Local Crime from 17th District 1-12-19

Shots were fired during an apparent gang-related car chase at about 3:50 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, in the 3900 block of North Mozart Street, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
A 20-year-old man reported that he was driving his Chevrolet van on Irving Park Road with two female passengers when a black BMW with tinted windows drove alongside and the male driver asked his gang affiliation and that when he replied no and started to drive away the driver displayed a handgun and began chasing them, according to police.
The man reported that he turned and drove the wrong way on Mozart Street to escape when the BMW followed and the driver fired three gunshots, striking the Chevrolet van twice on the rear passenger-side and once in the trunk, and that the BMW continued to chase after them until he drove into the parking lot of the 17th District police station on Pulaski Road and the BMW fled west on Wilson Avenue, police said. No injuries were reported, according to police.
The shooter was described as white/Hispanic, age 20 to 26, and having a slight goatee.

A man reported that he was robbed in an apparent gang-related incident at about 9:20 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in the 4100 block of West Irving Park Road, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 19-year-old man reported that two men asked his gang affiliation and that one of the men pointed a handgun at him and told him to empty his pockets and took his navy blue-colored bag containing a driver’s license, identification and credit cards, house keys and $50 in cash, according to police.
Both men were described as white/Hispanic and about 5-7. The armed man was further described as wearing a red hat and black hooded sweatshirt, and the other man as described as wearing a puffy grey jacket.

A taxi driver reported that three men tried to rob him at gunpoint at about 1:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, in the 5300 block of North Sawyer Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 63-year-old man reported that he picked up three men in the 5700 block of North Christiana Avenue and drove them to Sawyer Avenue when one man pointed a handgun at him and demanded his belongings, and that he honked his horn several times and all three men exited the taxi, according to police.
All three men were described as black haired and age 20 to 22. The armed man was further described as white/Hispanic with a fair complexion, 5-4 to 5-5 and 150 to 160 pounds. Another man was further described as black with a light brown complexion, 5-8 to 5-9 and 155 to 160 pounds, and the third man as white/Hispanic with a light complexion, 5-0 to 5-5 and 140 to 150 pounds.

A Chicago Transit Authority employee reported that a man attacked him at about 8:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at the Irving Park CTA Blue Line station, 4131 W. Irving Park Road, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The employee reported that a man, who may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol, tried to enter the station without paying, and that when he told the man he couldn’t enter the man punched and threw him into a newsstand before he ran away, leaving behind a cellphone that was later recovered by officers, according to police. The man was transported to Swedish Covenant Hospital, police said.
The man was described as white/Hispanic, age 40 to 45, 5-10 to 6-0, 180 to 200 pounds, with a shaved head.

A man reported that a man threatened him with a baseball bat following a hit-and-run car accident at about 8:15 a.m. Monday, Jan. 2, in the 3400 block of North Elston Avenue, while an employee of a Mobil gas station, 3960 W. Irving Park Road, reported that the same man robbed the store about 10 minutes later, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
A 55-year-old man reported that he waiting for a red light at the intersection of Belmont and Sacramento avenues when a man driving a black or gray Honda Pilot turned out of a nearby gas station, sideswiped his vehicle and drove away, according to police. The man reported that he followed the Honda until it stopped on Elston Avenue and that he told the driver that he had his license plate information when the man exited the car holding a baseball bat and he drove away, police said.
A Mobil Gas station employee reported that about 10 minutes later that day a man entered the store, jumped behind the counter, pushed him and stole items on display before running into a gray or a black Honda Pilot, and drove away in the Honda, according to police.
The suspect and the vehicle fit similar descriptions in both incidents, and officers discovered that the Honda was reported stolen on Dec. 25 from the 5800 block of North Sacramento Avenue, police said.
The man was described as white with a medium skin complexion, about age 20, shirtless, and wearing low-hanging blue jeans and red underwear.

A woman reported that a man attempted to break into her home in the 5000 block of North Kilbourn Avenue at about 11:15 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The woman reported that she heard her rear doorknob rattling and that she saw a man trying to force the rear door open and she told him she would call the police and the man ran away, according to police. A female 60-year-old neighbor reported that she saw a second man also running away from the same house, and that the two men ran away north on Kilbourn and east on Carmen Avenue, police said.
One man was described as white with a light skin complexion, age 25 to 35, 5-9 to 6-1, 180 to 225 pounds, and wearing a dark blue vest and a grey hooded sweatshirt.

A man reported that a man burglarized his apartment in the 3100 block of West Leland Avenue at about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The man reported that he saw home surveillance camera footage showing that a man entered through a side dining room window and stole a Samsung television valued at $800 and a gray backpack containing an HP laptop computer valued at $800 and two mason jars containing $100 in coins, according to police.
The man was described as white/Hispanic with a light skin complexion, age 45 to 50, and wearing a hooded jacket and a Michael Jordan skullcap.

A man reported that his home was burglarized and that his car was stolen between 11 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, and 8 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The man reported that when he woke up he discovered that his front door was opened and his car keys were missing and that his gray 2015 Toyota Camry was missing from the rear parking lot, according to police.

A realtor reported that a vacant home in the 4000 block of West Grace Street was burglarized between 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, and 4:50 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The man reported that when he returned to the vacant home he discovered that a lockbox was missing from the front doorknob, and that a refrigerator, oven, microwave and thermostat valued at $5,300 total were missing and that water pipes were cut, resulting in about $2,000 worth of property damage, according to police.

A man reported that his apartment in the 3900 block of North Drake Avenue was burglarized between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The man reported that when he returned home he discovered that the front door was opened and that two watches valued at $350, a 50-inch television set valued at $600 and $200 in cash were missing, according to police.

A man reported that his apartment in the 4000 block of West Cullom Avenue was burglarized between 7 a.m. and 7:20 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The man reported that when his male roommate returned home he heard a noise coming from the kitchen and discovered that the rear kitchen door was opened and that a passport, a green card and $3,830 in cash were missing, according to police.

An employee of the Imperial Building Group, 6430 N. Ridgeway Ave., reported that that two company vehicles were burglarized between 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, and 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, according to Lincolnwood police.
The man reported that when he returned to the parked vehicles he discovered that the rear window of a Dodge Sprinter cargo van was shattered and a sanding machine valued at $1,500 and $200 worth of miscellaneous tools were missing from the vehicle, and that the passenger-side window of a Freightliner truck was smashed and tools valued at $300 were missing from that truck, according to police.

A man reported that his van was burglarized between 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, and 7 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, while it was parked in the 3900 block of West Greenleaf Avenue according to Lincolnwood police.
The man reported that when he returned to his parked GMC Savana work van he discovered that the front passenger-side window was broken and that a cordless drill set valued at $300 and a tool bag with construction equipment valued at about $600 were missing, according to police.

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