Driver dies after car plunges into Lake Michigan

A 64-year-old man died after his car plunged into Lake Michigan at Balbo Drive, and police say they are investigating whether he suffered a seizure.
The car had been crossing Lake Shore Drive at Balbo before it left the road and entered the water about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Divers reached the car, broke a window and pulled out Steven Halperin
Halperin was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m.
Divers found no one else in the car

Body of man pulled from lake on South Side

The body of an adult male was pulled from Lake Michigan this afternoon on the South Side in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood.
The Chicago Fire Department responded shortly after 4 p.m. to a call of a person in the water on the 5700 block of South Lake Shore Drive.
A man was pulled from the lake and was dead on the scene

Lifeguard, valet thwart iPhone robberies on Near Air and Water Show is this why attendence has dipped

Five people have been charged after three separate iPhone robberies Saturday, two of which occurred at Oak Street Beach during the Air and Water Show.
One robbery, which was thwarted by a Chicago Park District lifeguard, happened about 4:25 p.m. Saturday during the Air and Water Show. The victim, a 48-year-old Lyons man, had been robbed near Oak Street Beach in the 1000 block of North Lake Shore Drive.
Officers were flagged down by citizens who told them there was a fight in the underground tunnel leading to and from Oak Street Beach. The fight involved a 20-year-old lifeguard and the man suspected in the iPhone theft.
The victim and his wife identified the suspect as the person who took the iPhone and 25-year-old Darrell Griffin, of the 17200 block of South Greenwood Avenue in South Holland, was arrested about ten minutes later. Griffin was held in lieu of $175,000 bail Sunday after being charged with one count of felony robbery. No injuries were reported.
About 2 p.m. Saturday at the Oak Street Beach at the Air and Water Show, a 27-year-old Far South Side man told police he'd momentarily left his white iPhone 4S and its black case under his backpack on his blanket at Oak Street Beach when another man, 21 and from Chicago Heights, saw three boys take it.
The Chicago Heights man flagged down officers and told them he saw the trio walking on the beach going through people's belongings. When officers questioned the boys, one of them had a white iPhone 4S in his pocket. He told police that he "doesn't need to steal, my mother has rolls of money," but could not provide the number to the phone. When the victim called his stolen iPhone, police who were with the teens answered it and the boys -- two 14-year-olds and a 15-year-old -- were taken into custody and cited in juvenile petitions with one count of theft each.
The third theft was foiled by a valet from a North Rush Street restaurant who chased down the suspect  after he'd snatched an iPhone 5 worth about $600 from a 39-year-old Morton Grove man about 12:50 p.m. on a sidewalk in the 0-100 block of East Superior Street.
Garland Smith, 30, of the 7400 block of South Morgan Street, allegedly fled west on Superior Street but was taken into custody about five minutes later. When police took Smith to the Near North District police station to be processed, he told police that he planned to sell the stolen iPhone and had stolen it because "It was an easy lick," according

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Boys 14 and 15 accused of injuring senior during robbery

Two boys, 14 and 15, snatched a purse from a 72-year-old woman last month, knocking her down and causing her to suffer shattered pelvic bones and two broken toes in the East Beverly neighborhood on the city’s Far South Side.
Both boys were in court today before Judge Lana Johnson, who placed them on curfew and released them to their parents. Prosecutors had asked that they be held.
The boys were cited in a juvenile petition with robbery, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm to a senior citizen, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, aggravated battery on the public way, and theft.
The incident happened about 4:30 p.m. on July 25 near 103rd Street and the Metra tracks as the woman was taking a shortcut through an alley.

17 year old charged following North Avenue Beach robbery

Three Cincinnati women riding a rented bicycle on North Avenue Beach were confronted Saturday afternoon by a group of teens, one of whom is accused of stealing one woman's iPhone.
Keith B. Clough, 17, of the 9300 block of South Perry Avenue, was charged late Sunday night with one count of felony robbery.
The women, 25, 26 and 27, were enjoying a "chariot" bicycle ride when a group of male and female teenagers jumped onto the bike and refused to get off.
The teens began harassing the women and "took turns" jumping onto the chariot cycle. At one point, one of the teens molested one of the women.
Clough is accused of grabbing an iPhone 4 from the hand of one of the women and running away with it on a bike path toward the lake. That woman ran after him but could not catch up to him.
The others in the group fled the scene and were not arrested.
No injuries were reported.
Clough was arrested at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of North Lake Shore Drive after the women identified him as the person who took the iPhone

2 men in women's clothing among 5 arrested after trying to steal bike on Blue Line

Five people are in custody this morning, including two males possibly dressed in wigs and mini-skirts, after they tried to take a man's bicycle and messenger bag while on a Blue Line train this morning.
The incident began about 6:15 a.m. when the 50-year-old bicycle messenger was on the train with his bicycle and bag as the group approached him while the train was at about the 400 block of South Clinton Street.
Members of the group tried to yank the bike away from the man but he resisted. Instead, some took the man's messenger bag.
After taking the bag, the group ran off the train at the Van Buren and Wacker Drive stop with the bicycle messenger chasing after them.
Someone else had called 911 to report the incident and a police vehicle from the Central Police District was dispatched to the area,.
The messenger waved down the police officer and pointed out several members of the group to the officer. The officer arrested three of them near Van Buren Street and Wacker Drive and put them in handcuffs.
The same officer soon managed to find the remaining two members of the group and arrested them at Washington Street and Wabash Avenue.
The group included two 19-year-old men, a 20-year-old man, and a 17-year-old boy and girl. Two of the males in the group were wearing women's clothing.
Preliminary information indicated that at least two of the males were wearing pink wigs and mini-skirts.

Body of Far South Side man pulled from Jackson Harbor

The body of a Far South Side man was pulled from Lake Michigan Tuesday morning in Jackson Park harbor where he’d attended a party on Sunday.
Wayne Gordon, 30, of the 10600 block of South Avenue H, was dead on the scene in the waters in the 6400 block of South Richards Drive. 
police were called to a body recovery about 11 a.m.
Officers responded to a call of a missing person by a woman who works as harbor master who told police there was a party at the harbor Sunday which Gordon attended.
When harbor staffers got to work Monday, Gordon’s book bag and bicycle were still there but Gordon's co workers noticed him missing from work and his family was contacted.
An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday and Area Central detectives are conducting a death investigation.

At least 10 arrested on felony drug charges related to Lollapalooza

At least 10 people appeared in court Sunday to face felony drug charges related to Lollapalooza, including a Chicago man who prosecutors say was carrying more than 150 pills of MDMA, also known as Ecstasy.

Sean Magee, 24, of the 6700 block of South Campbell Avenue, was making a hand-to-hand deal Friday afternoon at the three-day music festival when police officers first spotted him today. They later saw him offer another attendee “rolls,” a slang term for Ecstasy.
When authorities approached him, Magee ran away and tried to get a rid of a white bottle
Police found him in possession of 153 pills of MDMA — worth more than $3,000 — and a large bag containing seven smaller bags of marijuana.
Magee was charged with possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor count of possession of cannabis, manufacture or delivery more than 15 Ecstasy pills and two felony counts of delivery of cannabis.
Authorities also arrested Anthony Nelson, 24, of the 4300 block of West Fairfax Street in Oak Lawn, after he shouted, “Who wants molly?” Saturday afternoon at Lollapaloozarecords. “Molly” is slang for MDMA.
A nearby officer responded to Nelson's inquiry and found four bags of MDMA in his front pocket. In total, Nelson allegedly had 27 pills of the substance, worth nearly $700.
Nelson was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
A Metra police officer found drugs on a Chicago teen who ignored the officer’s warning about hopping the fence around Lollapalooza. Dylan Horach, 18, of the 3700 block of North Sacramento Avenue, tried again Saturday evening to cross the fence near the Van Buren Metra station and was arrested.
Horach had in his possession a hit of LSD and about 4 grams of a substance he told the officer he found on the beach. The powder was heroin, the court records said.
Horach was charged with trespassing on state land, delivery of less than 5 grams of LSD and possession of a controlled substance. Sullivan set Horach’s bail at $10,000.

Robberies reported along Chicago lakefront near Hyde Park, Kenwood

Police are warning residents in the Kenwood and Hyde Park neighborhoods after there have been three attacks in the last three weeks along the Chicago lakefront.
Police say the robbers are a group of as many as 13  young black men. Police say they displayed weapons or attacked their victims, then robbed them.   Two robberies occurred on the 4300-block of South Lake Shore Drive on July 5 and July 19, and one on the 4700-block of South Lake Shore Drive on July 17.
Two to 13 male offenders reportedly displayed weapons or physically attacked victims and then stole property.   
 

Man, 84, dies after jumping into water by Navy Pier

An 84-year-old man died after being pulled from Lake Michigan northeast of Navy Pier this evening.
Crews were called about 8:50 p.m. and pulled a male victim from the water, then took him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition.
The man later died.
He was believed to have jumped into the lake off Navy Pier about 8:46 p.m.,

Police recover body from Belmont Harbor

Police recovered a body from the water in Belmont Harbor this morning.
The body, of a male, was spotted around 3500 N. Belmont Harbor Drive

Missing man's body found at Montrose Harbor

A man reported missing earlier in the day was found dead at Montrose Harbor Wednesday night.
The man, 44, was found by divers after police were called to near the 500 block of West Montrose Avenue about 8:30 p.m.
The Police Marine Unit found the man’s body following a search by Marine officers, Town Hall District officers and a police helicopter

Body of man pulled from lake at Belmont Harbor

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was pulled from the lake this morning near Belmont Harbor.
About 11:30 a.m., the Chicago Police Marine Unit pulled the body from Lake Michigan on the 3500 block of North Belmont Harbor Drive.
As of 2 p.m., the man had not been identified.

Police were conducting a death investigation

Police officers recovered a body from Lake Michigan on the South Side

Police officers recovered a body from Lake Michigan on the South Side this morning

Police received a call just before 6:30 a.m. today about a body in the water east of the 3900 block of South Lake Shore Drive. No identification was released, but  the body was of a white male.

52-year-old man found dead in lake

Someone spotted a man's body about 300 feet off shore near 4300 north.
The Police Marine unit was on-scene by 5:02 p.m., and was able to recover the body, which was in an advanced state of decomposition, soon after. The man had tentatively been identified A 52-year-old southwest suburban man

Man dies after being pulled from lake near Belmont Harbor

A man seen struggling in the lake near Belmont Harbor died not long after he was pulled out by police divers, authorities said.
Passersby spotted the man in the water in the 3500 block of West Belmont Harbor Drive shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, according to Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford. “At least three divers went in, and after about 20 minutes, they found him,’’ he said.
Paramedics performed CPR on him on the way to Saint Joseph Hospital, Langford said. The man, in his 30s, was pronounced dead at 6:02 p.m

Human leg found at Lake Michigan on South Side

A human leg was discovered this afternoon lying on the rocks of Lake Michigan on the South Side in the Kenwood neighborhood.
About 2:42 p.m., police were alerted to the 4700 block of Lake Shore Drive for human remains that had been found.
The remains were a leg that had been cut off at the hip.
Police are conducting a death investigation.

Body of West Lawn man found floating in Lake Michigan

A Southwest Side man who was pulled from waters of Lake Michigan downtown this afternoon has died.
Police were called to Monroe Harbor about 11:20 a.m. and pulled the victim from the lake.
Christopher Contreras, 22, of the 3900 block of West 60th Place in the West Lawn neighborhood, was dead on the scene off the 400 block of East Monroe Street

Man given 35 years in toddler son's slaying

A Chicago man was sentenced to 35 years in prison today for the slaying of his 14-month-old son who was found strangled and floating in Lake Michigan.
Donald Johnson, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in the death of his son Dontrell Johnson.
Prosecutors said that in October of 2010, Donald Johnson went to pick up the toddler from the boy's mother's home for a visit. After a few days, Johnson began calling the mother and his family members complaining that the mother wasn't paying enough attention to the child
Johnson made threatening statements to relatives over the phone and said he would kill himself and the child.
Johnson was arrested on Oct. 6, 2010, after the child could not be located. The next day, authorities found Dontrell floating in the lake near 65th Street, wrapped in a net.
Later, an autopsy revealed the cause of death was strangulation

Body pulled from Jackson Park Harbor

A man's body was pulled from Jackson Park Harbor on the city's South Side this morning.
Chicago Police marine unit investigators and divers were called to the harbor on the 6400 block of South Promontory Drive at 11:16 a.m.
A resident notified police that a man's body was in the water at that location

Police recover body from Lake Michigan

The Chicago Police Marine Unit and the Chicago Fire Deprtment were called this afternoon to recover a body in the water at 95th Street and Lake Michigan.
The Fire Department was called shortly after 3:30 p.m. to 95th Street and Lake Michigan for a report of a body in the water, and the police were recovering the body

Sex offender charged with attacking lakefront jogger

A registered sex offender was arrested after passing motorists held him for police after he assaulted a jogger along the lakefront at 64th Street.
The woman, 36, was running along the bike path around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday when Brandon Williams, 24, ran up, threw her to the ground and assaulted her.
The woman was able to fight off Williams and flagged down motorists, who held the man until officers arrived.
Williams was charged with criminal sexual abuse and was due in bond court today. He is a registered sex offender, and detectives are investigating whether he is responsible for other attacks.