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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A 33-year-old South Holland
man told police he was robbed at gunpoint by two thugs as he walked in an alley
behind 8459 S. Keating at 1:45 p.m. Saturday, April 11. When he hesitated to hand over his valuables, one of the criminals said, "Why don't we just shoot him?" The victim said the
offenders—one with a pistol, the other with a sawed-off shotgun—stole his cell
phone, driver’s license, house keys and $235 cash before fleeing east on 85th Street in a white Oldsmobile Cutlass. The robbers were described as a Hispanic
man about 5-foot-6 and a black man about 6-foot-1, both about 17-20 years old
and wearing dark clothing.
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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 Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. 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 23-year-old Archer Heights
man was charged with aggravated battery and criminal damage to property after
he allegedly punched an 18-year-old Woodridge woman in the face, hit an
18-year-old Scottsdale man in the back with a tire iron, and then smashed a
window of a vehicle belonging to a 50-year-old Scottsdale man. Joselito Landa
of 48th and Lawndale was apprehended by police near 79th and Central Park at 2 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, blocks away from where the crime
reportedly occurred near 77th and Komensky. The 18-year-old man was
transported by ambulance to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he was
treated and released. The police report gave no indication of a court date for
Landa.
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A 26-year-old Ashburn man
said his girlfriend tried to run him over with her rented car in the parking of
Ford City Mall, 7601 S. Cicero, at 3:45 p.m. Monday, April 6. The victim said
when he got out of the vehicle during an argument, the 25-year-old Calumet Park
woman drove the car at him. He said he jumped on the hood to protect himself,
but was thrown to the ground. His leg was run over, he told police. The
offender remains at large, according to the police report.
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A burglar tried to pry open a
door at the Chase Bank branch at 4730 W. 79th St. at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 11, but was not successful. The man, watched on a surveillance
camera by a security guard, was gone by the time police arrived. A witness
later told police that he saw a black man walking north on Keating, clutching a
bloody hand.
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Two thugs robbed a 57-year-old
Brighton Park man at knifepoint in the Walgreens parking lot at 4385 S. Archer
at 3:30 p.m. April 9. The victim told police that the offenders demanded his
money and his portable oxygen tank. The victim initially refused, saying
without his oxygen tank, he could not breathe, but he surrendered it and $20
cash under pressure. The crooks were described as white men age 35-40, about
5-foot-9 and 185 pounds, wearing dark clothes.
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A 20-year-old West Elsdon man
told police that he was robbed at knifepoint as he walked down a sidewalk near
56th and Kildare at 8 p.m. Monday, April 6. The victim said that the
offender appeared to be with a group of young men at Pasteur Park, who then
broke away from the group and followed him on foot. The robber stole the
victim’s cell phone and was described as a Hispanic man age 19, 5-foot-4 and
140 pounds, black hair, medium complexion, wearing a gray hoodie.
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Burglars entered the unlocked
bedroom window of a home near 84th and Kildare and stole an
undetermined amount of belongings. The home’s owner, a 54-year-old woman, said
that the offender drank two bottles of Corona beer while inside, left cigarette
butts on a window sill, and defecated on the floor.
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Burglars forced open the
service door of a garage near 54th and Hamlin and stole two
bicycles, a lawnmower, a snow blower, an air compressor and assorted tools. The
crime was discovered by the victim, a 47-year-old man, at 2 p.m. Friday, April
10.
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Burglars forced open the back
door of a home near 55th Place and Lawndale, but appeared to have
stolen nothing of significant value, according to the victim, a 63-year-old
man, who discovered the crime when he came home at 2:30 p.m. Monday, April 6. A
19-year-old tenant who was home at the time of the crime told police he heard a
dog barking and two men outside the dwelling, but did not investigate further.
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Burglars kicked in the basement door of a vacant home near 64th and Menard and stole two ladders. The crime was discovered by the landlady, a 39-year-old Vittum Park woman, at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 5.
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Burglars kicked in the back door of a home near 70th and Keeler, ransacked a bedroom and stole $1,450 cash. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 44-year-old man, at 5:50 Saturday, April 4.
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