Chicago Crime Report 08/31/2010

Neighborhood Fail: Nearly $2,000 in Goods

A 55-year-old woman reported she returned to her parked car on Aldine Avenue between Broadway and Lake Shore Drive to find the back window of her car broken. Three pairs of shoes worth $1,500, four umbrellas valued at $160 and $300 in cash were taken from the vehicle. No arrest.

via Neighborhood Fail: Nearly $2,000 in Goods Stolen from Vehicle – Boystown.

Man attacked ‘Good Samaritan’ in Elgin

A Woodstock man is accused of attacking a 33-year-old Elgin woman in her car after he claimed he needed help and transportation.

Octavio Nunez, 36, of the 200 block of Ash Avenue, faces four felony charges — two counts of criminal sexual abuse, unlawful restraint and failure to register as a child sex offender.

via Daily Herald | Cops: Man attacked ‘Good Samaritan’ in Elgin.

Two children shot while riding in back seat of father’s car in Calumet Heights neighborhood

A 15-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy were shot Sunday night while riding in the back seat of their father’s car in Chicago’s Calumet Heights neighborhood.

The shooting happened shortly before 10 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Kenwood Avenue, when another car pulled up to the side of the vehicle and someone leaned out of the window and fired shots toward the children, Officer Robert Perez said.

via Two children shot while riding in back seat of father’s car in Calumet Heights neighborhood – chicagotribune.com.

Teen Shot, Killed Outside Home In West Garfield Park

A gunman shot and killed a teenager outside his own home in the West Garfield Park neighborhood overnight.

At 12:09 a.m., the 18-year-old male victim was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the back in the 4000 block of West Jackson Boulevard, according to police News Affairs.

via Teen Shot, Killed Outside Home In West Garfield Park – cbs2chicago.com.

Man shot multiple times near Garfield Park

A gunman emerging from a vacant lot opened fire on an 18-year-old man hanging out near his West Side Garfield Park neighborhood home, shooting him multiple times and killing him early Tuesday.

At 12:09 a.m., a man was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the back in the 4000 block of West Jackson Boulevard, according to police News Affairs.

via Man shot multiple times near Garfield Park home dies :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime.

Ford Hts man charged in hotel robbery

Bail has been set at $75,000 for a Ford Heights man charged with the strong-armed robbery of a man he met outside an Elk Grove Townships hotel room.The victim told police he met Reginald Frank, 33, outside his hotel room in the 1900 block of East Higgins Road in Elk Grove Township and invited him back to his hotel room the next morning, the Cook County sheriff’s office said.While in the victim’s room, Frank became aggressive and the other man asked him to leave. The victim said Frank then became violent and placed him in a choke-hold and knocked him to the floor.

via Ford Hts man charged in hotel robbery :: The SouthtownStar :: Beecher :: Crete :: Monee :: Chicago Heights :: South Chicago Heights :: Steger.

Chicago Crime Report

Gun that killed cop bought in Miss. in scheme run by student

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The gun that killed Chicago police Officer Thomas Wortham IV in May was purchased in Mississippi as part of a weapons trafficking scheme organized by a college student, authorities said Thursday.

Quawi Gates, 27, a student at a Mississippi college, was sentenced this week to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of gun trafficking there, federal and local law enforcement officials said.

Chicago police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said they made the connection to Wortham’s slaying after Gates was implicated in a scheme that involved buying guns in Mississippi and allegedly selling them to the Gangster Disciples street gang in Chicago, authorities said.

Four firearms have been recovered in Chicago, authorities said.

via Gun that killed cop bought in Miss. in scheme run by student – Chicago Breaking News.

Suspected Edens rock thrower arrested

One of several people police believe were throwing rocks at cars on the Edens Expressway–including a state police car–was caught and arrested early this morning, Illinois State Police said.

Shortly after midnight, a motorist reported he thought his car had been struck by gunfire on the Edens near West Lawrence Avenue, according to Trooper Mark Hall.

As troopers were en route to investigate, a rock hit their car, damaging the windshield. Rocks also had damaged the first car, police later found.

via Suspected Edens rock thrower arrested – Chicago Breaking News.

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