Police were driving through a back alley near 1500 W. Taylor July 30 at 8:06 p.m. when a woman approached and said she saw two men break into a black Acura Integra parked nearby and drive away.

The woman told police that the owner of the stolen car was currently following the men in another car and that he was currently at Ashland and Roosevelt. The witness gave police the owner’s cell phone number. They called the owner and then radioed a description of the offenders and the stolen car to nearby units.

A separate police unit recognized the car on the 3100 block of Douglas when the driver failed to use a turn signal while making a left turn. Police pulled alongside the vehicle and identified the two men as matching the witness and owner’s description of the thieves.

Police turned on their sirens and attempted to curb the vehicle. The offender fled west in the Acura. The police vehicle suddenly died during the chase and was inoperable. Police radioed ahead to a nearby unit, who found one of the men who was driving the Acura fleeing on foot being followed by the owner of the Acura, also on foot. The offender then stopped and punched the Acura owner. The offender fell to the ground and was detained by police.

During investigation, the witness told police he had left his keys in the ignition of his car while he ran in to a nearby restaurant to pick up some food he had to deliver. The offender told police he was riding his bike near Taylor looking for a car to steal when he saw the Acura with keys in its ignition. He gave his bike to a girl in a nearby park and then walked back to the car, jumped in and drove off.

He also told police that he doesn’t sell drugs, so he steals cars to sell for money.

Four men got into a fight at business office located on the 1400 block of S. Jefferson July 30 at 8 a.m. One of the men sustained cuts to his legs when he fell on some boxes during the fight. Police arrested two of the men for starting the fight.

A man got in a fight with a group of gang members in the 1800 block of S. Carpenter July 31 at 1:45 a.m. The group started hitting the man and one of them hit him on the right side of his head with a bottle. The offenders fled. Police arrived and transported the victim to a nearby hospital. The victim refused to give information to police about the offenders.

A man entered a bank in the 100 block of S. La Salle July 28 at 10:34 a.m., approached a teller and pulled out a note that said, “Give me all the 20s or I’ll kill you and myself.” The man then read the note aloud. The man motioned to his waistband to indicate he had a gun. The teller gave the man $620 and he fled. Police toured the area, but did not locate the offender.

A man returned to his home in the 800 block of S. Wells on July 26, two days after he’d left it because of flooding from heavy rains and noticed his front door was open. He found his laptop, a mink coat, a digital camera, a video camera, a brown tote bag and $1,500 cash missing.

Two women got into a verbal altercation in the 2000 block of W. Adams July 22 at 2 a.m. After a few minutes, the women started hitting each other. One woman struck the other woman with a wooden walking cane. Police arrested the woman with the cane and transported her to the 12th District police station.

A security guard for a building located in the 1900 block of W. Madison noticed a man pull up in a 2009 black Chevy, get out and enter a parked Dodge van on July 22 at 1:50 p.m. The security guard then watched the man exit the van and start removing the hubcaps from the van. The security guard approached the offender, who fled into the Chevy and drove away.