45am - I'm heading to bed. Good night, everyone :).

10:57am - I'm back. Good morning :).

11:26am - Suspicious person. 2745 N Lawndale. A red Ford has been sitting there for a while.

11:41am - Sounds like there was an EMS run on Monticello.

11:44am - Domestic disturbance. 2856 N Ridgeway. Problem with the husband.

11:46am - Beat 2546 is on scene of the 11:44am job. The husband actually hit the caller, but he's gone. Officer will cut caller a report.

11:57am - Wanted for domestic battery from the 11:44am job is a Roy East, 35, driving a grey Dodge minivan.

11:58am - Parker. 3115 N Lowell.

12:14pm - Open door. 2955 N Lowell. At USA, possibly? A door to a construction site is gone and someone's possibly inside.

12:48pm - There's a call of drinkers somewhere on Monticello. It was given to Beat 2563Adam.
1:13pm - Theft. 1900 N Monticello. People took some tools then ran off.

1:45pm - Domestic disturbance. 2455 N Lowell.

2:45pm - Information for the police. Belmont and Lawndale.

2:48pm - Beat 2552 is doing a Sex Offender check at 2810 N Lowell.

4:15pm - Parker. 3622 W McLean. Car's been parked in front of the garage for 20 minutes now.

4:20pm - Domestic disturbance. 1654 N Harding. 15 yr old daughter refuses to take the meds and is acting violent.

4:25pm - It sounds like Beat car 2525 is taking one in from 3639 W Shakespeare on a stop.

4:26pm - I'm going to go. I'll be back tomorrow afternoon. Good night, everyone :).

Traffic Stop At Lawndale and Diversey

Good evening, everyone, it's 7:05pm. Today's been a good day. I was doing other stuff but now I'm ready to blog. Tonight, it's rainy and it's in the 50s. We'll see what that does with crime. Tomorrow, I'll be here from 10:57am to 4:26pm. Here's crime for tonight.

7:12pm - Beat car 2524 has a traffic stop at Diversey and Lawndale.

7:17pm - Commerical alarm. 4301 W Diversey. At the church.

7:43pm - Domestic disturbance. Fullerton and Springfield. Ex-girlfriend broke out the car windows.

7:44pm - Check the well being. 1800 N Monticello. Caller hung up while on the phone with the call taker.

7:48pm - Shots Fired. 2819 N Hamlin. Shots heard from a white van, heading south towards Diversey.

7:51pm - A slow down is being given on Shots Fired.

7:52pm - Beat 2561 is coding out the Shots Fired. He came from the south. He'll drive around a little bit.

10:10pm to 12:00am - I fell asleep. I'm really sorry. I didn't get to cover this time period at all ... again.

Busy Beat For 2524 This Afternoon

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:31pm. TGIF! I'm glad it's the weekend. Right now, it's rainy and it's in the mid 50s. Anyway, I'm going to monitor until midnight with the exception of a 45-60 minute nap. Tomorrow, I'll be monitoring after dinner. Here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

4:37pm - Beat car 2524 gets three jobs on the PDT.

4:38pm - Theft. 3850 W Cortland. Something about a car.

4:50pm - Gang disturbance. Monticello and Barry.

5:15pm - I'm going to take my nap. Oh, by the way, anyone hear about this?

5:52pm - I'm back.

5:55pm - 1) Either they're calling again, or it's still pending, but there's [still] a gang disturbance at Monticello and Barry. 2) Gang disturbance. Harding and Wabansia. Possible gang meeting on the corner. 3) Traffic accident. 3652 W Wrightwood.

6:13pm - Battery in progress. Belmont and Lawndale. Gang fight with bats being used.

6:19pm - A slow down is being given on the gang fight.

6:22pm - Assault. 4163 W Fletcher. Cousin's boyfriend who smells like beer threatened the caller.

6:38pm - An RD number has been pulled from the 6:22pm job. It's HS272501 with the event number of 13644.

7:10 through 9:05pm - I haven't been paying lots of attention. There's been a lot of things, which I won't discuss, going on here.

7:16pm - Check the well being. 3804 W North. Elderly male laying in the hallway and it appears that gangbangers are there, trying to steal money from him.

8:10pm - Sounds like there was a job on Haussen.

8:13pm - Gang disturbance. 3850 W North. They're hanging out by the grocery store.

9:12pm - Robbery. Belmont and Lawndale. Caller was robbed by three males. They also beat her up.

9:43pm - Disturbance. 3144 N Monticello.

10:05pm - Domestic battery. Central Park and Belmont.

10:28pm - Loud music disturbance. 2845 N Pulaski.

10:35pm - Traffic accident. Diversey and Pulaski.

10:40 to 11:05pm - Again, I didn't pay too much attention. Sorry.

11:49pm - Beat car 2525Robert has a curfew at Armitage and Pulaski. Event number is 19603.

11:51pm - Loud music disturbance. 2907 N Springfield.

11:52pm - Battery in progress. 3043 N Hamlin. Man and woman fighting. A knife is possibly involved.

12:00am - I'm heading to bed. Good night. I'll be back tomorrow night, and hopefully it'll be a better night.

10 Person Fight In Progress @ George and Pulaski

Good morning, everyone, it's 12am. Today, I'm off from school as it's report card pick-up day. But I will go to the school with my mom. Anyway, it'll be in the 60s today with sunshine (from what I'm told). That's all I have to say for now, so here's crime for today.

12:19am - Battery in progress. George and Pulaski. 10 people fighting on the corner.

12:21am - A slow down is being given at George and Pulaski.

1:29am - I have to go. Good night, everyone, and I'll be back in the morning :).

8:58am - I'm back. Good morning :).

10:05am - Gang disturbance. 21X5 N Lawndale. They're in front, loitering.

10:20am - Disturbance. 3640 W Oakdale. Group of drunks have been there all morning, and it sounds like they're laying in the alley.

10:27am - Beat 2543 needs EMS at the 10:20am job. The drunks are down, in the alley.

10:57am - I have to go get my report card. I'll be back later.

4:26pm - I'm back :).

5:03pm - Narcotics. 2311 N Keystone. Two males doing drugs in the parking lot.

5:12pm - Gang disturbance. Cortland and Ridgeway.

6:07pm - Fireworks. Mozart Park.

6:18pm - Probably unrelated to the 6:07pm job, but a ticket for an "Assault in progress" is popping up on Zone 12's board for Mozart Park. Five male gangbangers surrounding one on the basketball court.

6:22pm - Beat car 2523 is doing a park check at Ken-Well.

6:57pm - Assist the PO. Koz Park. An off duty needs help dispersing four to five gangbangers by the basketball court who are chasing cars.

6:58pm - A slow down is being given on the 6:57pm job.

6:59pm - Theft in progress. Milwaukee and Central Park. Two males breaking into a car near Elbridge and Central Park.

7:21pm - Traffic accident. 4122 W Dickens.

7:30pm - Per Beat 2562Adam is a hot car, a sliver Nissan Altima. It's heading towards Springfield on Palmer, from Pulaski. No sirens or lights activated.

7:31pm - The car's pulling over. Palmer and Springfield.

7:51pm - Narcotics. 2929 N Kenneth.

7:52pm - 1) Gang disturbance. Monticello and Belmont. 30 of them throwing things. 2) Domestic battery. 3607 W Fullerton. Caller was hit in the face by the ex-girlfriend.

7:57pm - 1) Missing person report. 4024 W Nelson. Daughter didn't go to school and hasn't came home. 2) Criminal damage. 2988 N Milwaukee.

8:16pm - Beat 45Sam16Adam just located five of the gangbangers who were involved in throwing things at Belmont and Monticello at 3139 N Lawndale. The call was originally coded out but they were found. Transport car needed. Event number is 14644.

8:21pm - Battery in progress. 2113 N Keystone. Male and female fighting.

8:23pm - Backlog in 25 at 20:23 hours.

8:24pm - An RD number has been pulled from 4024 Nelson. It's HS270914 with the event number of 14464. A 12 yr old girl is missing, first time out. Was called in sick from school by someone else.

8:26pm - The 8:21pm job now has a child involved and a male throwing a brick through a window.

8:35pm - Domestic disturbance. 3935 W Diversey.

8:36pm - Burglar report. On 2523's Beat.

8:55pm - Battery in progress. 3020 N Pulaski.

8:56pm - Couple of calls on the 8:55pm job coming in. No details.

9:04pm - I have to go. Good night, everyone, and I'll be back tomorrow :).

Skateboards Disturb Stairs Of Our Lady Of Grace

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:01pm. School was pretty good. Anyway, at about 4pm, I'm going to visit my old school for an hour or so. I'm going to see how they're doing over there. Also, tonight, I can stay up, since I have no school tomorrow for report card pick-up day (altough, I am going with mom). I think that's pretty cool. Well, here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

3:33pm - Disturbance. 2446 N Ridgeway. Four male teens skatebording on the stairs of Our Lady of Grace, and on the street.

3:45pm - Beat car 2523 is doing a Community Concern at 40X0 W George. Event number is 11116. This will probably a new problem discussed at the next CAPS Beat meeting next Wednesday.

4:04pm - I'm heading out to Monroe. I'll be back in about two hours.

6:21pm - I'm back :).

7:37pm - I'm going to take a nap until 8pm. I'll be back.

9:32pm - I'm finally back. Sorry that was so long.

9:43pm - Domestic disturbance. 2304 N Lawndale.

9:45pm - Burglary in progrress. 2831 N Springfield. A few males went in.

10:02pm - Traffic accident. Fullerton and Central Park. Car VS pole.

10:19pm - Beat car 2523Robert has a traffic stop at 2735 N Pulaski.

10:25pm - Suspicious vehicle. 28X0 N Hamlin. '88 Chevy Caprice driving around with gangbangers in it.

10:54pm - Beat car 2525R has a traffic stop at 4152 W Palmer.

11:28pm - EMS run. 2137 N Lawndale. 52 yr old female took too many pills.

11:53pm - Assault. 3646 W Cortland. Someone in front threatened the complainant.

EMS Run @ Milwaukee and Monticello

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:07pm. School was pretty good today. Anyway, it's nice outside. It's nearly 60 degrees right now. I have nothing else to say, so here's crime for this afternoon and early evening.

3:19pm - EMS run. Milwaukee and Monticello. Male on the ground since yesterday(?).

3:24pm - Disturbance. 2101 N Pulaski. Some female named Savon (or something like that) is trying to throw rocks at people.

3:26pm - 1) Municipal ordinance violation. 1901 N Pulaski. 2) Parker. 1944 N Harding.

3:36pm - Assault in progress. 1841 N Springfield. At McAuliffe school. Principal is getting threatened by a parent.

4:07pm - Beat 2577Sam has a street stop at Altgeld and Kildare. Event number is 11283.

4:32pm - Battery in progress. Avers and Palmer. Fight on the street.

4:47pm - A slow down is being given on the 4:32pm job. There's no fight. Now, 2525 has a traffic stop at 2146 N Hamlin.

5:12pm - Gang disturbance. 3940 W Fullerton. More than 20 gangbangers in front of CVS, harassing passerby.

5:17pm - Burglar alarm. 3800 W Fullerton.

6:09pm - Disturbance. Ken-Well Park. Drinkers.

6:26pm - Gang disturbance. 2400 N Kildare. Three of them, youths, flashing and throwing things at cars.

6:32pm - Disturbance. 2311 N Keystone. Kids running around in the construction site, throwing debris.

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

7:10pm - I'm back :).

7:21pm - Gang disturbance. Schubert and Avers. Four walking towards Springfield, representing.

7:32pm - 1) Burglar alarm. 2958 N Milwaukee. At Park National Bank. 2) Municipal ordinance violation. 3051 N Hamlin. 3) Parker. 2300 N Karlov.

7:37pm - Gang disturbance. Belmont and Monticello.

7:50pm - Fire. 4131 W Belmont. There's a smell of smoke.

7:56pm - Beat car 2522 had a traffic stop at 2249 N Monticello but will be taking in one for a TBD.

8:04pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Good night, everyone :).

Male Selling Drugs @ Fullerton and Central Park

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 3:15pm. School was good. Glad to be home, though, because of my tiredness. Anyway, it's kind of cold out there (lower 50s right now) for this time of year. Hopefully, that can perhaps keep crime down a bit. Well, here's crime for this afternoon and early evening.

3:33pm - Narcotics. Fullerton and Central Park. Male selling drugs to the kids.

3:42pm - Criminal damage. 3963 W Belmont. Three male Blacks walking towards Pulaski just tagged the building.

3:45pm - Disturbance. Milwaukee and Monticello. Two homeless guys blocking the sidewalk in front of where the new MB Financial bank is going to be.

4:14pm - Traffic accident. Wrightwood and Pulaski.

4:30pm? - They're calling for a second time at Milwaukee and Monticello. Those guys are now blocking the enterance to the bank.

4:47pm - Beat car 2522 has a drunk who needs to go to de-tox at 3160 N Milwaukee. 2573 is more than happy to go over.

4:54pm - Disturbance. Milwaukee and Avers. People loitering on the corner. Probably the drunks.

4:59pm - Battery? 3851 W Schubert. Brother's bleeding from the head. Sounds more like an EMS run to me.

5:10pm - Person w/ a gun. North and Pulaski. Heading towards Wabansia on Pulaski is a white tow truck who's driver is loaded with guns and drugs. An older white Chevy is being towed. The driver's named is allegedly "Jube".

5:11pm - Beat car 2515 has a handwaver at Armitage and Pulaski regarding a grey minivan, possibly a Honda, with a male Hispanic driver who has on a blue baseball cap that pointed a small black handgun at the citizen after yelling at them. The car went towards Karlov on Armitage, then went towards Cortland on Karlov.

5:23pm - They're calling for the third time at Milwaukee and Monticello. Now, two more guys have joined them, which makes a grand total of five, are congregating on the corner with their shopping carts. 2523 isn't going back over, though. Nothing's being blocked. But this is a different call now. I guess these officers aren't the regulars on the car because the regulars always assure us at the CAPS meeting that they're happy to respond to calls for service.

6:00pm - Check the well being. 4100 W Wrightwood. Male heading towards Keeler, stumbling and bleeding from the face.

6:47pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back :).

7:15pm - I'm back.

7:25pm - Gang disturbance. 3100 block of N Monticello.

7:28pm - Battery. 1623 N Monticello. 9 yr old nephew was beaten up at the park.

7:38pm - Person wanted. 3850 W North. At the North-Pulaski Fresh Market. Female who's been cashing bad checks is on scene now.

7:59pm - Disturbance. 1627 N Pulaski. At Walgreens.

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