A man was held up and apparently drugged around 3 p.m. Oct. 8 on the 200 block of South Franklin Street. The victim told police that an unknown offender put a blue steel handgun to the left side of his head and demanded money. The victim then gave the offender $20.

The offender then made the victim swallow a white pill and fled in an unknown direction. The victim became ill as he walked south and contacted Metra police. The victim was treated and released at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Police arrested 25 people on the afternoon of Oct. 10 in downtown Chicago, the day that Occupy Chicago anti-Wall Street protests ratcheted up. The protestors were arrested for demonstrating without city-issued permits.

The police report does not make mention of Occupy Chicago. The report reads that police “responded to a protest at 151 E. Monroe St. where numerous unions formed an alliance to voice their concerns regarding discrepancies with their pensions and benefits.” The demonstrators were peaceful, but the arrested individuals sat in the street and refused to move when ordered by the police to do so.

Charles Dahms, 53 of Deerfield, is in police custody for alleged aggravated battery after an incident Oct. 10 on the 300 block of South Clinton Street. that started with Dahm’s brief case hitting a windshield.

According to the victim, Dahms — listed as 6-feet 9-inches tall and weighing 270 pounds — walked into traffic against the light at eight in the morning. The traffic had started to move and Dahms struck the victim’s driver windshield with his brief case causing it to shatter and break.

The victim got out of his vehicle and asked Dahms pay for his windshield. The two then got into a verbal altercation and Dahms allegedly struck the victim in the face with his briefcase, knocking him to the ground unconscious. The victim also received a two-inch cut to the left side of his face.

The victim was transported to the hospital.

An unknown offender held up a woman at around 3 a.m. Oct. 9 on the 100 block of West Randolph Street.

The victim said she was walking westbound when the offender exited from the rear driver side of a white four-door vehicle and said, “Give me your purse.” When the victim hesitated, he pulled out a longer silver gun and she gave him her purse and phone. The offender then jumped back into the vehicle and fled westbound.

An Allegro Hotel Security Camera, located at 171 W. Randolph, captured the incident.

A man was hospitalized for attacks suffered on the sidewalk at 203 N. Wabash Ave. at around 3:30 a.m. Oct. 7. The victim reported that four men approached him and told him to either hand over his money or buy drugs.

The man kept walking and the unknown offenders then struck the victim in the back of the head and threw the victim through a building’s glass door.

The offenders then stole $120, credit cards (which the victim said were expired), and keys. The victim went to Thorek Memorial Hospitals where he received seven stitches to the back of his head, nine stitches to his right hand, and two stitches to his lower back.

An unknown offender stole a police officer’s cell phone on the morning of Oct. 9 at the Cook County Court, 555 W. Harrison St. The officer was attending court and while outside the courtroom his cell phone was taken from his person as he talked to a State’s Attorney. The offender immediately fled the building.

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By Tom.D from West Town
Posted: 10/13/2011 3:36 PM

Yes, tina is right! Let's change all of these stories from "cranky commuter hits car/driver with briefcase" into the much more exciting, "Shoot-out between enraged, armed men on the streets of the Loop results in two bystanders being shot." The reality is that many otherwise law-abiding people already DO carry concealed handguns in Chicago. Legalized concealed carry would have helped these people as much as Arizona's handgun carry laws helped prevent the Giffords shootings.

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By tina from douglas
Posted: 10/13/2011 3:04 PM

What do all of these incidents have in common? The police show up after person becomes a victum. Contact your legislators immediaetly and tell them to vote for conceal to carry. Stop being cowards and letting the thugs win. This will only get worse as some communities on the south side have over 60% unemployment and employers don't hire ex felons.