Violent Sex Assault in 025 Rattles Community

An innocent teenage girl was brutally attacked in the area of Fullerton and Long recently. This crime has surely shaken her deep to her core, and has taken away her reason to ever feel secure in her surroundings again. The life issues created for this young girl by her attacker are extremely serious! WE can be the ones to help her feel safe and help her start re-building her life by doing the following things:

1. Reporting any and all rumors, or other information about the identity and / or whereabouts of this offender to the police by calling 911 or the Area North Detectives / Special Victim's Unit IMMEDIATELY!

2. If you know someone who knows something about this crime and you know they haven't spoken to the police, YOU pick up the phone and tell police. Remember, you CAN stay anonymous.

3. Even if you don't know anything about this crime, and even if you don't know this young lady, you CAN help support her by being active in the community and taking an active part in exposing rape culture, exposing violent attitudes towards women and children to the light of day, and by volunteering for rape victim advocacy agencies. Many sexual assault victim advocacy agencies have crisis lines that make the difference every day.

4. Please think about going to the 025th district CAPS office or the front desk at 025, and ask them to give you flyers to distribute until the offender in this case is brought to justice. The more police can rely on the community to do this, and other realistically helpful things that draw out unknown violent offenders in cases like this, the safer the community becomes.

Man Walking Down Diversey With No Coat Or Shoes, Teens Throwing Snowballs On Armitage

Good morning, everyone, it's 4:16am. I'm monitoring 25 today. I should be listening until about 8am or so, then I'm going to head out and run some errands. I am going to make an effort to be back by 1:30pm or 2pm, then at about 6:30 or so, I will need to head back out for a couple of hours, which means I should be back by 10 or so until midnight. We'll see how it all plays out. Here's crime for portions of today.

4:34am - Disturbance. Diversey and Kildare. 65 year old male Hispanic with no coat or shoes is walking in the street, headed east on Diversey towards Tripp.

4:38am - Beat car 2524Robert needs an ambulance over there.

4:39am - EMS is on the way.

4:47am - Ambulance 7 is taking the guy to OLR, per 2524R.

6:40am - Turns out this guy is 95 years old and is a missing from the 4200 block of W Nelson. His family just called to report him missing and said that he went south from there with no coat or shoes, and after some communications between Dispatch and 2524R, he has been confirmed as the missing. Beat car 2525 is headed over to the address to talk with the family really quick and to make sure they head over to OLR.

8:03am - I'm going to head out now. I'll be back later. Have a good day, everyone!

4:03pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

4:06pm - Disturbance. 3911 W Armitage. Group of teens throwing snowballs.

5:55pm - EMS run. 3600 W Diversey. At the store. Man bleeding.

5:58pm - EMS run. 2600 block of N Hamlin. Male supporting a female who appears to be sick.

6:15pm - Alarm. 3737 W Cortland. At Magic Gloves.

6:28pm - Suspicious person. 28XX N Lowell. Several people in the backyard of the caller's home.

6:36pm - I have to go. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone!

Traffic Stop Assist @ Belden/Keystone, Burglary In Progress On Wabansia

Good morning, everyone, it's 9:47am. Today, I'm monitoring 25 from now until 2pm, then again from 5:30 to midnight. Not sure how my monitoring schedule is going to be for the rest of this week, but I will be monitoring. I'm open to suggestions if anyone has any. Not much to say, so here's crime for today.

10:41am - Beat car 2525 needs another car at Belden and Keystone on a traffic stop. No emergency. Beat cars 2522 and 2524 are going.

11:53am - Burglary in progress. 37XX W Wabansia. Two males trying to break in to the back of the property.

12:12pm - Beat 2582 is doing foot patrol on Milwaukee Ave.

1:13pm - Battery. 2010 N Central Park. At the Funston school. Student hit a teacher.

1:42pm - Robbery. 3906 W Armitage. Three to four males just robbed a woman in front of the closed down warehouse. They fled east towards Avers on Armitage.

2:00pm - I'm going to go until 5:30. I'll be back then. Have a good afternoon, everyone!

5:30pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

5:33pm - Commercial alarm. 2929 N Pulaski Rd. At Peterson's Brothers Plastic.

7:00pm - Gang disturbance. Pulaski and Armitage. Two gangbangers threatened the caller.

7:42pm - Drag racing. 2622 N Pulaski Rd. Group of males in cars drag racing and a man is holding a flash light directing drivers, in the parking lot.

8:54pm to 9:50pm - I had my radio turned down. Sorry guys. I'll be listening to the archive for this time period today (12/17/13).

10:51pm - Loud music disturbance. 4236 W Fullerton. At the Zuma studio. Lots of loud music coming from there.

11:07pm - Fire. cortland hamlin. Several calls. The factory behind the train tracks is on fire.

11:35pm - Parker. On 2524's Beat.

11:47pm - Alarm. On 2523's Beat.

11:59pm - Beat car 2525Robert has a traffic stop at fullerton pulaski.

12:00am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow morning. Have a good night, everyone!

Orange Vehicle Blocks Alley On Dickens, DUI Driver @ Belmont Blue Line (Monitoring 14)

Good morning, everyone, it's 10:45am. I'm monitoring 14 from now until 11:50am, then again from 12:25pm to 3:45, and then again from 5:50 to 7:34. I monitored 14 this morning form 9:56 to 10:22, but heard no calls. As I said last night, I will be getting the archive of the time I missed monitoring 14. Over my break, I will also try my very best to listen through all of the archives I have yet to do from time periods throughout this year. I do acknowledge that there have been plenty of times this year where I have been very neglectful towards this blog, and I do apologize. Although I will try my best to update a bit more as I go back to school in the new year, I also realize I will not please everyone. But, enough of that. Here's crime for portions of today.

10:46am - Parker. 32XX W Dickens. Orange vehicle blocking the alley.

11:04am - DUI driver. Belmont and Kimball. The driver of a white van with the name "Schiller Park" on the side of it, possibly a cab, in front of the Blue Line station asked the caller where they can get drugs. The person looks either drunk or high.

11:16am - Commercial alarm. 2234 W North Ave.

11:26am - Beat car 1412 needs an assist at the 11:04am job. Beat car 1411 is coming over.

11:50am - I'm going to go until 12:25. I'll be back then. See you all in a little bit.

12:25pm - I'm back. Good afternoon, everyone.

12:48pm - Check the well being. 28XX W McLean. Caller hasn't heard from their boyfriend.

12:52pm - Traffic accident. 2217 W Logan Blvd. At the bowling alley. Accident in the parking lot.

1:12pm - Panic alarm. 19XX N Damen.

1:16pm - A slow down is being given at the 1:12pm job per Beat 1453. He's saying the workers accidentally pushed the panic button.

1:19pm - A disregard is now being given on the 1:16pm job.

2:06pm - Commercial alarm. 3350 W Diversey. At Bank of America. ATM motion.

2:35pm - Alarm. 16XX N Washtenaw.

2:54pm - Residential alarm. 23XX W Medill.

3:01pm - Suspicious vehicle. Elston and North Ave. At the BP gas station. Male Hispanic, light complected, bald with a gray sweater in a gray Jeep Cherokee is trying to lure people to his car. They were at the Home Depot, 1232 W. North Ave., at first, but are at the gas station now.

3:07pm - Residential alarm. 21XX N Damen.

3:10pm - Shots Fired. 35XX W Cortland. One shot heard, there was an argument in front before the shot.

3:23pm - 1) Parkers. On 1433's Beat. 2) Beat car 1414 is doing a premise check at the California Blue Line station.

3:34pm - Battery in progress. 2367 W Logan. At the Windy City Fieldhouse. Group of males fighting.

3:45pm - I'm going to go until 5:50. I'll be back then. Have a good start to your evening, everyone!

5:50pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

6:26pm - Theft. 2246 W North Ave. Man refusing to pay the cab fare.

6:28pm - A slow down is being given at the 6:26pm job.

6:55pm - Burglar alarm. 17XX N Honore.

7:04pm - Check the well being. 35XX W Lyndale. High risk friend is not answering the door and hasn't been heard from in a couple of days.

7:13pm - Animal abuse. 17XX N Winchester. Dog left out in the cold, has been barking for a while.

7:14pm - Parker. On 1433's Beat.

7:27pm - EMS run. 35XX W Cortland. Intoxicated man on the floor.


7:34pm - I’m going to go for the night. I’ll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone!

Party Bus Disturbance On McLean, Female Trying To Kill Herself On Spaulding (Monitoring 14)

Good evening, everyone, it's 8:10pm. I'm monitoring 14 this evening until midnight, and I will also be covering 14 tomorrow in a number of time frames. I will first start my monitoring at 9:56am and go until 10:22, then again from 10:45 to 11:50, then from 12:25pm to 3:45 and finally from 5:50 to 7:34. On Monday, I will cover 25 from 9:47 to 2:00 and again from 5:30 to midnight. With that, here's crime for tonight.

8:33pm - Disturbance. 23XX W McLean. Problem on the party bus.

8:59pm - Threatening suicide. 18XX N Spaulding. Female destroying the apartment, trying to kill herself.

9:19pm - Battery in progress. 2367 W Logan Blvd. At the Windy City Fieldhouse. Group fighting.

9:24pm - Disturbance. Armitage and Sawyer. Kids throwing snowballs.

9:30pm - Beat car 1432 needs a few more cars at the Windy City. Large group of about 30 to 40 arguing and yelling at each other. Beat cars 1421, 1433 and 1434 are all going over.

9:53pm - Disturbance w/ a mental. 24XX N Central Park. Violent female on the 2 breaking glass and being combative.

9:56pm - CFD is requesting officers to step it up on the 9:53pm job. They're on scene and she's combative with them as well.

9:58pm - Traffic accident. 2801 W Armitage. At the BP gas station. Blue Dodge Ram with a plate of 73013D crashed into the pumps then fled south on California towards Cortland.

10:14pm - Suspicious person. 1900 block of N Spaulding. Two or three males loitering on one side of the street, two more on another side. Both groups appear as if they're looking for someone.

10:21pm - EMS run. 34XX W Barry. Man slumped over the wheel of a car.

10:22pm - Beat 1462 is giving a disregard on the 10:14pm job. Enough cars are on scene.

10:48pm - Parker. 2148 N Damen. Black Jeep blocking the driveway to the business. The driveway is on Shakespeare.

10:50pm - Check the well being. Ashland and Webster. Very drunk man on the bridge covered in snow, looks as if he's fallen several times.

11:00pm - Request for a supervisor. 24XX N Kedzie. Caller is unsatisfied with earlier police service. 

11:14pm - Loud music disturbance. 29XX W Palmer. Loud party with people talking too loudly.

11:17pm - 1) Beat 1481Charlie has a traffic stop at 2331 N Elston. 2) Traffic accident. George and Richmond. Two cars, no injuries.

11:23pm - Some call in the area.

11:57pm - Commercial alarm. 2212 N California. At the bar.

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

Landlord Turns Off Heat On Springfield, Man Follows Woman On Beat 2524

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 2pm. I'm finally back from taking this week off. Sorry I didn't come back yesterday, but I was extremely tired after my finals. Speaking of which, I'm done with school for this year : ). I completed my classes for this semester and I am now on a break until next month. It feels really good to be done with school for a few weeks. I plan on getting some much needed rest and getting ready for 2014. With that said, I will be monitoring regularly while I'm off from school. Today, I will be monitoring 25 from now until 5, then tomorrow, I will cover 14 from 8:10 to midnight. With that, here's crime for this afternoon and early evening.

3:23pm - Landlord/tenant dispute. 18XX N Springfield. Landlord turned off the heat.

4:06pm - Suspicious person. On 2524's Beat. Man following a woman.

4:17pm - Burglary report. 37XX W George.

4:18pm  - They're calling back on Springfield.

4:40pm - Beat 2593 needs a Spanish speaker at the :pm job. Beat car 2522 is coming over, but from 25.

CAPS Beat Meetings For December 2013

1411/1412 - DECEMBER MEETING HAPPENED ALREADY, NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.
1413/1414 - NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.
1421 - NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.
1422 - DECEMBER MEETING HAPPENED ALREADY, NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.
1431 - NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.
1432/1433 - December 19th @ 7:00pm, St. Mary of the Angels Church (1850 N. Hermitage)
1434 - December 18th @ 6:30pm, Bucktown-Wicker Park (1701 N. Milwaukee Ave.)

1732 - DECEMBER MEETING HAPPENED ALREADY, NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.
1733 - DECEMBER MEETING HAPPENED ALREADY, NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.

2523 - NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.
2524 - December 19th @ 7:00pm, Our Lady of Grace Church (2446 N. Ridgeway)
2525 - NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.
2535 - NEXT MEETING IS IN 2014.

Burglar Alarm On Drake, Cars Without Permits On Central Park (Monitoring 17)

Good morning, everyone, it's 6:24am. I'm monitoring 17 all day today for all of you, then I will not be monitoring tomorrow thru Thursday, as I have a final in school to prepare for. This is my last week of school for the semester and year, and I have a few weeks off after this. Even though this has been the best semester I've had in college so far, I am worn out and could use some time to relax, so I'm excited for the break coming up. With that, here's crime for today.

6:41am - Burglar alarm. 32XX N Drake.

7:31am - Parker. 3300 block of N Central Park. Several cars without permits on the block.

7:43am - Beat 1902, 19th District Desk, just received a call from a citizen who says that the manhole cover at Roscoe and California is off. Beat car 1733 is headed over to check it out.

10:09am - Parker. 28XX W Henderson.

11:40am - Beat car 1724 is being assigned to a gang funeral procession that is beginning in the area near Western and Devon, and is making its way to 3255 N Pulaski Rd. The procession will be in the District by 12:15pm. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

12:35pm - Some kind of call at 3500 N. Kimball, the Home Depot.

12:38pm - Check the well being. Addison Blue Line. Woman keeps walking in and out of traffic acting as if she's high, she's now laying in the middle of the street.

1:59pm - Backlog in 17 at 13:59 hours.

3:46pm - I think there was a call in the area, but I'm not sure.

6:50pm - DUI dirver. 3300 block of N Kedzie. Two intoxicated people got into a car and pulled off.

7:19pm - This is just for informational purposes only, but there has just been a robbery at the Subway over at 3329 N. Milwaukee Ave., which is just outside of my coverage boundaries and Avondale in 17. A man of Black, 6'2, 220 lbs with a blue mask over his face with the eyes cut out along with all black clothing just held up the Subway. He fled towards Pulaski on Milwaukee, which is why I'm giving this information out.

7:29pm - I have to go eat. I'll be back soon.

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

12:00am - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back on Thursday, or Friday. I'll see you all then. Have a good night and start to your week, everyone!

Commerical Alarm On Kedzie, Man Off Of Medicine On Mozart (Monitoring 14)

Good morning, everyone, it's 10:22am. Sorry I'm late, guys. I was supposed to start blogging at 9:56, but got caught up doing some things. I'm going to be monitoring 14 all day today, and then I plan on monitoring 17 all day tomorrow. From Sunday to Thursday, I will not be monitoring, because I have a Psychology final to study for, as well as some other minor things for my two other classes. After next Thursday, I will be on break from school until January 13th. Another semester is just about over. Although this has been the best semester I've had yet because of all of the new opportunities I was given, I am worn out and cannot wait to get some rest. With that, here's crime for today.

10:25am - Commercial alarm. 2523 N Kedzie.

10:38am - EMS run. 17XX N Mozart. Man off of his medicine.

10:45am - Unfortunately, I have to go run some errands, and my headset isn't working properly today, so I won't be able to get any calls while I'm gone. I'll be back in about an hour. See you all then.

11:50am - I'm back.

11:54am - Theft. Belmont and Kimball. Male Black, 25 to 30 years old, with a black hat.

12:02pm - Suspicious person. 2723 N Fairfield. At the Brentano school.

12:19pm - Some call in the area.

12:25pm - Again, I have to go. I'm really sorry about this, guys.  I'll be back later.

3:45pm - I'm finally back. Good afternoon, everyone. I'll be making up for this monitoring on the 15th.

3:47pm - Suspicious person. 28XX N Riverwalk Dr. Group of four people walking around, posing as AT&T workers. Two males and two females.

3:51pm - 1) Assist the citizen. 35XX W Dickens. 2) Parker. On 1433's Beat, on Bosworth.

3:52pm - Burglary report. 17XX N Francisco.

4:05pm - Traffic accident. Kimball and Wabansia. CTA bus #1360 was involved in an accident.

4:18pm - Beat 1405 is doing a park check at Simons. Event number is 09817.

4:23pm - Beat car 1431 has a traffic stop at 18XX N California.

4:24pm - Traffic accident. 2800 N California. School bus VS car, children are on board the bus. Not known if there are any injures or not.

4:51pm - 1) Traffic accident. 27XX W Logan Blvd. 2) Parker. 34XX W Parker. 3) Traffic accident. North and Winchester.

5:26pm - Some call in the area.

5:37pm - Another accident on California. I think it was on the 2800 block again.

5:50 to 7:34pm - I fell asleep. I'm really, really sorry about the horrible monitoring I've done today. I promise I will be making this up to you guys.

8:10pm - To be honest, guys, I have an assignment to do tonight for class, which is due in a couple of hours. I'm also really stressed out. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone.

Open Door On Damen, Man In Gangways On Mozart

Good morning, everyone, it's 6:56am. I'm monitoring 14 this morning from now until 8:13, then I have to go to class. Hopefully I'll be back this evening, around 5pm or so. With that, here's crime for portions of today.

7:01am - Open door. 2128 N Damen. At the business.

7:10am - Suspicious person. 16XX N Mozart. Male Hispanic, 20s, medium build, with a black jacket, is going in and out of the gangways. Headed north towards Wabansia.

8:13am - I have to go. I'll be back either tomorrow or later. Have a great day, everyone!

Traffic Stop On Belmont, Accident @ Belmont/Albany (Monitoring 14)

Good morning, everyone, it's 8:13am. I'm monitoring 14 from now until about 10am or so, then I have to go to class. I hope to be back this evening around 5 or 6pm. We'll see. I'm glad that school will be done for me for a month after next Thursday, so I'm feeling a lot less stressed out :). Hopefully I'll get to blog more this week before my finals. Here's crime for portions of today.

8:40am - Beat 1495 has a traffic stop at 2943 W Belmont.

9:00am - Traffic accident. Belmont and Albany. Two cars with injuries, CFD is en route.

9:01am - Parker. Kimball and Bloomingdale. Something about a truck blocking the street.

9:12am - I just want to apologize for never coming back yesterday afternoon. I became really busy. Just an FYI.

9:56am - I'm going to go. I should be back later this evening or tomorrow. I hope everyone has a great day!

Missing Person On Armitage, Parker On 2523's Beat

Good morning, everyone, it's 7:57am. I'm monitoring 25 today, from now until about 10am or so, then I'll come back by 3pm. Today, for the rest of this month and year, I will be blogging in Christmas colors, to celebrate the upcoming holiday. With that, here's crime for today.

8:20am - Missing person report. 36XX W Armitage. 14 year old daughter is missing.

9:03am - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

9:47am - I'm going to go until 3. I'll be back then. Have a good day, everyone!

Black Friday, 2013

Good morning, everyone, it's 10:40am. Happy Black Friday to everyone. I hope all of you are truly enjoying your holiday with friends and loved ones. Today, I am monitoring in ten minute sequences once again. I monitored 17 this morning from 9:50 to 10:00 and 25 just about ten minutes ago. I'm monitoring 14 until 10:50, then I'm going to disappear until 5:20pm, when I'll come back with 17 until 5:30. I'll be back with 25 from 6 to 6:10, followed by 14 from 6:10 to 6:20. Tomorrow, I will return to a normal monitoring schedule. Here's crime on this Black Friday.

10:41am - Beat 1461Eddie is asking for two event numbers. One is for a Violence Reduction mission on the 20 sector and the other is for a premise check at the Western Blue Line station. Violence Reduction is 04403 and Blue Line is 04404.

10:42am - Vicious animal. Shakespeare and St. Louis. Dog off its leash.

10:43am - 1) Beat 4254David is telling Beat car 1413, the unit assigned to Shakespeare/St. Louis, to . 2) A unit is asking for two event numbers. One is for a premise check at the California Blue Line station and the other is for a Public Violence mission. California Blue Line is 04426 and the Public Violence mission is 04428.

10:47am - Hold-up alarm. 3157 N California.

10:50am - I'm going to go until 5:20. I'll be back then. Have a good afternoon, everyone!

5:00pm - I'm back with 17 until 5:10. Slight change in plans. Good evening, everyone.

5:10pm - I'm going to go until 6. I'll be back then. See you all in a little bit.

6:00pm - I'm back, with 25, until 6:10.

6:10pm - Switching over to 14. Standby please....

6:18pm - Check the well being. 34XX W Parker. Possible suicidal woman at this location.

6:20pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow morning. Have a good night, everyone, and enjoy your holiday!

Happy Thanksgiving! (2013)

Good evening, everyone, it's 9:10pm. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope all of you have had a wonderful holiday with your loved ones, and have been thankful for all that you have. My family and I have had a decent holiday, although it could've been a lot better. Anyway, I'm monitoring 14 from now until 9:20, then I'm switching over to 25 for a while. I monitored all three Districts this morning in ten minute periods and did not hear anything. Hopefully it's been real quiet in the rest of the community today like it has been in my neighborhood. With that, here's crime for this evening.

9:18pm - Loud music disturbance. 25XX W Cortland. In the backyard.

9:19pm - Parker. 2047 N Damen.

9:20pm - Switching over to 25. Standby please....

9:36pm - Disturbance. 3641 W Fullerton. Problem with a male in front.

10:03pm - Shots Fired. Wabansia and Monticello. Three gunshots heard.

10:05pm - A slow down is being given on the "Shots Fired" per Beat car 2535Robert.

10:30pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday!

Commercial Alarms In 14, Manager VS Shoplifter @ Walgreen's On Pulaski Rd.

Good morning, everyone, it's 7am. I'm monitoring 14 briefly, from now until 7:18, then I'm going to return with 25 at 10, until 3:05pm. I'll be gone from 3:05 to 9:20, at which time I'll return with 25 until midnight. Tomorrow, I'll be on a special schedule in observance of Thanksgiving, as well as Friday for Black Friday. I hope everyone is getting ready to celebrate this great time of year with their friends and family. Hard to believe it's almost the end of the year already. Just yesterday, it seems like, it was summer. On another note, I just realized that Saturday was my 5th year anniversary of doing this blog. I totally forgot. It's very hard for me to believe that it's been five years already since I started this blog. Wow. Time has flown by so fast. I am absolutely amazed that it's been this long I've been doing this blog. To be completely honest, I didn't think I would be doing this blog for this long. To keep a long story short, I am so thankful for all of the wonderful readers I've had and still have down through the years. I am especially thankful for those of you who've been reading since Day #1 (November 23rd, 2008). Thank you for being loyal and being faithful to me, even when I haven't blogged as effectively as I should have. Thank you for being with me even through the hardest times of my life and for encouraging me to keep doing this blog. Reflecting on the years of doing this blog, I can truly say that it has changed my life in many ways. We as a community have several success stories and victories as a result of all of us on this blog taking a stand against crime and disorder in the community. Even though I have not blogged this year as much as I used to in the past years, I still truly enjoy doing this blog when I can. It brings me great joy to do this service for each and every one of you when I am able to. I love all of you and I pray that God will continue to allow me to serve all of you through this blog and continue to do the great works we are doing to better our community. With all of this, here's crime for portions of today.

7:07am - 1) Commercial alarm. 25XX W Lyndale. 2) Commercial alarm. 24XX N Leavitt.

7:18am - I'm going to go. I'll be back later this morning. See you all later.

12:47pm - I'm back. Sorry I'm late, everyone. Good afternoon, everyone.

12:51pm - Battery in progress. 1627 N Pulaski Rd. At the Walgreen's. Manager VS alleged shoplifter.

12:52pm - Second call says that the alleged shoplifter is a woman, she's on the floor wrestling with the employees.

1:40pm - Beat 2582 is doing foot patrol on Fullerton from Kilbourn to Central Park. Event number is 07513.

1:55pm - Criminal damage in progress. Cortland and Springfield. Kids are trying to break into a boarded up building on the corner, near the school.

2:42pm - Disturbance w/ a mental. 3919 W Fullerton. At the Fullerton Hotel. Resident with mental problems is threatening to harm the staff.

3:05pm - I'm going to go until 9:20. I'll see you all then. Have a great finish to your afternoon and start to your evening!

9:20pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

9:31pm - Wanted for an armed robbery from Hamlin and Milwaukee is a male Hispanic, 25 to 30, medium completion, with a skill cap with skulls on it. There are two victims, one of which has a stab wound, and the other was punched in the face. The stabbed victim is in stable condition and will be transported to Illinois Masonic. This is per Beat car 2522. Beat 2550 is notified.

9:45pm - Reckless driver. Milwaukee and Central Park. A van with a plate of 3754419 just turned left on Milwaukee from Central Park, going at a high rate of speed.

9:49pm - 1) Criminal trespass(?). 36XX W Dickens. Caller hears people in a vacant apartment. 2) 2522 is headed over to Masonic. No crime scene. Area North will be notified.

10:53pm - 2522 is clear from Masonic, as well as St. Mary's, where apparently the victim went to, and is heading into 25 to do the report.

11:02pm - Beat 6732David has a handwaver on North just west of Central Park. The person waving officers down is saying that a male Hispanic with a dark hoodie and jeans with designs on the back of them. The guy implied a gun but one wasn't seen. He fled south on Central Park towards LeMoyne.

11:16pm - Parker. On 2523Robert's Beat.

11:59pm - 1) The parker on 2523R's Beat is coded 6Paul. 2) Person down. Milwaukee Ave./Central Park. Caller is trying to make a deposit at the bank and there's a homeless man sleeping in the vestibule.

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

Suspicious Car On St. Louis, Foot Patrol On Milwaukee Ave.

Good morning, everyone, it's 7:16am. I'm monitoring 14 today from now until 8:27, then again from 6:52pm to 8:09. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Here's crime for today.

7:42am - Suspicious vehicle. 19XX N St. Louis. Blue car with a plate of R743129 is stripped sitting in front.

7:49am - Beat 1484 is doing foot patrol on the 2800 block of N. Milwaukee Ave, and will also be doing a premise check at the Logan Square Blue Line station. Event number for the foot patrol is 02763 and the Blue Line is 02764.

7:52am - Burglar alarm. 17XX N Mozart.

8:18am - Burglar alarm. 24XX W Bloomingdale.

8:27am - I have to go. I'll be back this evening. Have a great day, everyone!

6:52pm - I'm back. Good evening, everyone.

8:09pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone!

Driver In And Out Of Lanes On Milwaukee Ave., Slashed Tires And Verbal Threat Made @ Walgreen's

Good evening, everyone, it's 8:09pm. I'm monitoring 14 this evening from now until midnight, then tomorrow, I'm going to cover 25 after my dinner. I monitored 17 earlier from 3:27pm to 4:35pm and heard no calls. I hope you all enjoy the crime report this evening.

8:18pm - Reckless driver. Milwaukee and Western. Dark blue or black Lexus is driving in and out of the lanes at a high rate of speed as if something's wrong with him. The car has a plate of H146122. Headed north on Milwaukee towards Campbell.

8:43pm - Assault in progress. 3110 W Armitage. At the Walgreen's. Three male Hispanics were slashing the clerk's tires and also threatened a man near the corner. They're heading south towards Cortland on Albany.

8:49pm - EMS run. Milwaukee Ave./Western. Male passed out at the bus stop, near the train station.

Park Check @ Simons Park, Speed Chase In 12

Good afternoon, everyone, it's 4:24pm. I'm monitoring 14 this afternoon into this evening. I monitored this morning from 9:43am to 10:10, but heard nothing. I hope all of you had a great weekend. I will be working on the tape of 25 from Saturday this week. Well, this semester will be over in 3 weeks, so as I'm winding down, I will be try my best to post more often, and then once this semester is over, I should be posting nearly everyday until I go back to school in mid-January. With that, here's crime for this afternoon and evening.

4:26pm - Beat 1405 is doing a park check at Simons. Event number is 10700.

4:36pm - Speed chase. Speed chase. On Madison. A unit has a car taking off from them. It's got a plate of R128610.

4:37pm - South on Damen from Jackson. Heading towards the Eisenhower.

4:38pm - Beat 1292 is the chasing unit and they lost the suspect. It's a black Cadillac.

4:39pm - Beat 1261 says the car got onto the Eisenhower, per a citizen, west from Damen. The car took off from 1292 on a traffic stop.

4:40pm - 1) Beat 1230 is saying that the driver is a male Hispanic, 30-35 years old wearing gray sweatpants and a dark colored cop (not sure what that is). There's a female Black passenger, heavy set, about 300 pounds, last seen wearing a brown coat and dark pants. 2) Beat car 1413 has a traffic stop at Palmer and Kimball. 3) The chase is over, so back to regular neighborhood coverage....

5:34pm - Battery in progress. Milwaukee and Logan Blvd. Road rage incident, two guys fighting.

5:35pm - Another call on the 5:34pm job. They're still fighting.

5:36pm - 1) A third call from the 5:34pm job says that four to five people are fighting. 2) 1405 is doing park checks at Holstein and Haas. Haas is 11975 and Holstein is 11977.

5:39pm - 1) DUI driver. Milwaukee and Kedzie. 40 year old male Black in a black SUV with a plate of A822302 was last seen driving towards Sawyer on Milwaukee Ave., he appears to be intoxicated. 2) A slow down is being given on the 5:34/5:35/5:36pm jobs per Beat car 1414.

6:03pm - Disturbance. 16XX N Paulina.

6:06pm - Gang disturbance. 21XX N Sawyer. Group loitering in front and in back of the building.

6:10pm - 1405 will be relieving Beat 1471 from the Belmont detail over by the river, in regards to the church steeple that is laying in the middle of the street.

6:15pm - Some job on the 1700 block of W Armitage.

6:18pm - Shots Fired. 28XX N Sacramento. Shots fired into a 1st floor apartment.

6:19pm - Burglary report. 21XX N St. Louis.

6:26pm - 1) Suspicious person. wabansia california. Group of four people approached the caller and when they turned around, all four people ran down Wabansia towards Fairfield. Two are males and two are females. All are wearing black jackets. 2) Traffic accident and parker on 1431's Beat. 3) Burglar alarm. 2704 W North Ave. At the New Life Covenant church.

6:27pm - Criminal trespass. 27XX W Nelson. People in the basement of a vacant building smoking marijuana.

6:28pm - Beat car 1412 is giving a total disregard on the 6:15pm job.

6:37pm - 1) 1413 has a bona fide burglary at the 6:19pm job. Beat 1410 is notified. 2) Beat 1461Eddie has a special attention over at 2708 N. Western, where there will be a gang funeral this evening. Event number is 13048.

6:52pm - I have to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone!

Traffic Accident @ Fullerton/Pulaski Rd., Parker On Ridgeway

Good morning, everyone, it's 6:57am. Sorry I've been gone most of this week once again, but once again, school has kept me busy. On the bright side of things, I'll be out of school in a few weeks for a month, as the semester comes to an end. Also, I did do some monitoring last night of 17 (from 10:15pm to midnight), but heard no calls. Today, I'll be monitoring 25 until my dinner, then tomorrow, I will cover 25 from after my dinner to midnight. With that, here's crime for today.

7:40am - Traffic accident. Fullerton and Pulaski.

9:13am - Parker. On 2523's Beat, on Ridgeway.

12:10pm to 4:16pm - I have this segment recorded and will be listening to the tape by Monday.

5:09pm - Parker. On 2523's Beat.

5:48pm - Traffic accident. fullerton kostner. Two cars, no injuries.

5:51pm - Beat car 2522 is giving Beat 2593, the unit assigned to the 5:48pm accident, a disregard because there's no one out there and no accident.

7:16pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back tomorrow. Have a good night, everyone!

Premise Checks On Beat 1412, Burglar Alarm On Bell

Good morning, everyone, it's 8:27am. I'm monitoring 14 this morning before I go to class, and then I plan on monitoring this afternoon after I get home. I'm supposed to go to Beat 1421's CAPS meeting this evening at 7, but I'm not entirely sure if I will be. If not, I will have to make up for it in January. I hope I don't get swamped with too much coursework or in my Student Government duties at school. With that, here's crime for portions of today.

8:30am - Beat 1484 is doing a premise check at Firemen Memorial Park. Event number is 02917.

8:55am - 1484 is now doing premise checks at the Logan Square Monument and at Prairie Garden park. Prairie is 03165 and Monument is 03166.

9:34am - Burglar alarm. 16XX N Bell.

9:43am - I have to go until later. I'll be back. Have a great day, everyone!

7-11 Disturbance On Pulaski Rd., Traffic Accident @ Belmont/Avers

Good morning, everyone, it's 10:10am. I'm monitoring 17 all day today. I monitored it early this morning from 6am to 8:15, but heard no calls. Sorry, once again, for being gone the last few days. Tomorrow, I plan on being on a special Veteran's Day schedule in the afternoon then monitor 14 on Tuesday from 7am to 8:15 as well as in the afternoon, hopefully. With that, here's crime for today.

10:55am - Disturbance. 3559 N Pulaski. At the 7-11. Intoxicated male causing a problem inside.

11:50am - Traffic accident. Belmont and Avers.

12:14pm - Person wanted. 3400 N Monticello. At the St. Wen's church.

2:22pm - Fire. Kimball and the Kennedy Expressway. Fire on the side of the exit ramp of the Kennedy.

2:37pm - Fire. 37XX W Addison. Neighbor burning something in the backyard.

5:21pm - A unit has a traffic stop at Addison and Pulaski.

8:09pm - DUI driver. 4900 W Addison. Car with a plate of K53326 is headed east on Addison towards Cicero has an intoxicated driver. Just putting this out there in case the car comes into the most northern part of Avondale...

8:20pm - Theft in progress. 3410 W Belmont. In the Walgreen's parking lot. Two intoxicated male Hispanics attempted to steal a green truck with a plate of 538S603.

8:24pm - Beat car 1732 is giving a slow down on the 8:20pm job. She doesn't see the truck.

Student Gets Hit By Another Student @ McAuffle School, Battery @ Ames Middle School

Good morning, everyone, it's 8:30am. I'm monitoring 25 this morning from now until 10:10am, then I have to go out of town until tomorrow afternoon, on a Student Government-related assignment. I apologize once again for not monitoring much in the last three or so months, but my time management skills suck. This is not an excuse, just the truth. I did monitor yesterday from 7am until this time and did some monitoring Tuesday evening (I haven't gotten around to listening to that archive yet, but will try my best to by the end of this weekend). With that, here's crime for this morning.

8:43am - Battery. 1841 N Springfield. At the McAuffle School. In the main office, parent says their child was hit by another student.

9:41am - Battery report. 1920 N Hamlin. At the Ames Middle School. Student was hit.

9:44am - Burglar alarm. 4234 W Drummond. At the warehouse.

9:50am - I have to go for today. I'll be back tomorrow evening. I'll see you all then. Have a good day, everyone.

Man Selling Donuts At North Ave./Pulaski, Sex Offender Check On Wellington

Good morning, everyone, it's 7am. My deepest apologies for not being here for several days, but my time management skills suck and I have been terribly busy. Not to mention I am getting over an illness. Today, I'll be monitoring 25 from now until 8:30am. With that, here's crime for this early morning.

7:56am - Disturbance. North and Pulaski. Man selling donuts on the sidewalk.

8:01am - Beat car 2523 has a Sex Offender at 40XX W Wellington.

8:30am - I have to go for the day. I'll be back later. Have a great day, everyone!

Homicide @ Wrightwood/Sawyer On October 29th

Hello everyone, I sincerely apologize for not reporting this sooner, but I am honestly very swamped with loads of college work (and not just from my courses, but also from Student Government), along with some personal things at home. I really wish I could update this blog regularly like I want to, but I haven't had the time. I will be back much more regularly as soon as this semester ends. But, anyway, I am writing about a homicide that occurred last Tuesday, on October 29th, at Wrightwood and Sawyer, near the heart of Logan Square. This murder occurred around 4:30am. According to the Chicago Tribune, a 23 year old man was shot fatally in the chest. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital only to be reported dead a short time later.

I know this story is awfully late, but if anyone has any insights and information on this shooting, please feel free to leave a comment here, on the Facebook page (which I need to update) or at the crime blog e-mail address.

CAPS Beat Meetings For November 2013

1411/1412 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
1413/1414 - November 14th, 6:30pm @ Logan Square Boys and Girls Club, 3228 W. Palmer
1421 - November 13th, 7:00pm @ Salem Baptist Church, 2038 N. California
1422 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
1431 - November 21st, 7:00pm @ Haas Park, 2402 N. Washtenaw
1432/1433 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
1434 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.

1732 - November 13th, 7:00pm @ Athletic Park Fieldhouse, 3546 W. Addison
1733 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.

2523 - November 27th, 6:30pm @ St. Joesph's, 4021 W. Belmont
2524 - NO NOVEMBER MEETING.
2525 - November 19th, 6:30pm @ Mozart Park, 2036 N. Avers
2535 - Meeting has already occurred, next one will be in January 2014.