Street Crimes
Reported August 27 – September 23, 2009
Published: October 21st, 2009
Adams Mill, 1800 blk.: man robbed of wallet by 2 others while in conversation with them, one having suddenly placed in a headlock [2:30am, Sun., 9/20]
Bancroft, 2100 blk.: 2 persons accosted by man who came from behind, ordered them to kneel down & robbed them at gunpoint [3:30am, Sat., 8/19]
Bates, unit blk.: woman entering her back yard accosted from behind by masked man & robbed at gunpoint of purse [2am, Sun., 8/30]
Bryant, unit blk.: newspaper deliveryman accosted by young man brandishing a gun & demanding cash but was foiled when deliveryman pushed him & fled [4:14am, Tue., 9/8]
Bryant, unit blk.: man in stopped car robbed at gunpoint by a boy [9:45pm, Mon., 9/21]
Cedar, 300 blk.: man robbed at knifepoint by 3 others [3am, Sat., 8/29]
Cedar, 400 blk.: man accosted by boy who placed him in a chokehold & was then robbed by 2 other men [5:30pm, Tue., 9/22]
Center & Oak: man assaulted & robbed by 3 others [time undetermined, Thu., 9/17]
Champlain, 2500 blk.: man approached by 2 young men, one of who assaulted him & demanded cash but got none when the man fled [3:15am, Sat., 9/5]
Church, 1700 blk.: woman robbed of purse by man who first forced her to the ground [11:15am, Sun., 9/6]
Columbia & Sherman: person waiting for bus assaulted & robbed by 2 men [6:45am, Sun., 8/30]
Columbia, 700 blk: man on bicycle accosted by another who attempted to take it from him, following which another man assaulted him but neither men succeeded in stealing the bicycle [4am, Sun., 9/6]
Columbia, 1600 blk: woman accosted by 3 men, one of whom started to assault her but then snatched her purse [1:45am, Sat., 9/5
Columbia, 1700 blk: man accosted by 2 others demanding cash & when obvious he had none was then robbed of cellphone [3:15am, Tue., 9/8]
Columbia, 1700 blk.: woman accosted by man who placed an unknown object to her back, pushed her into adjoining alley, snatched her purse & then sprayed her face & punched her when she attempted to chase him [ 3:30am, Thu., 9/17]
Columbia, 1700 blk.: person assaulted & robbed by 2 men [12:30am, Fri., 9/18]
Conn., 2800 blk.: man accosted by a group of other, two of whom demanded his money & assaulted him but then all fled [1am, Sun., 9/6]
Euclid, 1700 blk.: man struck in the face & robbed of wallet by 2 others [11:45pm, Thu., 8/27]
Euclid, 1700 blk.: man’s cellphone snatch from him by another who came from behind [3am, Sun., 8/30]
Euclid, 1700 blk.: man who earlier had been approached by another asking to use his cellphone & was refused robbed of that cellphone by the same man & another a short time later [2:30am, Sun., 9/20]
Florida, unit blk.: 2 persons robbed at gunpoint by 2 men who then fled in the car of one of the persons robbed [12:15am, Sun., 9/20]
Florida, 900 blk. (alley): woman robbed of cash at knifepoint by man [1:30am, Sat., 8/29]
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The above is a sampling of reported street crimes in the 3rd Police District and the Bloomingdale neighborhood portion of the 5th District. Times shown are approximate. Emphasis here is placed, for the most part, on listing crimes against persons occurring in or adjacent to public space. Not generally reported are most assaults stemming from verbal altercations nor the extraordinary numbers of burglaries, auto heists, and "smash and grab" from parked cars.
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