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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Three Central Stickney men said by police to be gang
members are in custody and charged
with the Aug. 30 invasion of a home near 54th and Latrobe.
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| Alexander Pedrote |
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three are currently held by the Cook County Department of Corrections, and
their next court date is Monday, Sept. 28 at 26th and California.
Antonio
Pedrote, 20, of the 4800 block of South Latrobe, is currently held without
bond. His twin brother, Alexander, of the same address, is held on $750,000
bond, as is Anthony Bennett, 19 of the 5000 block of South Long.
Authorities said that the trio committed the crime at
about 1:15 a.m. and were apprehended a short distance away during a traffic
stop.
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| Antonio Pedrote |
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| Anthony Bennett |
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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, September 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.
In apparently unrelated incidents, two 63rd
Street Subway sandwich shops were hit by robbers.
A bandit made off with about $300 cash after he robbed
the Subway at 3205 W. 63rd St. at 7:51 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The
shop’s manager, a 27-year-old Bridgeview man, told police that the robber hand
his hand in his pocket, implying a weapon. The offender is described as a black
man age 20-25, 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds, with brown eyes, black hair, dark
complexion, wearing a black hoody.
Four miles west, two men were unsuccessful in robbing the
Subway at 6454 W. 63rd St. at 3:50 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.
According to the manager, a 37-year-old man, a man walked in holding a knife
and said, “Open the register. I need money.” When the manager refused and said
he was calling police, the would-be robber and an accomplice ran away south on
Natchez. The robber was wearing a red shirt and red face mask. The accomplice
wore a white face mask, the manager said.
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A 23-year-old Gage Park man and his 22-year-old
girlfriend were robbed at gunpoint as the man washed their car in a
self-service bay at Ducky’s car wash, 5252 S. Archer, at 10:30 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 12. The victim said that two men approached him from behind, with one
putting a black pistol to the back of his head and saying, “You know what time
it is.” The woman was ordered to open the car and surrender her purse, which
she did. The bandits also made off with two cell phones and $200 cash. Both are
described as black men age 40, about 6-foot-2 and 250 pounds.
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A 33-year-old Gage Park man was robbed at gunpoint as he
washed his tow truck in a self-service bay at the Spirit of America car wash,
5115 W. 63rd St., at 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. The bandits stole
the victim’s watch, credit cards and $180 cash before making him crawl under
the truck while they fled. The victim later walked across the street to a
Chicago Fire Department facility to call police. The offenders are described as
black men age 38-40, about 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds.
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A 57-year-old man came home at 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12
to find that someone had stolen four watches, a pair of designer sunglasses and
assorted jewelry from his home near 58th and Nashville. There was no
sign of forced entry, and the victim told police that two home remodelers have
a key to the house.
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Burglars forced open the service door of a garage near 62nd
and Meade and stole the garage’s automatic door opener. The crime was
discovered by the victim, a 55-year-old woman, at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11.
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Burglars entered Charter Fitness, 5985 S. Archer, and
stole a case of toilet paper and various other items. The crime was discovered
by a 31-year-old employee at 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11. There was no sign of
forced entry, and management gave police the name of a former employee they
said still had a key to the building.
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A 22-year-old woman told police that someone entered an
unlocked rear window of her apartment near 63rd and Nordica and
stole $1,200 cash. The crime was discovered by the victim at 3 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 11.
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Burglars forced open the service door of a garage near 67th
and Keeler and stole an air compressor. The crime was discovered by the victim,
a 32-year-old woman, at 7:28 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8.
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