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 thug armed with a five-inch knife robbed The Sock Shoppe, 4012 W. 63rd Street, at about 11:25 a.m. Monday, May 4, forcing the owner to hand over about $500 cash. The robber then fled on foot north, between the building and the West Lawn Branch Library. The victim described the criminal as a black man age 25, 5-foot-10 and 120 pounds, with black hair and a dark complexion.
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Want to work directly with Chicago Police to prevent crime in your neighborhood? If you live in Beat 812 (see map), come to St. Symphorosa School at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 13. 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.
Two thugs robbed a 35-year-old disabled man of his cell phone as he stood inside the CTA Orange Line Pulaski station, waiting for a southbound bus to take to his Ashburn home. The victim, who walks with a cane, hollered "Give me back my cell phone!" as the robbers walked away quickly through the parking lot west of the station. The crime occurred at 3:47 p.m. Tuesday, May 5. The robbers are described as black men age 17-19, 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds,wearing gray hoodies and black sweatpants.
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A 35-year-old West Elsdon man
told police that someone broke the lock on the service door of his garage near
53rd and Kolin, entered and stole two bicycles, a lawnmower, a grass
edger, a weed trimmer and a snow blower. He discovered the crime at 6:45 a.m.
Monday, May 4.
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Burglars pried open the front
door of the Metro PCS cell phone store, 8117 S. Pulaski, and stole 46 cell
phones and two laptop computers. The crime was discovered when a burglar alarm
was tripped at 7:24 a.m. Monday, May 4, according to the manager, a 27-year-old
Homer Glen man. Video surveillance showed only that the crime was committed by
three men age 17-19.
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A manager at Burger King,
5211 S. Cicero, told police that when she arrived to open the store at 4:53
a.m. Wednesday, May 6, she discovered the restaurant burglarized, with a cash
drawer thrown on the floor. She claimed that about $1,900 cash was missing,
according to the police report.
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Burglars forced open the
service door of a garage near 71st and Hamlin and stole assorted
construction tools worth about $2,500. The crime was discovered by the victim,
a 45-year-old woman, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 5.
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A South Side real estate
agent managing a vacant home near 61st and Kolin told police that he
discovered the dwelling burglarized when he visited on March 17, although he
did not report the crime until Tuesday, May 5. He said that about $1,600 worth
of copper piping had been torn from the house.
Burglars forced open the side
door of a home near 66th and Hamlin and stole a watch and assorted
jewelry. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 64-year-old man, at 3:45
p.m. Wednesday, May 6.
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Burglars entered the rear door of a home near 66th and Kostner and stole two TVs, an Xbox video game console and about 10 games, an iPad, a telephone, assorted jewelry, two pairs of Nike Air Jordans and a laptop computer. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 41-year-old woman, when she came home from work at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 7.
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Burglars forced open the overhead door of a garage near 54th and Keeler and stole a lawnmower, a set of Beats headphones, an iPad, two iPods, a pair of sunglasses, two pairs of gym shoes and two gym bags. The crime was discovered by one of the victims, a 43-year-old man, at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 7.
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Burglars pried open the front door of an apartment near 87th and Keating and stole a iPad, a tablet computer and about $485 cash. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 35-year-old man, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 8.
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Burglars forced open the overhead door of a garage near 53rd and Millard and stole assorted tools, an air compressor and a nail gun. The crime was discovered by a neighbor, a 20-year-old woman, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 8.
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