Editor's note: The crime news reported by the Southwest Chicago Post---taken directly from Chicago Police Department incident reports---is not by any means an exhaustive catalogue of all crime reported in the Chicago Lawn (8th) District. For example, it typically does not include news of crimes committed in the eastern and southern sectors of the district---because the Southwest Chicago Post's coverage area is primarily the neighborhoods that border Midway Airport and secondarily because including the relatively large volume of crime news from elsewhere in the district would be a logistical challenge. We make this note to offer a little helpful perspective and remind everyone that while crime is definitely a concern in all parts of the district (as it always has been), crime remains relatively low overall in Sector 1. May all of us work together diligently to keep it that way. May all of us also remember that a person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Burglars opened the rear sliding door of a home near 61st and Menard and stole a cell phone, and a wallet that contained credit cards and ID cards.
The victim, a 52-year-old man, told police that the crime occurred at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 8. He said he was asleep on a couch when he heard someone walk past him and into his bedroom. He mistakenly assumed it was one of his sons looking for something and learned hours later that a crime had been committed.
Police said the victim’s debit card was used a short time later at the 7-Eleven at 5953 West 63rd Street to buy nearly $75 in merchandise.
A 52-year-old Garfield Ridge man told police that someone entered his home near 53rd and
Menard while he was away on vacation and stole a TV, a camera, a DVR unit, an Xbox video game console, an air compressor, two electricity generators, and a Crystal Head Vodka decanter signed by actor Dan Aykroyd.
He discovered the burglary at 10:00 p.m. Sunday, July 6. There was no sign of forced entry, and the victim gave police the names of two relatives he thinks may have stolen the items.
A 16-year-old West Lawn boy was shot in the right thigh by a gangbanger at the mouth of an alley near 67th Place and Hamlin at 10:26 p.m. Tuesday, July 8.
The youth told police that a man in a car drove up, shouted a gang slogan, got out of the vehicle and fired at him. The victim tried to run away, but later collapsed in front of 3909 W. Marquette Road. He was transported by CFD ambulance to Christ Hospital. The description of the shooter was vague and limited to a Hispanic man.
A 17-year-old Clearing boy was arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft after police said they found him driving a stolen SUV in the 6100 block of West 63rd Street at about 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21—an hour after the vehicle was reported stolen from in front of a house near 62nd and Major.
Police said that after they curbed the vehicle, the teen bailed out and fled on foot. After a chase police described as “intense,” the boy was apprehended and transported to the Eighth District police station. The arrest was touted as a “success story” by CPD officers at the July meeting of CAPS Beat 812.
The victim, a 52-year-old man, told police that the crime occurred at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 8. He said he was asleep on a couch when he heard someone walk past him and into his bedroom. He mistakenly assumed it was one of his sons looking for something and learned hours later that a crime had been committed.
Police said the victim’s debit card was used a short time later at the 7-Eleven at 5953 West 63rd Street to buy nearly $75 in merchandise.
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He discovered the burglary at 10:00 p.m. Sunday, July 6. There was no sign of forced entry, and the victim gave police the names of two relatives he thinks may have stolen the items.
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The youth told police that a man in a car drove up, shouted a gang slogan, got out of the vehicle and fired at him. The victim tried to run away, but later collapsed in front of 3909 W. Marquette Road. He was transported by CFD ambulance to Christ Hospital. The description of the shooter was vague and limited to a Hispanic man.
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A 17-year-old Clearing boy was arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft after police said they found him driving a stolen SUV in the 6100 block of West 63rd Street at about 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21—an hour after the vehicle was reported stolen from in front of a house near 62nd and Major.
Police said that after they curbed the vehicle, the teen bailed out and fled on foot. After a chase police described as “intense,” the boy was apprehended and transported to the Eighth District police station. The arrest was touted as a “success story” by CPD officers at the July meeting of CAPS Beat 812.
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Want to work directly with Chicago Police to prevent crime in your neighborhood? If you live in Beat 811 (see map), come to Garfield Ridge Presbyterian Church at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 15. Hear updates on crime in your neighborhood and learn how you can work with neighbors and police to make the community safer and better for all.
A 14-year-old West Lawn
girl was robbed of a gold cross and chain as she walked with a 25-year-old
relative on a sidewalk in front of 6400 S. Komensky at 2:18 p.m. Friday, July
11.
The two told police that two men approached and demanded the chain. When
the girl refused, the robbers blocked her path and then snatched the chain,
fleeing on foot west on 64th Street. In their haste to flee, they
dropped the gold chain but kept the cross.
They are described as Hispanic men
age 20-25 olive complexion. One is 6’0 and 160 pounds, with brown eyes and
black hair in a fade. The other is 5’5 and 20 pounds, brown eyes, black hair in
a bald style. Both were wearing blue denim shorts.
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A 15-year-old West Lawn girl was robbed of a gold chain with a Virgin Mary medallion attached, as she walked down a sidewalk in front of 4300 West Marquette Road at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, July 8.
She told police that she was approached by two boys, one of whom held an unknown object in his hand. The other snatched her chain, and both offenders ran away. They are described as Hispanic boys age 15-17, 5'5 and 140 pounds, short black hair, olive complexion.
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Burglars forced open a door at St. Richard
School, 5030 S. Kostner, entered a rear boiler room and stole two leaf blowers.
The crime was discovered by a custodian at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 8.
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Burglars forced their way through the side
window of a home near 62nd and Nagle and stole a bracelet and a pair
of diamond earrings. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 54-year-old
woman, when she returned from vacation at 6:15 p.m. Thursday, July 10.
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Burglars kicked in the back door of a home
near 64th Place and Springfield and stole an iPad, a Kindle Fire,
eight earrings, seven gold rings and a coin bank in the likeness of a lion. The
crime was discovered by the victim, a 57-year-old woman, when she came home at
12:01 a.m. Sunday, July 13.
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A burglar entered
the unlocked service door of a garage near 54th and Lawndale and
stole a bicycle and a battery charger. The crime was discovered by the victim,
a 24-year-old man, who told police that surveillance video showed that the
offender, identified only as a black man, committed the crime at 4:30 a.m.
Friday, July 11.
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Burglars entered a
home near 49th and Keeler and stole two TVs, a laptop computer, an
iPad, an iPod, and $1,500 cash. The crime was discovered by the victim, a
34-year-old man, when he returned from work at 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 11.
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Burglars pried open
the side window of a home near 47th and Springfield and stole two
TVs and a laptop computer. The crime was discovered by the victim, a
31-year-old woman, when she came home at 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 9.
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Burglars kicked in the back door of a home near 67th Place and Springfield and stole assorted jewelry, two bank books, a set of collectible coins, and $300 cash. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 57-year-old woman, at 4:00 p.m. Monday, July 7.
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