February 24, 10:00 p.m. - Attempted robbery

A 31-year-old pizza delivery driver was approached by an unknown man, who pointed a gun at the driver. When the driver pushed the gun away, it shot through a window of his car.

February 24, 1:00 p.m. - Invasion of privacy

February 24, 1:00 p.m. – A 21-year-old man was in a bathroom stall in the basement of the Reynolds Club when an unknown man stuck an iPhone beneath the stall door and took pictures.

February 23, 9:37 p.m. - DUI, possession of cannabis, unlawful use of a weapon

UCPD officers stopped a van on 47th Street between Greenwood and Ellis Avenues, and after smelling alcohol, began searching the vehicle. They found a loaded 9mm pistol and a small amount of marijuana.

Theft

January 26, 6:25 p.m. - A woman walking on Hyde Park Boulevard between Kenwood and Dorchester was approached by an unknown man, who grabbed her laptop bag.

Robbery

January 25, 12:30 a.m. - Five desktop computers and one personal computer were stolen when someone broke in through drywall.

Assault and robbery

» January 18, 1:00 p.m. A man walking on the 6000 block of Kimbark Avenue was assaulted by two men, who ran away with his phone.

January 12, 10:30 a.m. Robbery

» January 12, 10:30 a.m. A resident of an apartment on the 5300 block of South Drexel Avenue had a personal computer and video-game console stolen by a man described as black and wearing a dark hoodie.

Robbery, November 25, 7:10 p.m.

A 22-year-old woman walking on 53rd Street and Greenwood Avenue passed four teenage girls, who pushed her to the ground and took her backpack, cellphone, wallet.

Assault, November 30, 3:42 p.m.

Two men struck a 15-year-old boy at 3:42 on November 30, on the 5000 block of Blackstone Avenue.

Assault, November 16, 5:45 p.m.

A man standing on the corner of 55th Street and Cornell Avenue was approached by an unknown man, who punched him in the face. The offender was described as black, with a medium build.

Attempted robbery, November 16, 7:50 p.m.

A woman walking on the 5600 block of Kimbark Avenue was approached by an unknown man who stopped her by brandishing a gun. The assailant grabbed the woman’s purse and ran when a neighbor yelled at him. The suspect fled in a vehicle driven by a second person. The offender was described as black, wearing a black skull cap and a black sweater.

Crime Report 11.03.09

A woman walking on 54th Street and Blackstone Avenue was held up by a man with a handgun who demanded her purse.

Crime Report 10.30.09

Crime in Hyde Park

Crime Report: October 20, 2009

Two men approached two University students entering an apartment building on South Kenwood Avenue and demanded their possessions at gunpoint. The two victims surrendered their cell phones, credit cards, and wallets. Both suspects were described as black, 18-20 years old, and about 5 foot 7 inches. One of the suspects wore a black hooded sweatshirt; the other wore a red hooded sweatshirt.

Crime Report: 6.2.09

This week's Hyde Park crime.

Crime Report: 5.29.09

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Crime Report: 5.22.09

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Crime Report: 5.19.09

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Crime Report: 5.15.08

This week's Hyde Park crime blotters

Crime Report: May 12, 2009

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Crime Report: 5.8.09

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Crime Report: 5.5.09

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Crime Report: 4.28.09

An update on local crime

Crime Report: 4.24.09

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Crime Report: April 21, 2009

The latest from this week's Hyde Park blotters

Crime Report: 4.17.09

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Crime Report: 4.3.09

A rundown of the week's Hyde Park police blotters.

Crime Report: 3.10.09

This week's Hyde Park crime.

Crime Report: 03/06/09

This week in Hyde Park crime.

Crime Report: February 24, 2009

This week's Hyde Park police blotters

Crime Report: February 17, 2009

This weeks' Hyde Park crime.

Crime Report: January 27, 2009

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Crime Report: January 13, 2009

A man was attacked by two male offenders on the 5300 block of South University Avenue.

Crime Report: 5-9-08

May 4, 2:00 a.m. — A male victim reported that while walking on the 5100 block of South Engleside Avenue toward his parked car, he was approached from behind by a male offender who pressed a hard o...

Crime Report 5-6-08

May 2, 5:39 p.m.—A male offender entered a cleaners’ on the 1700 block of East 55th Street and sprayed the person on duty behind the counter with mace. He then proceeded to open the cash register, ...

Crime report - 4-22-08

April 18, 9:10 p.m.—A male resident of the 5700 block of South University reported that at 6:00 p.m. he left his room locked and secured, but upon his return he observed pry marks on the door. Upon...

Crime Report 4-15-08

April 12, 7:30 p.m.—A male victim reported that after cashing a check at a currency exchange on the 1500 block of East 53rd Street, he was approached by a male offender. “Give me the money. If you ...

Crime Report 3-4-08

March 2, 4:04 p.m.—A witness observed two males kicking in a basement door on the 4000 block of Lake Park Avenue and notified the police. Both UCPD and CPD officers responded to the robbery in prog...

Crime Report - February 29, 2008

Feb. 26, 12:50 a.m.—A male victim reported that two offenders approached him on the 4700 block of South Lake Park. The first offender demanded money, and the victim refused to hand over his belongi...

Crime Report 2-26-08

February 22, 6:46 p.m.—An 18-year-old male victim was approached by two male offenders while walking on the 5100 block of South Dorchester Avenue. The first offender approached the victim, asking f...

Crime Report - 2-12-2008

February 8, 1:45 a.m.—A male victim was walking down the 1300 block of East 57th Street when an offender drew a knife and confronted him. The offender demanded the victim’s valuables, took the vict...

Crime Report: February 8, 2008

February 6, 8:32 p.m.—University officers on the 6100 block of South Woodlawn Avenue observed two males who matched the descriptions given by victims of a number of robberies in the Woodlawn area o...

Crime Report: 2-5-08

niversity student reported that she was approached by an unknown man who had pulled up in his vehicle to the curb as she crossed the 5500 block of South University Avenue. The offender pushed her u...

Crime Report: February 1

January 30, 12:15 a.m.—A 53-year-old man noticed a two-door Chevy vehicle across the street as he was getting into his own car on the 6100 block of South Kenwood Avenue. A man emerged from the Chev...

Crime Report 1-29-08

January 26, 12:40 a.m.—Two victims report that while walking on the 1300 block of East 56th Street, two unknown men approached the curb in a vehicle and got out. One of the men displayed a handgun ...

Crime Report: January 25

January 21, 7:25 p.m.—An unknown male entered the Quick Snacks located at 1658 East 55th Street and brought a box of garbage bags to the counter. The offender then displayed a handgun and demanded ...

January 18 Crime Report

January 14, 10:45 p.m. — A 61-year-old man was approached in a parking lot on the 1200 block of East 48th Street. The offender displayed a handgun and insisted the man lie on the ground as two othe...

Crime Report: November 27, 2007

November 23, 12:45 a.m.—Two unknown men approached two male victims on the 5700 block of South Kimbark Avenue and demanded their money at gunpoint. The offenders took the victims’ wallets and a cel...

Crime Report: May 25, 2007

May 23, approximately 10 p.m.— A female victim was attacked on the 1100 block of East 58th Street by an 18-year-old man who threw her to the ground and robbed her of her purse and cell phone. The o...

Crime Report: May 8, 2007

May 1, 9:45 p.m.—A 26-year-old woman was the victim of an armed robbery on the 1100 block of East 49th Street. A man reportedly approached the woman, muttered a few words, and displayed a handgun. ...

Crime Report: April 6, 2007

March 29, 2:43 p.m.—A 29-year-old man was the victim of a strong-arm robbery on the 5400 block of South Kimbark Avenue. The man was walking through Nichols Park when three men sitting on a nearby b...

Crime Report: March 2, 2007

February 22, 1:05 a.m.—A 19-year-old woman was the victim of a strong-arm robbery on the 1400 block of East 57th Street. A car carrying a male passenger and a female driver pulled into a driveway a...

Crime Report: February 23, 2007

February 21, 7:30 p.m.—Three teenagers between 15 and 17 years of age tried to rob a 17-year-old man of his wallet and cell phone as he was walking on the 5100 block of South Lake Park Avenue. The ...

Crime Report: February 13, 2007

February 11, 10 p.m.—A man robbed a woman of her purse on the 4900 block of South Woodlawn Avenue. The man approached the woman while muttering something under his breath and then grabbed the purs...

Crime Report: February 2, 2007

Police detectives continued their search this week for a man who attempted to kidnap two women in separate incidents in Hyde Park. The first incident occurred January 18 around 9:45 p.m. near Ea...

Crime Report: January 26, 2007

January 18, 2:25 p.m.—A man wielding a handgun robbed a woman of her purse just south of East 60th Street and South Drexel Avenue. The suspect fled west after stealing the victim’s purse, which con...

Crime Report: January 19, 2007

January 13, 2:50 a.m.—Three men robbed a man and woman of their valuables as they exited their car on the 5400 block of South Hyde Park Boulevard. After parking their car, the two victims were held...

Crime Report: January 12, 2007

January 6, 10:50 p.m.—Two men robbed a pizza delivery person of $95 as the victim was in the elevator after making a delivery on the upper floors of a building on the 5100 block of South Harper ...

Crime Report: November 14, 2006

October 14, 2:30 p.m.–November 10, noon—A burglary occurred on the 4700 block of South Ellis Avenue. The victim reported missing two desktop computers, a laptop computer, two office printers, an an...

Crime Report: November 10, 2006

November 7, 12:30 a.m.—An aggravated robbery occurred on the 5100 block of South Cornell Avenue. A man approached a 52-year-old woman, demanded money, and placed his right hand in his pocket, imply...

Crime Report: 11.07.06

November 5—A robbery occurred on the 1100 block of East 63rd Street at 5:57 a.m. A 37-year-old woman was walking across a vacant lot when a man struck her in the face and took her cell phone and $3...

Crime Report: November 3, 2006

October 27—U of C Police Department (UCPD) officers arrested six men who followed and attacked a 21-year-old man on the 1400 block of East 55th Street at 4:50 p.m. The attackers followed the victim...

Crime Report: October 27, 2006

October 22—Police found the body of Hyde Park resident Janice Ordidge, 39, in the bathroom of her 13th-floor apartment at 1649 East 50th Street. The victim’s sister had notified police Monday that ...

Crime Report: October 20, 2006

October 17, 5:54 p.m.—A 57-year-old man and 51-year-old woman were robbed at gunpoint on the 5300 block of South Greenwood Avenue. A man yielding a handgun approached the victims, who were parking ...

Crime Report: 10.17.06

Oct. 15, 6:30 a.m.—A strong-arm robbery occurred on the 5600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. A 65-year-old woman on the street was approached from behind by a man and struck on her right shoul...

Crime Report: June 2, 2006

May 29, 2:04 a.m.—A man and a male juvenile were wounded by gunshots fired by three unknown men who suddenly emerged from a gangway and then fled near East 61st Street and South Ellis Avenue. One o...

Crime Report: May 23, 2006

May 19, 3:09 a.m.-—An armed man approached a male driver who had just parked his car on South Kimbark Avenue between East 57th and 58th Streets and forced him to re-enter the vehicle. The offender,...

Crime Report: May 19, 2006

May 14, 2:55 p.m.—A 38-year-old man was robbed at the gas station at 6001 South Cottage Grove Avenue. The victim drove into the station and, upon walking up to the trunk of his car, was approached ...

Crime Report: May 16, 2006

May 14, 9:29 p.m.—A 21-year-old woman was attacked and robbed on the 5400 block of South Kimbark Avenue. Two men approached the woman and asked if they could speak with her. The offenders then grab...

Crime Report: May 12, 2006

May 9, 12:15 a.m.—A strong-arm robbery occurred at the 1400 block of East 53rd Street. A 68-year-old man was approached by a man whom he described as black, between 30 and 35 years of age, at 5-foo...

Crime Report: May 9, 2006

May 7, 2:15 a.m.—Two male offenders attacked a man and stole his wallet as he was walking on the 5600 block of South Kimbark Avenue after attending a party. The man and his friend were walking n...

Crime Report: May 5, 2006

April 30, 1:10 a.m.—A 20-year-old man was walking west on the 1200 block of East 55th Street when two men approached him and demanded money. One of the offenders told the victim to empty his wallet...

Crime Report: April 28, 2006

April 22, 9 a.m.—A burglary occurred on the 4900 block of South Woodlawn Avenue. The offender entered an apartment through an unlocked rear door. A wallet containing money and identification cards...

Crime Report: April 21, 2006

April 15, 1:50 a.m.—An armed robbery occurred on the 5600 block of Harper Avenue. A 20-year-old man was walking southbound on Harper Avenue when three offenders approached him from behind. One of ...

Crime Report: April 14, 2006

April 8, 3:40 p.m.—An armed robbery occurred on the 5800 block of South Blackstone Avenue. A 40-year-old man was reportedly walking down the street when four men, including one armed with a knife, ...

Crime Report: 4-11-2006

April 8, 4 a.m.-—An armed robbery occurred on the 4800 block of South Drexel Avenue. A 19-year-old man was reportedly walking when another man approached him and asked for the telephone number of a...

Crime Report: April 7, 2006

A residential burglary occurred on the 5200 block of South Woodlawn Avenue between 7:30 a.m. on March 31 and 8:30 a.m. on April 1. According to police reports, the offender entered the residence by...

Crime Report: 4-4-2006

March 24, 11:22 p.m.—An armed robbery occurred in the 5700 block of South Lake Park Avenue. A 21-year-old man was reportedly walking eastbound on East 57th Street when two other men approached him ...

Crime Report: March 31, 2006

March 17, 8:05 p.m.—An armed robbery occurred on the street at 5640 South Kimbark Avenue. According to police reports, a 28-year-old man was riding his bicycle northbound on Kimbark Avenue when ...

Crime Report: March 7, 2006

March 5, 1:44 a.m.—A man was shot and injured by two unidentified men near East 53rd Street and South Cornell Avenue. The attackers fled the scene on foot. According to police reports, the victim r...

Crime Report, 3-3-2006

A man received minor bruises after reportedly being beaten and robbed by three unidentified assailants. The strong-arm robbery occurred on February 23 at 12:35 a.m., in the 5200 block of South Blac...

Crime Report, 2-24-2006

An armed robbery occurred in the 5200 block of South Drexel Avenue on February 16 at 9:45 p.m. A man was walking by an alleyway when two men pulled up to him in a grey four-door automobile. The pas...

Crime Report 2-7-2006

An attempted armed robbery occurred at 8:22 p.m. on February 3 in the 5400 block of South Ingleside Avenue. A 63-year-old man was reportedly exiting his vehicle when an offender approached him from...

Crime Report: January 31, 2006

An attempted robbery occurred on January 26 at 7:52 a.m. on the 4700 block of South Ingleside Avenue. A 14-year-old boy was reportedly on his way to school when he stopped walking to count some mon...

Crime Report 1-27-2006

A burglary with forcible entry occurred on January 22, between 8 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. in the 5500 block of South Cornell Avenue. According to police reports, an undetermined number of suspects entere...

Crime Report: January 24, 2006

A strong-arm robbery occurred in the 5400 block of South University Avenue at 8:25 p.m. on January 14. Final police reports of the incident were only recently filed this week. A man was walking ...

Crime Report: January 17

Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers shot and wounded a man after staking out a building at 1332 East 52nd Street in the late night hours of Friday, January 13. CPD officials reported receiv...

Crime Report 1-13-2006

An aggravated assault occurred on January 10 at 8:19 p.m. in the 800 block of East 48th Street. Chicago police officers on routine patrol in the neighborhood observed a man standing on the street f...

Crime Report: January 10

A burglary occurred between 8:15 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on January 6 in the 5400 block of South Everett Avenue. Police reported evidence of forced entry on the front door of the apartment and suspected...

Crime Report: 11-29-05

A man and a woman were robbed while waiting for the bus on the 800 block of East 51st Street on Saturday, November 26, at 12:45 a.m. The offender jumped out of a white vehicle and engaged the two v...

Crime Report 11-22-2005

A woman was robbed while walking on the 5600 block of South Harper Avenue at 11:47 a.m. on Thursday, November 17. The victim was approached by the male offender, who then threw her to the ground an...

Crime Report 11-18-2005

Two male students from Kenwood High School were robbed on the 5100 block of South Harper Avenue on Tuesday, November 15 at 11:40 a.m. While the two were walking on the street, three men approached ...

Crime Report: November 8, 2005

An armed robbery occurred in a building on the 5200 block of South Blackstone Avenue at 9:40 p.m. on Sunday, November 6.
A man had just ordered food for delivery at one of the upper floors ...

Crime Report 11-4-2005

A man was walking on 48th Street between Cottage Grove Avenue and Maryland Avenue at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, when he heard multiple gun shots and began to run. He was then wounded in the a...

Crime Report: November 1, 2005

A man was robbed while walking through Nichols Park on the 1300 block of East 53rd Street at 8:05 p.m. on Thursday, October 27. He was approached by two men. The first put him in a headlock while t...

Crime Report: October 7, 2005

A man was robbed on South Kimbark Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets on Sunday, October 2 at 10:20 p.m. The suspect, armed with a handgun, approached the victim from behind and demanded his walle...

Crime Report: September 30, 2005

A man was robbed while walking on South University Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets at 10:45 p.m. on Friday, September 23. The offender demanded the victim's money at gunpoint. After taking the...

Crime Report: May 17, 2005

An armed robbery occurred on May 15 at 6:25 a.m. near 5200 South Kenwood Avenue. A man was walking down the street when a car pulled up in front of him. The driver of the vehicle asked for directi...

Crime Report: May 3, 2005

A robbery occurred on April 29 at around 6 a.m. near 5100 South Kimbark Avenue. A man rang the doorbell for a woman's apartment and claimed to be a telephone repairman. The woman let in the assaila...

Crime Report: April 22, 2005

An attempted strong-arm robbery occurred on April 19 at 6:40 p.m. near 55th and Kimbark Avenue. A 13-year-old boy reported that while playing basketball, he was approached by five teenage boys, one...

Crime Report: April 19, 2005

A robbery occurred on April 16, at 4:07 p.m., near 600 East 56th Street. A man reported that two men approached him while he was walking down the street. They pushed him into a doorway, went throug...

Crime Report 4-12-2005

A robbery occurred at 10 p.m. on April 8 at 4800 South Kimbark Avenue. While a woman was walking through an alley connected to her residence, a man approached her, displayed a handgun, and demanded...

Crime Report 4-5-04

A robbery occurred at 5400 South Cornell Avenue on April 3 at 4:35 p.m. A 22-year-old man was walking down the street when another man approached him and displayed a small silver handgun. The vict...

Crime Report 2-25-2005

On February 22 at 9:24 p.m., University police noticed a group of three male teenagers walking back and forth with no apparent destination on the 1300 block of 56th Street. As the police approached...

Crime Report 2-22-05

A robbery occurred on February 20 at 4:20 p.m. at 5400 South Woodlawn Avenue. Two men approached a man walking down the street, pushed him against the wall, and demanded his possessions. The assail...

Crime Report 2-18-2005

The South East Chicago Commission [SECC] issued a crime bulletin this week for the University, after 12 incidents occurred in the last two months in Hyde Park, ranging from robberies and attempted ...

Crime Report - 2-11-05

There was a strong-arm robbery at 6323 South Cottage Grove on February 6 at 7:20 p.m. A male victim reports that as he came out of a convenience store he was followed by three men. They punched him...

Crime Report 1-28-05

An attempted armed robbery occurred on January 26 at 11:09 a.m. A woman was trying to dig her car out of the snow when an assailant approached her and said, "Give me all your money." After briefly ...

Crime Report 1-18-05

An armed robbery occurred at 5101 South Lake Park Avenue on January 10th at 2 p.m. Two offenders, both of whom displayed handguns, demanded money from a man walking down the street. The victim gav...

Crime Report 1-14-2005

On Wednesday, January 12 at noon there was a robbery at 5100 South Ingleside Avenue at a nearby corner store. Two men entered the store with guns and demanded the money in the register, and that th...

Crime Report 1-7-05

On January 3, at around 7 p.m., an armed robbery occurred near 1300 East 58th Street. An individual was sitting in his car when someone opened the driver-side door and demanded the car while brandi...

Crime Report 11-23-04

A strong-arm robbery occurred at Nichols Park (near 5400 South Kimbark Avenue) on November 17 at 6:35 p.m. A man was walking in the park when two men approached him and asked for the time. After he...

Crime report 11-16-04

A strong-arm robbery occurred at 5300 South Old Lake Park on Wednesday, November 10, at 12 p.m. After a woman finished using the ATM at the Hyde Park Bank, three men approached her. One grabbed her...

Crime Report 11-12-04

A strong-arm robbery occurred at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, near 1500 East 53rd Street. A woman reported that while walking down the street she was approached by three individuals, one o...

Crime Report 11-9-04

An attempted robbery occurred on Saturday, November 6, at 2:50 p.m., near 5400 South Dorchester Avenue. Two people approached and grabbed a woman by the back of her coat while she walked down the s...

Crime Report 11-05-04

An attempted armed robbery occurred Wednesday, October 4, on the 1100 block of East 59th Street, at 8:35 p.m. A 54-year-old man parked his car in the vicinity of 59th Street and South University Av...

Crime Report 11-2-04

A strong-arm robbery occurred on October 28 at 7:30 p.m. on the 5400 block of South Blackstone Avenue. Two men walking on Blackstone Avenue were approached from behind by two men who said, "Give us...

Crime Report 10-26-04

An attempted strong-arm robbery occurred on October 22 at 10:50 p.m. on the 5600 block of South Kenwood Avenue. A man, 29, reported that he was walking on Kenwood Avenue when he encountered four or...

Crime Report 10-22-04

An attempted robbery occurred on Sunday, October 17, at 7:00 a.m. While walking near 5600 South Woodlawn Avenue, an individual was approached by someone holding a handgun who demanded the individua...

Crime Report - 10-15-04

On Saturday, October 9, at 10:05 p.m., a strong-arm robbery occurred at 5100 South Woodlawn Avenue. Two individuals approached a man walking alone, and struck him on the head, knocking him to the g...

Crime Report - 10-01-04

A homicide occurred at 1100 East 47th Street, at some point between September 19 and 21. The victim of the homicide was an elderly gentleman who had taken in a homeless woman to live with him. On S...

Crime Report - 03.02.04

On Wednesday, February 25 at 9:13 p.m., three teenage boys confronted a 22-year-old man walking alone at 1321 East 53rd street. They told him to "up the money" and surrounded him. He gave the three...

Crime Report - 11.18.03

A male victim was robbed near 5300 S. Harper Avenue at 9 p.m. on Thursday, November 13. Two men approached the victim as he walked down the street, grabbed him by the shoulders, and emptied his po...

Crime Report - 11.11.03

The UCPD arrested a suspected burglar at 10:31 a.m. on November 6, at 5400 South Harper Avenue. The UCPD spotted a car belonging to Clarence Jones, a suspected burglar, and a short time later saw J...

Crime Report - 10.28.03

A man was robbed October 22 while walking in Nichols Park on the 1300 block of East 53rd Street at 3 a.m. Two men approached him, pulled him to the ground, punched him, and went through his pockets...

Crime Report 10-17-03

A man and woman were robbed at gunpoint on Sunday, October 12, at 12:45 a.m. while walking south on the 5200 block of University Avenue. Two male offenders approached the pair, and the first offend...

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