Thursday, December 17, 2015

Crime News Update

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 32-year-old Garfield Ridge woman was charged with domestic battery after she
Kinisha L. Ray
allegedly stabbed her 27-year-old boyfriend in the chest during an argument in the kitchen of their rented home near 54th and Natchez at 3:26 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.


Kinisha L. Ray was arrested and is due in Domestic Violence Court on Monday, Dec. 21. 

The victim, a Calumet City man said by police to be a gang member, was transported via CFD ambulance to Loyola University Medical Center and was listed in critical condition.




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A 26-year-old Hearst area man was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly threatened his ex-girlfriend with a gun at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12.


Marcellus Blackwell
Marcellus Blackwell of 44th and Leamington allegedly went to the 22-year-old victim’s home near 57th Place and Springfield, stood under her bedroom window and hollered, “I have a gun, b~tch. Come outside so I can shoot you.”

The victim called 911, and police responding said they found Blackwell near 57th Place and Pulaski, walking in the street, naked from the waist up.

He was arrested, charged, held without bond and is due in Cook County Circuit Court at 51st and Wentworth on Dec. 28.


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A 16-year-old Gage Park boy was shot in the leg as he walked down a sidewalk near 59th and Hamlin at 2:41 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. The youth told police he was walking home from a friend’s house near 55th and Keeler when he was approached by two thugs who asked him about gang affiliation.

The victim told police that he told the men he was not in any gang and one of them then fired a pistol at him, hitting him in the lower right leg. He ran away and called 911. He was transported by CFD ambulance to Holy Cross Hospital and later transferred to Mount Sinai Medical Center. He described the attackers as Hispanic men age 18-20 about 5-foot-9, wearing dark clothes.


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Want to work directly with Chicago Police to prevent crime in your neighborhood? If you live in Beat 813 or 833 (see map), come to West Lawn Park at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 22. 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 27-year-old North Lawndale man and a 21-year-old Brighton Park man were stabbed outside a nightclub near 47th and Karlov at 4:25 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11. Police responding to a call of two stabbing victims at Mount Sinai Medical Center were told by a witness, a 27-year-old Brighton Park man, that a man stabbed both victim in the chest, back, neck and face.

The witness drove the victims to the hospital, where they were listed in critical condition. The witness said the offender was a Hispanic man age 25, 5-foot-7 and 180 pounds, with brown eyes, short black hair and an olive complexion.


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A 58-year-old Scottsdale man was robbed at gunpoint as he unloaded items from his vehicle as it sat parked by his home near 80th and Kostner at 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10. One offender put the victim in a chokehold, when the other brandished a handgun and demanded his belongings. The victim said he surrendered his wallet and $1,700 cash, and the offenders sped away in a brown Chevy sedan.

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A 19-year-old Scottsdale man was roughed up by a thug attempting to rob him outside the McDonald’s near 85th and Pulaski at 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 10. The victim told police that the offender approached and asked, “What you be about?” When the victim replied that he does not belong to any gang, the offender grabbed him, spun him around, threw him to the ground and started going through his pockets.

The only valuable the victim had on him was his cell phone, which the attacker slammed to the sidewalk, rendering it inoperable. After the offender ran away, the victim drove to Daley College—where he is a student—to report the crime. The attacker was described as a black man age 28-31, 6-foot-4 and 180 pounds with a dark complexion, wearing a black hoody and black jeans.


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A 52-year-old Archer Heights man was robbed as he walked down a sidewalk near 48th and Avers at 11:29 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10. The victim told police that three men approached and demanded his wallet. He refused and a struggle ensued. The trio stole his cell phone and two pairs of blue jeans before fleeing north on Avers in a white van. The attackers were described only as Hispanic men.


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Burglars forced open the door of an apartment near 56th and Narragansett and ransacked the premises. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 30-year-old man, when he came home at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11. It was initially unclear what, if anything, had been stolen.

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Burglars broke through the basement window of a home near 66th and Kostner and stole a computer and two disc jockey turntables. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 56-year-old woman, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10.


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Burglars broke into a house near 58th and Mayfield and stole a jewelry box, assorted jewelry and two watches. The crime was discovered by the victims, an 87-year-old man and an 82-year woman, when they came home from shopping at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10.


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Burglars tried but failed to break into the back door of a home near 54th and Long. The victim, an 84-year-old woman, told police that when she came home from a doctor’s appointment at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, she saw the storm door damaged, but that the reinforced main door was intact and locked.


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Burglars entered the unlocked service door of a garage near 52nd and Meade and stole two snow blowers. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 66-year-old man, at 4:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7.


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Burglars forced open the rear window of a home near 48th and Knox and stole assorted jewelry and $1,000 cash, according to the victim, a 57-year-old woman. The crime was discovered by a neighbor, a 47-year-old man, at 6:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7.



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