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Alley-lurkers arrested with tablet
02/22/2012
Police Monday recovered a number of missing items including a digital camera and computer tablet after responding to a report of people drinking in an alley in the 400 block of South Clinton St.
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Victim's panic scares off robbers
02/15/2012
A 33-year-old Chicago man reported an attempted armed robbery at 1 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10 in the garage in back of his home in the 100 block of East 14th Place.
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Art student robbed
02/08/2012
A 19-year-old student from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago was riding a CTA train on the afternoon of Feb. 4 when two unknown men in the same car approached him and ordered that he empty his pockets.
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Thief with expensive taste
01/25/2012
Dwayne A. Clemons wound up in handcuffs after trying to steal a bottle of pricey booze from a grocery store in the South Loop.
Read more...Prostitution sting on Wacker Drive
01/18/2012
On the evening of Jan. 16, an officer conducting a prostitution sting operation contacted a woman on the website Backpage.com and directed her to meet him at a hotel in the 100 block of East Wacker Drive.
Read more...Mugging at Union Station
01/11/2012
On the evening of Jan. 9, police picked up Richard E. Harvey, 43, of Waukegan, after he attacked and extorted a man at a Union Station.
Read more...Elderly woman scammed out of $15,000
01/04/2012
An 82-year-old woman from 500 block of West Roosevelt Road lost $15,000 in an elaborate scam the afternoon of Dec. 29, in which two unknown offenders impersonated police officers and actually left the victim at the 1st District police station, 1718 S. State St.
Read more...Cab driver threatened, robbed
12/28/2011
An unknown offender threatened a cab driver with his life in a stick-up at the Jewel grocery story parking lot on Dec. 21 at 9:50 p.m. The cab driver told police that the offender approached him at 800 S. Wabash Ave. and asked for a ride. Once in the cab, the offender requested that the driver take him to buy liquor. Upon arriving at the Jewel parking lot, the offender said, “Give me your money or I’ll shoot you,” and also told the driver, “I swear I’ll kill you.”
Read more...Man shot at Roosevelt el station
Gun fired after argument between two groups; victim has gang ties
12/28/2011
A 21-year-old man was shot Monday evening on the Roosevelt Green and Orange Line el platform around 7 p.m., according to police.
Police said the man suffered a single gunshot wound to the torso and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious to critical condition. He’s since been released, police said.
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