Local Crime from 17th District 3-25-17
AN EMPLOYEE reported the Subway restaurant, 4303 W. Irving Park Road, was robbed at about 11:10 p.m. Saturday, March 18, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The employee reported that two men entered the restaurant wearing ski masks and implied that they had guns, demanded money and took $215 in cash from the register, according to police.
A MAN AND a woman reported that they were robbed at about 2:15 a.m. Friday, March 17, in the 4100 block of North Keystone Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 25-year-old man and the 34-year-old woman reported that as they were walking home four men in a gray or light blue Mazda CX5 followed them through a church parking lot at 4120 N. Kedvale Ave., according to police. The man and the woman reported that three men exited the vehicle and demanded their cell phones, and that one of the men pointed a gun at them and took their phones and a purse containing credit cards, personal identification cards and house keys, police said.
A MAN REPORTED that he was robbed at about 10:05 a.m. Friday, March 17, in the 4700 block of North Troy Street, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 56-year-old man reported that he purchased jewelry valued at $8,000 at La Caridad Wholesale, 3039 N. Milwaukee Ave., placed the items in a bag, and then drove to his business, according to police. The man reported that when he parked and exited his vehicle, a man approached him with a handgun and another man approached him with a knife and said in Spanish, "Give us everything or we will kill you," and then took his jewelry bag and iPhone, police said.
A MAN REPORTED that he was robbed at about 9:30 p.m. Monday, March 20, in the 3600 block of West Glenlake Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 37-year-old man reported that as he was entering his vehicle, a man drove next to him, pointed a gun at him, demanded money and took between $600 and $800 in cash from him, according to police.
A MAN WAS shot at about 11 a.m. Sunday, March 19, in the 3600 block of West Sunnyside Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired and discovered two bullet shell casings between the second and third floors of an apartment building and saw a 20-year-old man sitting in the entrance of his apartment with gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen, according to police.
THE MAN REPORTED that a man had shot him with a handgun and provided officers with a description and address where the man lives, police said. The man was transported to Illinois Masonic Hospital in critical condition, according to police.
Officers questioned the man at his residence and following an investigation the man was placed into custody in connection with the shooting, police said.
The suspect was identified by police as Michael Comiso, age 19, of the 4800 block of North Saint Louis Avenue.
A MAN REPORTED that a man cut him with a broken bottle at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, March 18, in the 4800 block of North Kimball Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 23-year-old man reported that as he was walking a man approached him and asked for a cigarette and knocked the cigarettes out of his hand and then attempted to cut him with a broken bottle, according to police. The man reported that he attempted to deflect the bottle, causing lacerations to his hands, police said.
The man reported that he went to Swedish Covenant Hospital and was treated and released, according to police.
A WOMAN reported that her apartment in the 3000 block of West Wilson Avenue was burglarized at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday, March 18, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The woman reported that when she returned home she discovered that a bedroom window had been opened and a MacBook Pro laptop valued at $3,000, and Apple iPod valued at $300, a Samsung Galaxy cell phone valued at $300 and $180 in cash were missing, according to police.
A MAN REPORTED that his apartment in the 4800 block of North Saint Louis Avenue was burglarized between 10 p.m. Saturday, March 18, and 5:45 p.m. Sunday, March 19, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The man reported that when he returned home he discovered that the rear door had been forced open and $800 in cash, a credit card and a box of coins were missing, according to police.
The man’s sister reported that she was home during the time of the incident and that she heard a noise around midnight, but she thought that it was her brother, police said.
