Local Crime from 17th District 6-16-18

A man was shot in an apparent gang-related incident at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday, June 10, in the 3400 block of West Irving Park Road, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 31-year-old man reported that he was walking from a liquor store with another man when a man fired a handgun at them from an alley, with one bullet grazing him in the right chest and arm, according to police. The man was treated at Illinois Masonic Hospital, police said.

A man was arrested after allegedly breaking into a home in the 4800 block of North Central Park Avenue at about 6 a.m. Monday, June 11, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
A man reported that he exited his bathroom and discovered a man standing in his hallway and that he told the man to leave and discovered that he took his cellphone and his son chased the man to the 4800 block of North Saint Louis Avenue where he retrieved the phone and held the man for police, according to police. Officers discovered that the rear window was lifted open with a cooler propped up for entry, and the landlord reported that surveillance camera footage showed the man trying to enter the apartment building vestibule at about 3 a.m. and later sleeping in the vestibule at about 4:45 a.m., police said.
The suspect was identified by police as Julian Jacome, age 25, of the 4100 block of North Central Park Avenue.

A MAN WAS robbed and stabbed near the CTA Kedzie Brown Line station, 4648 N. Spaulding Ave., at about 8 p.m. Monday, June 11, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The 19-year-old man reported that a woman and three men confronted and accused him of stealing a tattoo machine and the men punched and beat him and the woman stabbed him in the lower left arm with a knife, and that they took his backpack containing a cellphone valued at $190 and $30, according to police. The man was treated a Swedish Covenant Hospital, police said.
The woman and three men were described as black and age 20 to 25.

A WOMAN reported that her apartment in the 4900 block of North Albany Avenue was burglarized between 9:45 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 10, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The woman reported that when she returned home she discovered a broken key in the rear door lock and that earrings valued at $200, a gold necklace and ring valued at $300 each and about $300 in cash were missing, according to police.

A MAN REPORTED that his apartment in the 4500 block of North Central Park Avenue was burglarized between 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.
The man reported that when he returned home he discovered that the front door had been forced open and that two necklaces valued at $600 total and $500 in cash were missing, according to police.

LINCOLNWOOD

An employee of the Carrington at Lincolnwood senior center, 3501 W. Northeast Parkway, reported that the site was burglarized between 10:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Saturday, June 9, according to Lincolnwood police.
The employee reported that reported that she discovered a garage door at the southeast corner of the building partially opened and detached from the ceiling hook, with a rubber door strip removed and a jacket and carpet placed over the door’s motion sensors, and that two refrigerators/freezers and two to three washing machines were missing, according to police.

A MAN WAS arrested on drug charges at about 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, in the parking lot of the Lincolnwood Town Center, 3333 W. Touhy Ave., according to Lincolnwood police.
Officers saw two men entering a Lincoln MKT sport utility vehicle illegally parked in a handicapped spot and questioned the men, who admitted the handicapped placard was expired and they searched the vehicle and discovered three plastic bags containing nearly 64 grams of a substance suspected of being marijuana, two vials containing suspected THC cannabis oil, a vaporizer pen and rolling papers, and $6,489 in of cash, according to police. The owner of the vehicle was arrested and the other man was released, police said.
The suspect was identified as Jalaal Azami, age 29, of the 500 block of North Lawler Avenue, Wilmette.

A MAN REPORTED that his van was stolen between 8 p.m. Friday, June 8, and 6:50 a.m. Saturday, June 9, while it was parked in the 6700 block of North Le Mai Avenue, according to Lincolnwood police.
The 70-year-old man reported that when he returned to his driveway he discovered that his white Ford E350 van containing tools valued at more than $10,000 was missing, according to police.

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