Cop consolidation in Chicago's Near West Side

Emanuel, McCarthy pitching plan that would bring all of Near West Side into one police district

10/19/2011

Less than six months into his mayoral tenure, Mayor Rahm Emanuel touched the third rail of Chicago politics, and Anne Shaw is angry. As part of his proposal to cut a financial path through an expected $635.7 million deficit in next year's city budget, Emanuel announced last week that he wants to consolidate facilities in the city's police department.
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Dozens arrested at protest

10/19/2011

Police listed what the Chicago Journal counted to be 172 names of protesters taken into custody at the 1st District police station on the evening of Oct. 15 for staying in Grant Park after its 11 p.m. closing time.
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Armed robbery and drugging for $20

10/12/2011

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.
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Robbed at gunpoint in the park

10/05/2011

Two unknown offenders with a gun robbed a man at Heritage Park, 123 S. Desplaines St., in the early morning hours of Oct. 2. The victim was talking on his phone when the two offenders approached. "Give me your money," one of them said.
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Man robbed at gunpoint

09/28/2011

A man walking to the train Sept. 22 at 2:30 a.m. was the victim of an armed robbery in the 100 block of West Madison Street. The victim told police that two unknown offenders approached him from behind. The first pointed a large, black revolver at him and ordered the victim to move to the side.
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South Loop man carjacked

09/21/2011

A resident of the 1900 block of South Wabash Avenue was the victim of an armed car hijacking Sept. 17 at around seven in the evening. The resident told police that as he attempted to get into his garage, two men robbed him. The first placed a black and gray 9 mm gun to his temple and took the $900 he was carrying.
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Gun at Harold Washington Library

09/14/2011

A 15-year-old and his accomplice - 20-year-old Dockory Jamison of Chicago - are in police custody after allegedly using a handgun at the Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St., on Sept. 6 to try and commit a robbery.
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Chaos by Union Station

09/07/2011

A man who appeared to be waving a knife - but was really waving a severed umbrella shaft - was tasered and subdued by police on the sidewalk in the 300 block of South Canal Street on the evening of Aug. 31.
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Real bust for fake drugs

08/31/2011

Police arrested a man in the 400 block of South Clinton Street around noon on Aug. 24 for reportedly attempting to sell what turned out to be "fake cannabis."
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Trash can body was Little Italy man

Michael Raso, 53, lived just blocks from where he was found dead

08/31/2011

The man whose body was found in a trash can in a Little Italy alley last week was a local man with deep ties to the neighborhood - and a long criminal history. It was 53-year-old Michael Raso, whose body was found behind the 1400 block of West Flournoy Street by a scavenger on Aug. 22, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. Read More...