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. She got tired of waiting and returned to her residence to find the man she’d just met stealing her dog and fleeing out through the sliding door. She could not apprehend the man and police did not find him.

A woman left $350 in her coat pocket in her apartment in the 1100 block of S. Ashland. She left her friend alone with the coat, and when she returned and checked the coat, she noticed the money was missing. She asked her friend about the money and her friend fled. Police toured the area, but could not find the offender.

Two men were riding the Pink Line near the 1700 block of W. Polk Feb. 19 at 11:15 p.m. A man playing cards across from them threw the cards at the two men and reached for one of the men’s iPhones. The victim held on to it and a struggle ensued. The offender fled (without the phone), and the victim called 911. Police toured the area, but could not find the offender.

A man returned to his home on the 1100 block of W. 18th Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. and noticed one of his windows was open. He searched his house and found his belongings were in disarray. But the only thing missing was $400 that had been left in his china cabinet.

A woman walked by a man wearing a green hoodie sitting on a bench near the 200 block of S. Wabash Feb. 27 at 10:47 p.m. when the man hit the woman on her shin with his crutches. The woman asked the man, “What’s wrong with you?” The offender the scene. Police toured the area, but did not locate the offender.

A man was walking near the 100 block of S. State Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m. when two other men approached him from behind, displayed a knife and demanded money. One of the men took the victim’s black leather wallet containing two Mexican consulate identification cards and then fled. The offender could not be located.

A representative of a business located in the 100 block of W. Washington on Feb. 24 called police and said when their CEO opened the office that morning at 10 a.m., he discovered the front door lock broken with a screwdriver. There were pry marks near the front lock. Laptops from three separate offices has been stolen. The laptops had been secured with locking cables, which had been unlocked and left on the scene. Police reviewed surveillance camera footage from the office, but did not see any suspicious activities on the tape.

Police on special assignment for the CTA noticed a man stumbling up stairs to a train platform near 300 S. Dearborn Feb. 27 at 7:50 p.m. Police approached the man and noticed a strong odor of cannabis and alcohol emanating from him. Police flashed their badges and the man said, “OK. So what?” He then pushed one of the officers in the chest and attempted to get away. One of the officers grabbed the man’s jacket and detained him. The offender started flailing his arms and struck one of the officers in the head several times. The officer then swept the offenders leg. While on the ground, the offender pulled himself out of his jacket and two shirts in a further attempt to flee. Eventually the officers subdued the man who then spit in the face of the officer he’d hit in the head. A search of the offender turned up six red tinted bags containing what was suspected as cannabis. The offender was transported to the 1st District. One of the officers sustained injuries to his hands, knees, and had soreness in his hand. The other officer who’d been spit on had a torn nail on his left middle finger and bumped knees.