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Local Crime from 17th District 3-3-18

A WOMAN reported that she was robbed at about 10:40 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in the 4000 block of West Foster Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 29-year-old woman reported that she was waiting for a bus when three men approached her and that one man took her wallet containing debit cards, a social security card and a birth certificate and that another man tried take cell phone out of her hand but knocked it to the ground shattering the screen, according to police.
The men were described as black and age 18 to 21.
A MAN REPORTED that he was threatened with a gun at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, in an alley in the 3300 block of North Lawndale Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 40-year-old man reported that he was driving and slowed down to avoid potholes when a tailgating vehicle nearly rear-ended him, according to police. The man reported that the other vehicle followed him as he turned into the alley to access his garage and that a man exited the vehicle and pointed a gun at him, and that the same man later that night showed up to his workplace in the 3100 block of North Milwaukee Avenue and threatened to burn his garage down, according to police.
AN EMPLOYEE of the Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant, 3843 N. Cicero Ave., reported that the business was robbed at about 12:15 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 31-year-old female cashier reported that a man approached the register holding a large box cutter, demanded cash and she gave him $117 in cash, according to police.
The man was described as white, age 20 to 30, approximately 6-2 and 220 pounds, and wearing a dark blue baseball cap with a white emblem, a dark blue hooded pullover sweatshirt with white strings, blue jeans, dark blue gym shoes, and dark-colored sunglasses.
A MAN REPORTED that he was robbed at the M & J Liquor store, 3654 W. Lawrence Ave., at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 23-year-old man reported that he was approached by a man on the sidewalk who demanded he buy a cell phone from him and that when he refused that the man then ordered him to empty his pockets and to retrieve money from the store’s automated teller machine, and he gave the man $100 in cash from the ATM and the man ran east on Lawrence, according to police. The man reported that no weapon was displayed or implied during the incident, police said.
The man was described as black, age 28 to 33, approximately 6-0 and 180 pounds, and wearing a red jacket and blue jeans.
A WOMAN REPORTED that a group of males attacked her boyfriend at about 5:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, in the 4600 block of North Kimball Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 23-year-old woman reported that she was walking with her 25-year-old boyfriend when three men stared at them and that when the boyfriend asked why they were staring, one male punched him as another hit him in the head with a skateboard causing a laceration to the upper right side of his head, according to police. The man was treated at Swedish Covenant Hospital for treatment, police said.
The men were described as black, age 17 and approximately 5-9.
A WOMAN reported that her husband allegedly fired a gun at her at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, in the 5100 block of North Springfield Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 31-year-old woman reported that she was arguing with her 28-year-old husband who gathered his keys, belongings and firearms to move out, that she was in the apartment window watching him load belongings into his car when he fired a single shot toward the window, and that he left before officers arrived, according to police. Police said that officers were unable to find a bullet casing on scene.
A WOMAN reported that her apartment in the 4800 block of North Lawndale Avenue was burglarized between midnight and 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The woman reported that when she returned home she discovered that the rear door had been forced open and that two 50-inch and 55-inch television sets were missing, according to police.
A WOMAN reported that her apartment in the 4000 block of West Cullom Avenue was burglarized between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The woman reported that when she returned home she discovered that two watches, two gold bracelets and four other pieces of miscellaneous jewelry valued at $2,950 were missing, according to police.
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