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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Beating in the park

03/30/2011

A homeless man was found beaten on park property at the 800 block of South Michigan Avenue the night of March 25. Police said that they have made an arrest in the case, but did make available a supplementary detective report that would identify the suspect.
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Taxi driver pepper sprayed

03/23/2011

A cab rider, with two accomplices, attacked his taxi driver March 14. When the driver arrived at the three passenger’s destination of 240 S. State St., he requested the cab fare. The offender, sitting in the front seat, proceeded to spray mace onto the victim’s face.
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