Man found guilty in 2010 Lincoln Park home invasion, assault

A 23-year-old man was found guilty today of sexually assaulting a woman in her Lincoln Park home during a home invasion.
Darrell Moore was convicted of 11 counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of home invasion in a September attack.
Prosecutors said Moore and three others entered the woman's apartment about 11:30 p.m. Sept. 23, 2010, by pulling down a window located on the porch at the building near Racine and Dickens Avenues. After entering the victim's bedroom, Moore sexually assaulted her and threatened to kill her if she did not do what he told her to do
Moore then led the woman around the apartment demanding money and jewelry before forcing her back into the bedroom where he continued to attack her.
During the attack, a neighbor discovered the victim's purse on the back stairs of the building and called police. Police arrived at the residence and tried to make contact with the woman, but Moore had covered the woman's mouth so she could not yell.
Police eventually entered the apartment and found Moore in the woman's bed. Several condoms that matched Moore's DNA were found inside the home, the release said.
The other three people involved in the crime pleaded guilty to home invasion. David McAfee, 19, was sentenced to 20 years in prison; Justin Hannah, 20, was sentenced to 14 years; and Kristopher Fox, 25, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Moore faces up to 66 years in prison when he is sentenced in February.

2 arrested after brawl at Chuck E. Cheese's in Lincoln Park

A man and woman have been arrested after a brawl broke out among people waiting to claim prizes at a Chuck E. Cheese's in the Lincoln Park community, injuring three people.
The fight occurred around 7:10 p.m. Sunday at the restaurant in the 1800 block of West Fullerton Avenue in the Lathrop Homes neighborhood
Police received a report of a large group of people fighting inside, Estrada said. "The fight started over a disagreement of people waiting in line for prizes" .
Three adults suffered minor injuries but did not require medical attention.
Shambreya Barfield, 21, of the 3800 block of North Broadway was charged with one count of misdemeanor battery.
Trevell Washington, 21, of the 2900 block of West Monroe Drive was charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery.

Shootings in Chicago October 16, 17 2013

 Man shot in Wicker Park

A man was shot and wounded in the Wicker Park neighborhood while visiting his grandmother. The shooting happened about 3:55 a.m. in the 1200 block of North Wolcott Avenue.
The man, 24, was standing on a sidewalk with a friend when they got into an argument with two others. One of the other two pulled a gun and shot the man in the leg.
He was wounded in the upper right leg and taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition.

19-year-old shot in Lower West Side

A man was shot in the 2100 block of South Ashland Avenue, police said. The 19-year-old was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
He was in an alley with another man when the pair heard shots. Four shell casings were found nearby and police said a man with long hair was seen running from the scene. Police suspect that a rivalry between two gangs, one of which the 19-year-old affiliates with, led to this shooting.

29-year-old shot in Lincoln Park

Just after 8 p.m. on the North Side, a man walked into a Walgreen's in the 1500 block of West Fullerton Avenue bleeding from gunshot wounds to his chest, hip and leg.
The 29-year-old was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center but it's not clear where he had been shot because he wouldn't cooperate with investigators

Man held on 150K, accused of attacking good Samaritan

A 56 -year-old man was ordered held this afternoon on $150,000 and accused of attacking an elderly man who offered him his phone to call police when he saw that he was apparently injured.
Freddy Feliciano of the 3100 block of North Christiana Avenue was charged with battery, robbery of a handicapped person, aggravated battery of a police officer and aggravated battery of a person over the age of 60.
The victim encountered Feliciano on the 1900 block of North Seminary Avenue and noticed abrasions to his face.
The victim then offered Feliciano his cell phone to call police. Feliciano took the phone and shortly after started punching the victim in his face.
Officers heard about the attack on a flash message on police radio and came to the scene where witnesses were waiting.
The officers were able to catch Feliciano who had fled the scene. Feliciano physically attacked one of the officers when they tried to take him into custody.
The victim's cell phone was recovered from Feliciano.

Police warn of armed robbery near DePaul campus

A DePaul University student reported being robbed by three men Sunday night near the college's Lincoln Park campus on the city's North Side.
About 10:15 p.m. Sunday, the student was walking westbound on Webster Avenue and was approached by three men, including one who displayed a gun.
According to preliminary information, the victim is a 26-year-old man who was walking with his friend, a 29-year-old woman
Police said a man pointed what appeared to be a 9mm handgun at the student's stomach. The robber then told the student to hand over his belongings before going through through the student's pockets and taking his wallet and cell phone.
The armed man then fled southbound on Kenmore Avenue with the two other men.
Mirabelli said the armed man was described as being black, about 5 feet 9 inches tall with dreadlocks, wearing a white, short-sleeved shirt and dark green pants. One of the other men was described as black with a dark complexion, about 6 feet tall, wearing dark green jeans, and the third man, also black, was wearing a green long-sleeved shirt

Two stores robbed in Lincoln Park, River North neighborhoods

One man may have robbed two stores in the Lincoln Park and River North neighborhoods overnight.
Authorities aren't yet linking the two but released a single identical description of the robber in both incidents, which happened in the same Near North Side police district about an hour apart from each other.
In the first, a Hispanic man in his 30s wearing dark clothing walked into a 7-Eleven at 2201 N. Lincoln Avenue, displayed a handgun and demanded cash, which he received. That happened about 2 a.m.
At 3:10 a.m., someone matching that description walked into a Dunkin Donuts at 309 W. Chicago Avenue, displayed a handgun and demanded cash. The clerk complied.

Lincoln Park area sandwich shop robbed at gunpoint

Chicago police were searching for a man who robbed a Lincoln Park area sandwich shop at gunpoint this morning.
The incident happened about 10:49 a.m. at a Mr. Submarine restaurant on the 1500 block of West Fullerton Avenue.
After robbing the restaurant, the man fled west on foot.
No injuries were reported

Good Samaritans foil Lincoln Park robbery

A parolee wielding a screwdriver was tackled by two men after he stole a woman's purse in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
Jose Rodriguez, 30, approached a woman from behind in the 800 block of West Diversey Parkway around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Rodriguez held an arm around the 29-year-old woman's neck, placed a screwdriver against her body and demanded money.
Rodriguez ran off with the woman's purse.
A 20-year-old man started chasing the man. Rodriguez approached a 24-year-old man walking in the opposite direction, and the 20-year-old yelled for him to stop the robber.
The men tackled Rodriguez and restrained him until officers showed up.
Rodriguez was charged with armed robbery with a dangerous weapon and a parole violation

Detectives warn of North Side salon robberies

Detectives issued an alert this afternoon, warning of armed robberies to two hair salons in the Lincoln Park area in recent days.
The robberies happened about 5:40 p.m. at a salon in the 1200 block of West Fullerton Avenue on Saturday, and about 5 p.m. in the 1300 block of West Fullerton on Sunday.
In both robberies, a man entered the salon, put a duffel bag on the counter, and shown a handgun. He then announced a robbery and fled on foot after getting cash.
Police described the man as Hispanic, with a light complexion, standing between 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-7 and weighing between 150 to 165 pounds. He was wearing a red jacket and a gray skull cap

Man charged with trying to burglarize Lincoln Park home

A convicted felon was expected in bond court today after he was arrested trying to burglarize a Lincoln Park home on Tuesday.
Matthew Lewis, 32, of the 6600 block of South Drexel Avenue was charged with attempted residential burglary.
The man was arrested after police responded to a burglar alarm at about 11:30 a.m. on the 2300 block of North Wayne Avenue.
Police officers were patrolling the area when they were notified that a man was knocking on doors and asking residents who answered that he was trying to locate a particular person.
Police were on their way to the rear of the home where the alarm had been triggered when they saw the suspect hurrying out a rear porch.
An officer identified himself and ordered the suspect to stop, but the man refused and tried to escape by jumping over a fence.
The officer pursued the suspect while sharing a description of the suspect and and his route over a police radio. Officers arrested him a short distance away.
Police said a pry bar was still wedged in the rear of the home the man had entered

Man found dead in Lincoln Park alley

A Crystal Lake man was found dead in a Lincoln Park alley this morning, possibly suffering from head trauma.
Timothy Gallagher, 21, of the 1000 block of Hawthorne Court in the northwest subrub, was declared dead at the scene at 5:41 a.m.. He may have suffered head trauma.
The man was found dead in an alley on 415 W. Fullerton about 5:15 a.m.

Prosecutor attacked in Lincoln Park

A Cook County prosecutor was attacked with a broken beer bottle after he told two teens to stop harassing two men they thought were gay in Lincoln Park.
The prosecutor, 31, was cut near the left eye, on his side and under his right arm.
The attack occurred around 7 p.m. Thursday in the 200 block of West Diversey Parkway as the prosecutor was on his way to meet a friend to fish along the lakefront, Daly said. He saw the teens harassing the men and yelled at them to stop.
“They turned on him and ran at him,”.
The teens, about 16 or 17, punched and kicked the prosecutor and cut him with a broken beer bottle, police said. He walked to Saint Joseph Hospital nearby, and then was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital.
The teens were described as Hispanic, between 5-foot-8 and 6-foot, weighing 150 to 190 pounds, according to police. One of them had long black hair and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and baggie jeans, and the other was wearing a turquoise baseball cap with a zip-up hoodie sweatshirt

High-end bicycles stolen from Lincoln Park-area store overnight

Burglars were able to get into a Lincoln Park-area bicycle shop and make off with about 20 high-end bicycles late Tuesday evening.
The incident happened between 9 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. at the Running Away Multisport, 2219 N. Clybourn Ave. in the Sheffield Neighbors neighborhood
Police said that a burglar or burglars managed to cut through a lock in a metal gate and then smashed through two glass doors behind the gates leading to the store.
Once inside the store, the burglar or burglars were able to collect about 20 of the high-speed road bicycles. Officials said the bicycles were well into the thousands of dollars in value.
The culprits took the bicycles through a rear door where a rental box truck was waiting

Shooting injures 3 near Lincoln Park Zoo

A person was wounded in the park north of the Lincoln Park Zoo about 4 a.m. today in an incident that left two others injured from a vehicle that hit them and fled the scene.
The three victims were in a group that had been hanging out at the lakefront and were gathered near a bike path off the 2400 block of North Cannon Drive when “several” dark colored vehicles approached.
“One vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a 25-year-old man,. It then made a u-turn and hit a 21year-old woman.’’
As the vehicles were fleeing an occupant from one of the vehicles then started firing towards the group, including the injured, and a 26-year-old man was shot.
All three were seriously wounded. The man shot and the woman hit by the car were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and the other man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The vehicles fled and a source indicated the shooting was gang-related.
Fire ambulances took the two people to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and a third person to Northwestern Memorial Hospital,

Police warn of smash-and-grab burglaries and robberieson North Side

Chicago police have issued alerts for thieves who have smashed through doors and windows of businesses along the Gold Coast and Lincoln Park area.

Most of the burglaries have occurred early in the morning. In one string of thefts, two to three burglars broke windows and helped themselves to designer handbags from display racks at four Gold Coast stores between April 28 and June 18.
In other burglaries, thieves entered stores and emptied cash registers.
Authorities also warned of an armed robber who held up people in the 2000 block of North Burling Street and in the 500 block of West Eugenie Street. In both instances, the robber pulled a handgun and announced a robbery.
Police only had vague descriptions for the business thefts, but described the street robber as an black man, between 18 and 25, 5-foot-9 to 6-foot-2, with a medium to dark complexion
Anyone with information on these incidents are asked to contact Area Central detectives at (312) 747-8380.

Woman charged in 2 North Side robberies used syringe to threaten clerk

A Fox River Grove woman has been charged in two Lincoln Park-area robberies earlier this month, a week after police issued an alert about a series of incidents in which a man and woman robbed several stores, some of them by using a syringe.
Lauren Obrien, 18, of the 300 block of North Morgan Lane in Fox River Grove, has been charged with armed robbery and aggravated robbery. Austin Pierce has been charged in three of the robberies and is being held in Cook County Jail in lieu of $60,000 bail, and also faces charges in connection with a series of robberies on the North Shore this month.
Police originally had suspected the two in the robberies of five stores between 5:30 p.m. May 15 and 10 a.m. May 22, and issued an alert May 23. In each case, a person approached a clerk and showed a note saying the robber is armed with a syringe, knife or gun. A syringe and knife were displayed in two of the robberies.
The robberies cited in the original alert happened on the 1300 block of West Fullerton Avenue, the 1100 block of West Webster Avenue, the 2000 block of North Clybourn Avenue, the 1200 block of West Fullerton Avenue, and the 900 block of West Webster Avenue.
Obrien is charged with using a knife to rob a store in the 2000 block of North Clybourn on May 20 at 11:20 a.m., and fleeing with about $120. The second robbery in which she’s charged happended after the police alert was issued—and after Pierce was arrested. On May 25 about at 6:45 p.m., also in the 2000 block of North Clybourn, Obrien threatened to use a syringe on a store clerk and fled with $215

Man charged in Lincoln Park robberies

A 25-year-old Chicago man has been charged with using a syringe and a knife to rob North Side businesses this month.
Police say Austin Pierce, of the 2800 block of North Oakley Avenue, and a woman, who is wanted and hasn't been charged, robbed five stores between 5:30 p.m. May 15 and 10 a.m. May 22.
In each case, a person approached a clerk and showed a note saying the robber is armed with a syringe, knife or gun. A syringe and knife were displayed in two of the robberies.
The robberies happened on the 1300 block of West Fullerton Avenue, the 1100 block of West Webster Avenue, the 2000 block of North Clybourn Avenue, the 1200 block of West Fullerton Avenue, and the 900 block of West Webster Avenue.
Pierce is charged with three counts of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon

21-year-old man shot in the Lincoln Park neighborhood

About 5 a.m. Friday, a 21-year-old man was shot by someone in a black SUV on the 1600 block of North Lake Shore Drive in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the North Side. The man was walking  when an SUV carrying four males pulled up alongside and someone inside started shooting, police said, hitting the victim in the ankle.
A "Good Samaritan" brought him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition

Boy with BB gun accused of Lincoln Park attempted robbery

A 14-year-old boy is accused of trying to rob a 50-year-old man of money and an iPad while brandishing a BB gun at a Lincoln Park neighborhood pottery studio Wednesday night.
The boy entered Glazed Expressions, 717 W. Armitage Ave., and told the 50-year-old staffer: “I want your iPad,’’.
He then drew a gun, pointed it at him and said: “I need money -- I need $500,’’.
The man agreed to go with him to an ATM to withdraw the money but once they got outside, the victim ran away, police said. When he looked behind him he saw the boy fleeing southbound on Burling Street.
The victim called police about 10:45 p.m. and officers responded to a call of a person with a gun. They found a boy matching his description and wearing a blue hoodie and stopped him in the 1600 block of North Cleveland Street.
Officers searching him recovered what appeared to be a black semi automatic handgun but they later learned it was a BB gun. He was taken into custody and back to the business where the victim identified him

2 charged in robbery of DePaul students

A man and woman have been charged in connection with the robbery of two DePaul University students at gunpoint near their dorm in the Lincoln Park neighborhood last week.
Anthony Barnes, 31, and Regina Cartharn, 45, are charged with robbery in the case. Barnes, of the 200 block of East 69th Place, was being held in Cook County Jail in lieu of $2 million bail and Cartharn, of the 300 block of East 55th Place, was being held on $100,000 bail.
The women, both 19, were walking in the 900 block of West Belden Avenue when someone with a gun approached and grabbed their purses early Thursday. The robber then jumped into a waiting car and sped off.
The car was soon spotted by patrol officers heading east on Willow Street and approaching Larrabee Street, police said. Police pulled it over in the 1500 block North Larrabee Street and detained a 45-year-woman behind the wheel and a passenger.

Inside the car, the officers found the stolen purses, a “replica” gun and a loaded revolver, police said. The students identified the suspects.