Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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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Two South Side men and an Ashburn boy have been arrested and charged with burglarizing
Brian Daniels
a house near 83rd Place and Hamlin.


Brian Daniels, 18, of 21st and State, and Darius Spraggins,18, of 36th and Michigan were apprehended at about 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 1 after they and a 16-year-old Ashburn boy allegedly sped away from the crime scene in a minivan that had been parked in the alley behind the home. Pursued by police responding to the home's burglar alarm, the three later fled the minivan and ran away on foot, according to police. Daniels and Spraggins were apprehended near 84th and Karlov. The youth was taken into custody near 85th and Komensky.


Property reportedly found in the minivan, including a Sony PlayStation 3 and a TV, were returned to the owner of the home. Police said the burglars had broken a rear window of the home.

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Marquis Cage
A 22-year-old South Side man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly waved a black handgun and threatened to shoot two people--a 21-year-old South Side woman and a 26-year-old Scottsdale man--in a parking lot near the Saratoga Motel, 7701 South Cicero, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 5.

Marquis Cage of 76th and Colfax is scheduled to appear in Cook County Circuit Court Branch 34, 155 West 51st Street, on Thursday, October 10.





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In what police describe as a gang-related incident, five men beat a 19-year-old Back of the Yards man as he was walking to a car after leaving a friend's house near 66th and Hamlin at 6:35 p.m. Sunday, October 6. The victim told police that the attackers hit him with a wooden object. He was transported via CFD ambulance to Holy Cross Hospital, where doctors used six staples to close a head wound and treated his broken left hand. He described the offenders only as white Hispanic boys or men age 16-21.

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A 36-year-old Clearing man described by police as a gang member said he was robbed as he walked on a sidewalk on the 4900 block of West 63rd Street, along the south fence of Midway Airport.

The crime occurred at about 11:00 p.m. Monday, October 7. The offender rode up on a bicycle and snatched an Oakland Raiders cap off the victim's head and a silver chain off his neck before pedaling away west on 63rd Street. The victim told police he would have chased the robber, but was still recovering from an ankle injury. The robber is described as a white Hispanic man age 25-30, wearing a black and cream colored, flannel hooded sweatshirt and black sweatpants.

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A 31-year-old West Lawn man was robbed at gunpoint as he exited his car near 60th and Hamlin at 1:10 a.m. Tuesday, October 8.

The victim told police that two thugs grabbed him and threw him to the ground. Moments later, one brandished a black handgun before taking the victim's cell phone, car keys and $500 cash. They then fled on foot west to Springfield and then south towards 61st Street. They are described as black men age 20-25, 5'5 to 5'8 and 130-150 pounds, brown eyes, dark complexion, wearing dark hoodies. The victim refused medical attention.

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A 30-year-old Archer Heights man told police that several gangbangers beat him in an alley near 48th and Pulaski as he walked home from the Blue Sky night club, 4807 South Pulaski, at 4:05 a.m. Sunday, October 6. He had previously gotten into an argument with one of them in the club, he told police. There were five attackers who jumped out of two vehicles, he told police. One of them hit him from behind with an unknown blunt object, causing a three-inch laceration on the back of his head. Relatives drove him to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was treated and released. The attackers were described only as white Hispanic boys or men age 16-21.


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Burglars broke the rear window of a boarded-up home near 63rd Place and Oak Park and stole the air conditioning system, according to a representative of Chase Prime, the Columbus, Ohio-based company that owns the foreclosed home. The crime occurred between early May and 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, October 2, when it was discovered.


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Burglars pried open the rear door of a home near 60th and Kostner and stole two TVs, a silver watch and assorted jewelry. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 92-year-old woman, when she came home from running an errand at 11:30 a.m. Monday, October 7. The victim told police she had been gone for only about an hour.

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Burglars broke a garage window near 65th and Kolin and stole a snow blower, a generator and two tool boxes with tools. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 55-year-old man, at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, October 5.


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As part of what appears to be a recent pattern of crimes, a 31-year-old Scottsdale woman told police that thieves broke into her SUV while it was parked at the CTA Orange Line station near 51st and Pulaski. The crime was discovered by the victim at 5:00 p.m. Friday. October 4. Stolen from the vehicle's glove compartment was an iPod memory hard drive.

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Burglars broke a side window of an apartment on the 4200 block of West Ford City Drive and stole a notebook computer, a DVD player, two iPods and a Nintendo Wii. The crime was discovered at 6:05 p.m. Thursday, October 3. The victim, a 49-year-old woman, complained to police that her apartment had been burglarized twice before since she has lived there.


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Burglars forced open the overhead door of a garage near 55th and Meade and stole a sod cutter. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 53-year-old man, at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, October 1.


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Burglars broke the side window of a garage near 76th and Springfield and stole $4,000 worth of silverware, as well as a drill, a circular saw, a hedge trimmer, a power washer, two barbecue grills and a set of golf clubs. The crime was discovered by the victim, a 69-year-old man, at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, September 29.


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