Obscene crime scene

03/10/2010

A woman reported to police that when she returned home to her residence in the 700 block of W. Jackson March 8 at 9:30 a.m. she found that someone had placed a picture of a couple having sexual intercourse on her front door. Police told her to notify them if the victim saw any more suspicious activity.
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Dog-napping

03/03/2010

On Feb 21 at 4:05 p.m. a woman left a sliding door unlocked and her dog inside her residence, located in the 2300 block of W. 21st St., to go meet with a man about buying some puppies. The man told her he had to go get the puppies and then he’d return.
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Burglar caught under truck

02/24/2010

A series of burglaries have occurred at a parking garage located in the 600 block of S. Clark over the last few weeks, so police were assigned to patrol the garage Feb. 20. Around 11 a.m., officers noticed a blue and silver SUV with no license plates entering the garage.
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Gun-and-drug bust

02/17/2010

Burglar takes tools

02/10/2010

A man returned to his home in the 1100 block of W. Cullerton Feb. 8 at 3:20 p.m. and discovered that someone had forcibly entered it through a window and removed an air compressor and a saw valued at $700.
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While she slept

01/27/2010

A man exited the elevator in his residential building located in the 800 block of S. Wells Jan. 19 at 6:45 a.m. and heard the door to his apartment slam. He ran down the hall past his apartment into a nearby stairwell and saw a man fleeing down the stairs.
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Burglars take big haul

01/20/2010

A couple went to a party and then returned to their home in the 1300 block of W. Washburne a few hours later at 7 p.m. on Jan. 14 and found the front door unlocked. When they walked in, two men brandished guns and told them to get on the floor face down and not to look up.
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Strong-arm incidents linked

Victims were approached from behind by two teenagers

01/20/2010

Police are asking Near West Side residents to take precaution, following a string of strong-arm robberies this month. Officers are tying three incidents together. In each case, two male teenagers – described as between 15- to 19-years-old, black, 5’4” and 5’8” and no more than 150 pounds – approached victims from behind.
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Homicide on 15th Street

01/20/2010

A Near West Side man who sustained multiple gunshot wounds in the early morning hours of Jan. 18 has died, a police spokesperson said.
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Man choked and robbed

01/13/2010

A man was walking near the 2300 block of S. State Jan. 3 at 7:37 p.m. when three men approached him. One of the men put him in a chokehold while another took the man’s wallet from his pants.
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