Police received a call about someone smoking cannabis in an apartment in the 500 block of S. State Feb. 15 at 7:45 p.m. Police arrived at the apartment and knocked on the door. A man answered. Police smelled cannabis and asked the man if he’d been smoking some. The man said, “I might have had a little.” Police observed drug paraphernalia behind the man on the kitchen counter and living room coffee table. Police entered the apartment and the man sat on his sofa. Police asked the man to stand up. They then searched the premises and found a loaded .22 gun in a holster under the sofa seat cushion. They also found several large plastic bags, a plastic tub containing a green leafy substance suspected as cannabis and some narcotic pills on the coffee table. Police arrested the man.

Bike burglary

A man went to retrieve his $400 Specialized Hard Rock mountain bike from his apartment storage unit in the 200 block of W. Van Buren Feb. 14 at 11:17 a.m. Though the bike had been chained to the storage unit, the chain was cut and the bike was gone.

Gun fire sprayed outside bar

Police responded to a battery in progress at a bar located in the 400 block of S. Wells Feb. 14 at 2:23 a.m. When they arrived, a witness told them the occupant of a white Range Rover exited his vehicle and discharged eight or nine shots in his direction in response to not being allowed entry into the bar earlier. The offenders fled west on Van Buren in the Range Rover. Police inspected the premises and found a black Range Rover parked 15 feet from the bar with a bullet hole in the passenger side window of the vehicle. They also discovered five spent bullet casings on the sidewalk in front of the bar’s entry door. While investigating, police received a call about a woman at Loyola Hospital who’d been shot during the incident. They relocated to the hospital, where the woman said she noticed an altercation near the bar door and then heard the shots while she was walking toward the bar. She started running, then realized she’d been shot in the right buttock. Her friends took her to the emergency room.

iPhone stolen on train platform

A woman waiting for a CTA train near the 100 block of E. Roosevelt Feb. 14 at 11:35 a.m. was looking at her iPhone when a man exited the train, grabbed the phone and fled. The man was not found by police.

Man robbed on street

A man was walking near the 200 block of N. La Salle Feb. 12 at 5:03 p.m. when three men approached him and asked him if he needed anything. The man said no, and then the other men reached in to his pocket, removed $40 and fled. Police did not locate the offenders.

Horrible house guests suspected

A man retuned to his home in the 600 block of W. Madison Feb. 11 at 1:15 p.m. and found some of his clothing and furniture missing. His house had been locked. The victim told police his roommate recently had visitors and he suspected they took his stuff.

Road rager gets arrested

A man was crossing the street near the 100 block of S. Wabash Feb. 11 at 1:10 p.m. when another man drove his vehicle through the crosswalk, almost hitting the pedestrian. The pedestrian slammed his fist against the vehicle and yelled at the driver of the car. The driver exited the vehicle, screamed back and punched the pedestrian in the face. The offender fled, but returned minutes later. Police arrested the man and charged him with battery.

Residence marred by graffiti

A woman returned to her home in the 1300 block of S. Federal Feb. 11 at 12:30 p.m. and discovered someone had spray painted the letters “SKAM” in blue paint on the front of her home.

Repeat defacer nabbed

A security manager for a hotel located in the 700 block of S. Michigan noticed a man drawing on the glass door of the hotel Feb 13 at 10:30 a.m. with a red, Expo brand dry erase marker. The man was detained by security for police. Police arrived and transported the offender to the 1st District police for processing. While questioning the offender, they discovered the man had a history of arrests for defacing property.