Assault at Ronny's
06/01/2011
Police are investigating an alleged assault by Terrent Brown, 45 of Chicago, a recently terminated employee of Ronny’s Steak House at 100 W. Randolph St.
Read more...Heist on Jewelers Row
05/25/2011
Inventory with as estimated value of $500,000 was stolen the morning of May 23 from New York Jewelers, at 11 N. Wabash Ave., according to Officer Phillip Armstrong at the Chicago Police New Affairs office. Armstrong added that no suspects were in custody and the case is under investigation.
Read more...Police fight outside City Hall
05/18/2011
Police charged Janusz Kopycinski, 30 of Chicago with reckless and disorderly conduct and also resisting arrest for his behavior outside City Hall during Mayor Richard Daley’s last day at the 121 N. LaSalle St. building.
Read more...Murder at Loop convenience store
05/11/2011
A first-degree murder took place sometime between the evening of May 5 and morning of May 6 at Wabash Food & Liquor, 234 S. Wabash Ave. The victim, 57-year-old Edward Jernagin, was the store’s nighttime clerk. No suspects have been identified.
Read More...Cab driver robbed in front of City Hall
05/04/2011
Two customers robbed a taxi driver, while stopping outside City Hall shortly after midnight on April 28. According to the driver, two people flagged his cab down at Jackson and LaSalle streets and requested to stop the cab at City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.
Read more...Hair! The $85,000 burglary
04/27/2011
An Easter morning burglary at Beauty One beauty supply store, 616 W. Roosevelt Rd., resulted in the theft of 70 natural hair wigs with a total value of $85,000.
Read more...West Loop armed robbery
04/20/2011
An armed robbery took place April 15 outside of 630 W. Harrison St., the address for the Chicago Greyhound bus station. The victim was approached by an unknown man who pulled out a handgun and told the victim to walk across the street to a van.
Read more...Craigslist transaction turns into armed robbery
04/13/2011
Someone who answered a Craigslist posting to purchase cell phones was the victim of an armed robbery April 4 on the 500 block of West Roosevelt Road.
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Robbery by Uzi in Greektown
04/06/2011
Two offenders — one with an Uzi submachine gun — took thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from three Greektown restaurant patrons on April 3.
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$3 million in green
04/06/2011
Chicago Police Department’s Narcotics Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a large scale drug bust last week. Officers discovered about 1,000 pounds of cannabis, which has a street value they say of close to $3 million.
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