Punched and kicked

06/02/2010

A man was making a phone call in the 1100 block of W. Taylor May 26 at 11:37 a.m. when another man came up from behind and struck him on the side of the face, causing swelling and bruising. The victim fell to the ground, and three men began kicking him.
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Man attacks police officers

05/26/2010

Police officers responded to a call of a fellow officer under duress in the 1900 block of S. Michigan May 20 at 10:10 p.m. When they arrived, the offender lunged at the officers and tried to punch them. One of the officers knocked the offender to the ground and attempted to handcuff him.
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Attack by gang member

05/19/2010

A young man was walking near 1600 W. Cermak May 14 at 8:50 a.m. when another young man approached and said, "Take your hat off killer." The first man took his hat off and kept walking.
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Cheerful bank robber strikes

05/12/2010

A man entered a bank in the 100 block of S. Riverside May 10 at 1:05 p.m., approached a teller window and asked, "Do you know what this?" three times. The man then said, "Do you want me to pull it out?"
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Three dead in Printers Row

Three men pulled out of 633 S. Plymouth

05/05/2010

Three men were found dead in the Pope Building, 633 S. Plymouth Court, Monday morning. The results of an autopsy conducted by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office have yet to be released, but a drug overdose may have resulted in the deaths of the men, aged 28, 42 and 54.
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Chase onto Ike leads to fatality

05/05/2010

An armed robbery in Englewood led to the death of a South Side man and critical injuries to two others following a traffic accident on the Eisenhower Expressway near Western Avenue, police said Wednesday morning.
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Construction vehicle missing

05/05/2010

A man parked a construction vehicle in the 1600 block of W. Adams May 3 at 9:30 a.m. When he arrived back at work the following day at 6 a.m., he discovered the vehicle was missing.
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Bandits brought down

04/28/2010

A woman was walking north on the 100 block of N. Franklin April 24 at 9:40 p.m. when a man grabbed her by the arm and two others surrounded her. The first man pulled out a gun and said, “Give me your money.” The victim handed over $7.
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Robber gets a conscience

04/21/2010

An employee was opening up the sandwich shop he worked at in the 100 block of N. Wells on April 17 at 8:50 a.m. when a man knocked on the front door and displayed what looked like a City of Chicago picture identification card.
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Stalker had gun near school

04/14/2010

A woman told police that a man who had been stalking her came to her place of employment, a school near 2100 S. State, April 7 at 12:40 p.m. and wrote a derogatory note about her, leaving it on a classroom door. The woman called police and told them the man had told her he had a gun and he was going to come over to the school and shoot her and the kids.
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