Homicide charges for South Loop man

Alleged driver in double-slay arrested July 22 on Michigan Avenue

07/28/2010

Marcos Martinez, a resident of the 1500 block of S. Michigan, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder stemming out of a gang-related shooting that left two men dead on the Northwest Side in the spring of 2009.
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Cops: fake Nikes sold at store

Thousands of shoes taken from Roosevelt Road

07/21/2010

More than 1,700 pairs of what police said were fake Nike gym shoes were removed from a retail outlet in the 600 block of W. Roosevelt on July 16.
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Did the housekeeper do it?

07/21/2010

On July 16 at 4:52 p.m. a man discovered that $2,000 he kept in a closet in an extra room in his house located in the 100 block of N. Harbor Dr. was missing.
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Man hit by stray bullet

07/14/2010

Police arrived to the 1800 block of S. Desplaines July 10 at 4:50 a.m. and found a man sitting in a parked car holding his neck. A woman sitting in the car told police she and her husband were in the car talking when they heard loud noises, which she believed to be firecrackers.
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The man in black strikes

07/07/2010

A man parked his 1993 Infiniti in the 1600 block of W. Ogden June 26 at 4:55 p.m. When he returned a few hours later, he saw a man dressed in black breaking the passenger side window of his car and removing his silver iPod.
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Drug suspect Tasered

06/30/2010

Police on patrol in their car in the 2100 block of S. State June 25 at 4:05 p.m. when they noticed a man enter a vehicle and start his engine. The man was holding something officer thought was suspicious, so they approached him and asked for his identification.
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Car break-in on Ogden

06/23/2010

A woman returned to her silver 2007 Toyota Camry parked in the 2200 block of W. Ogden June 12 at 10:12 p.m. and found someone had broken the rear passenger window. A wallet containing $30 and a GPS system valued at $350 was missing.
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Explorer goes missing

06/16/2010

A woman parked her black 2001 Ford Explorer in the 100 block of N. Peoria June 12 at 6:15 p.m. When she returned a couple hours later, the car was missing.
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23-year-old killed

Neighbors worry as Napoleon Gilmore falls to gunfire

06/09/2010

Twenty-three-year old Napoleon Gilmore was shot and killed on the Near West Side last week, apparently during a dice game gone awry. A Chicago Police Department spokesman said officers found Gilmore unresponsive in the 1300 block of W. Washburne with a single shot in his chest June 3 at approximately 2 p.m.
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Robbery with gun threat

06/09/2010

A man wearing a baseball cap, khaki pants and a red striped jacket entered a store in the 100 block of N. Michigan June 5 at 11:45 a.m. and browsed for an hour before approaching a clerk and saying, "If you do not give me the money in the drawer, I’m going to show you my gun."
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