Burglary on Belden

01/06/2010

A woman returned to her house in the 500 block of W. Belden Jan. 4 at 6 p.m. and noticed her front door was forced open. She walked around her house and found her laptop, iPod, passport and some jewelry missing. Police had no leads.
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Condo building break-in

12/30/2009

A man went to get something out of his storage unit in the basement of his condo building located in the 2000 block of N. Burling Dec. 28 at 9:30 p.m.
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Fake cops busted

12/23/2009

Two men came up to a house in the 1200 block of N. Schick Dec. 15 at 3:20 a.m. knocked on the door and said, "Open up. It's the police." The owners of the home saw that the men had handcuffs and a gun, but were not in uniform.
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$400K in jewelry allegedly snatched

12/16/2009

A man was walking in the 800 block of N. State Dec. 14 at 5:55 p.m. when a man approached and asked him for money. The walker said he had none, at which point the other man snatched a brown paper sack from the walker’s right hand. The offender fled and could not be located.
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Neighbor alleges harassment

12/09/2009

A woman arrived at her house on the 1300 block of N. Dearborn Dec. 1 at 12:26 p.m. and found a man, her neighbor, doing laundry in her apartment. She noticed that some of her belongings in her bedroom had been tossed around, including her bras and her underwear. The woman told the man to leave but he refused.
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Rude awakening

11/25/2009

A woman woke up in her house in the 100 block of E. Scott Nov. 22 at 1:10 p.m. and found someone had entered and taken a Macintosh laptop, a Bose Wave radio, a Coach Wallet, miscellaneous pieces of identification and $150.
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Knifepoint robbery

11/18/2009

A man was walking near the 300 block of N. State Nov. 16 at 1:57 a.m. when three men approached from behind. One of the men asked, "Where’s your wallet?" and displayed a knife.
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Pulls cash from ATM, gets robbed

11/11/2009

A man used his debit card to withdraw $550 from a bank in the 600 block of W. Division Nov. 3 at 9:48 a.m. While he waited for the bus, another man approached, stuck a gun in victim’s right side, said, "Alright pussy, you know what to do." Read more...

Party guest home invasion

11/04/2009

Three men broke into a house in the 2100 block of N. Halsted Nov. 2 at 7:06 p.m., one brandished a black-and-silver semi-automatic pistol. They ordered the home owner to get on the floor and into a corner of his house. Read more...

Stick-up on Clybourn

10/28/2009

A man was walking in the 1300 block of N. Clybourn Oct. 26 at 8:10 p.m. when two men approached. One of the men said, “Give it up. I’m gonna shoot the s— out of you.” He then displayed a chrome revolver and pointed it at the victim. The second man then pushed the victim. The victim handed over his wallet which contained miscellaneous identification, credit cards and $25. Both offenders then fled east on Cleveland. Police did not locate the offenders.
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