The Great Soap Caper
A Chicago Police captain chased and apprehended a man who allegedly tried to steal boxes of hotel soaps from a semi truck early Friday on the West Side.
The captain was patrolling an area near South Cicero and West Fifth avenues -- just south of the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) -- when he saw a man who appeared to be stealing from a parked semi truck about 3:15 a.m., police said.
The captain confronted the man, and eventually pepper sprayed him when he used a chain to avoid being handcuffed. The man then attempted to flee, but the captain captured him about a block away, police said.
Further investigation revealed the truck was carrying boxes of hotel soaps, according to police, who said truck thieves often don’t know what the trucks are carrying ahead of time.
Labels: good news
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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During Interogation the Captain Instructed the accused to "come clean with the evidence" or he was going to wash out his mouth with soap.
That Captain is the best "bar none"
So much for a clean getaway.
Hundred boxes of soap sold for a buck equals $100. Do you realize how much rock he could have gotten?!
"Stealing hundreds of bars of soap? Why?"
'hotel' soap.
The new crack.
the guy got scared when the captain yelled '' hey, drop the soap''.
The mutt was probably going to carve guns out of soap and then turn them into the Academy for the cash.
I think the Captain's story doesn't wash.
Hello?!
They're sold on the hotel black market!
If you're not in the know, they're those bootleg hotels created by those underwater condo owners who advertise on Craigslist!
You know, those same people starting to catch flack from certain alderman because they take away from the hotel tax base.
“Stealing hundreds of bars of soap? Why?”
Piece of soap cake: he wanted a clean record.
Lord knows not many -if any- on the west side even use soap! That payload was obviously headed to Maxwell St.
Because it wasn't nailed down.
good job to the capt....now how many think he`ll put self in for dc, distinguished service, p.o. of the month etc
That soap thief is the only guilty man in Shawshank.
did the captain do his trr-- did the captain go into overtime and get the evil eye from whoever has to write a report about why someone is getting overtime--- did the good capt call felony review and wait four hours for a call back and also have to deal with the dicks blowing him off--- did the good captain finally realize that he should have just kept going and pretend that nothing ever happened--
Depending on where it was parked, the thief probably thought he was getting a haul of electronics or something. Way to go capt. I never thought I'd say that.
that polish lady has been hangin around that area for awhile. I knew she was trouble!
OT * Daley Caught Like A Deer In Headlights
Laid-Off Drivers Protest City Shift To Private Firms
July 31, 2009 11:33 PM
About 60 recently laid-off Chicago truck drivers picketed Friday at a city facility on the South Side, protesting that politically connected private companies are now doing work public employees performed for Mayor Richard Daley's administration.
The protesters were among 141 drivers fired last month in a cost-cutting move after their union refused to accept unpaid furlough days and a reduction in overtime pay.
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So, whats this going to cost the city in legal fees to fight the inevitable lawsuits for wrongfully firing all these city employees???
Daley and Burke are such A$$HOLES!!!!
Well, we know they weren't headed to Roseland/Pullman. Altgeld needs soap!
Easy to resell. doyyyy!
Tried to make a clean get-a-way.
If it's there, if it ain't guarded, if it ain't nailed down...if it's on the West Side it will be ...gone
And this is news? And where the hell was his backup in 011?
I would of shot the mutt!
Willy never needs a reason to steal something. Because it was there and not nailed down is more than enough reason to steal something.
Reminds me of the old excuse given for killing everyone in the house "'dey was home."
Daley's "gun control"
More Than 200 Shot In Chicago In July
At Least 42 Killed And 183 Wounded In Spree Of ViolenceCHICAGO (CBS) ―
Seven people were shot late on July 28 at Homan Boulevard and Walnut Street on the city's West Side, in one of more than 200 shootings in Chicago in July.
CBS
The air wasn't sweltering and simmering in the unusually cool July of 2009, but a bloodbath still engulfed the streets of Chicago.
As of July 30, at least 42 people had been shot and killed, and 183 more had been shot and wounded since July 1. Among the injured were a 9-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy, a UPS driver who was on a break after making a delivery, and two Chicago police officers serving a drug warrant.
O.T who is the new commander of 018?
Jul 31, 2009 1:00 pm US/Central
More Than 200 Shot In Chicago In July
At Least 42 Killed And 183 Wounded In Spree Of Violence
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
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Seven people were shot late on July 28 at Homan Boulevard and Walnut Street on the city's West Side, in one of more than 200 shootings in Chicago in July.
CBS
* More Than A Dozen Shot In Chicago Overnight
(7/29/2009)
* 1 Neighborhood, 1 Night, 9 Shot
(7/20/2009)
* 2 Drivers Shot In 4 Hours On West Side
(7/7/2009)
* Six Men Shot Dead In 24 Hours In Chicago
(6/29/2009)
* Bloody Weekend: 8 Dead, Dozens Wounded
(7/6/2009)
The air wasn't sweltering and simmering in the unusually cool July of 2009, but a bloodbath still engulfed the streets of Chicago.
As of July 30, at least 42 people had been shot and killed, and 183 more had been shot and wounded since July 1. Among the injured were a 9-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy, a UPS driver who was on a break after making a delivery, and two Chicago police officers serving a drug warrant.
You guys are talented! Thanks for the laughs.
---not a cop
did the captain do his trr-- did the captain go into overtime and get the evil eye from whoever has to write a report about why someone is getting overtime--- did the good capt call felony review and wait four hours for a call back and also have to deal with the dicks blowing him off--- did the good captain finally realize that he should have just kept going and pretend that nothing ever happened--
8/01/2009 02:45:00 AM
No because we all know the good captain had some poor blue shirt do and go through all of that for him while he watched tv in his office.
I heard his rap sheet was squeaky clean until now?!!
Anonymous said...
Because it wasn't nailed down.
8/01/2009 01:23:00 AM
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You beat me to it.
I used to work security along the orange line when it was being built and in the canal street railroad yard. They break into rail cars and trailers randomly and take whatever they can find, hoping it's something good.
They got a refrigeration car one time and opened a few boxes of cow livers onto the street. You could smell the rotting livers for blocks. Once in a while they would get something good and we would find the items being sold on the corners the next day.
That wasn't soap, skipper. It's soylent green. IT'S PEOPLE!
(hopefully, the mutts of 007 and 011)
Stealing hundreds of bars of soap?
Who ever said these people were geniuses?
OT
Is this bullshit going unnoticed by most of the media?
Strange how it get's buried just to claim it was reported on, but this sounds like hired truck part 2 and Daley should be roasted for this:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-daley-truck-contractaug01,0,6918481.story?obref=obnetwork
OT . . .April city hall laid off over 400 truck drivers and last month threatened to layoff another 400 if the unions did not buckle under his demands.
Yesterday at the truck barn on south Western ave. over 60 drivers where out pickiting because the city just hired a couple hundred drivers from a "PRIVATE" firm. who's firm don't know but still digging I am sure connected to the Daley Crime Family.
Nobody out their said they knew this was coming, one driver said a friend of his still working called them. They then called their union which has YET TO CALL THEM BACK! If the King has his way he is now showing his hand! He needs to break ground right away for the OLYMPIC VILLAGE!
Going private and NON-UNION TRUCK DRIVERS with no benefits. No more worries like union dues or contracts, NO medical, NO pensions NO vacations all gone to pay some X-gangbanger $8.25hr from progressive truck driving school that our taxes paid for for them to go to school after they dropped out of high school.
AND YOUR UNION AGREED TO THIS, BOY DID THEY SCREW YOU GUYS! WHO'S NEXT!
OT: Dear Scc I have a thought. I would like to start a letter writing campaign. There are numerous points, thoughts, and concerns brought up on here everyday. We also know that the brass reads the blog even though they deny it and try and say that you are insignificant. J-fed has stated on more than one occasion that he is open to our ideas, or that he would resign if he knew we thought he wasn't doing a good job. We all know it is a bunch of lies. Anyway, here is my idea. Just once have the readers write a letter of their concern. Be professional and have a legit concern. Merit promotions, CPD policy. It can be whatever they want it to be. People spend some energy to write here everyday. We organized a march and that was great but time consuming. You could put it out to the readers. Give everyone like a week or two to write a letter. I know we are all busy in the summer but it could be a paragraph only if they wish. Here is the good part. Pick a day several weeks from now and we all mail it on the same day. It would be nice if he was inundated with several hundred (insignificant voices) all sounding off simutaneously through our letters. I imagine they would all arrive within a few days of each other. It doesn't even matter if he reads all or any of them. I am not nieve enough to believe it will change anything but it would send a strong message. It would allow the troops to express their words and remain anonymous. I would love to hear the buzz from the tower or even in the media about J-fed got sent several hundred letters from the rank and file expressing their concerns. Let ourvoices be heard. I for one am absolutely (J)fed up with this organization. The only direction we are headed is South. There is no leadership and the rules are different for everyone. I say we write the letters, mail them out on the same day, and see if we get an ounce of concern. Thanks for your blog and thanks for the allowing the rant. Let's see what the readers think. Signed: (J) Fed up
I bet his accomplice who got away is saying "This damn candy bar show do taste funny".
Isn't this what we go through every single day?
How many of us do better cases than this and never get any where? If this was done in Area Two it will be laughed at!!
We bust our asses here and not even one honorable mention... Hepefully the Captain will add this chase event to his resume and be picked to be EXEMPT!!
Welcome to reality children!!
And this is news? And where the hell was his backup in 011?
8/01/2009 06:34:00 AM
There is no backup in 011. Same as there is no backup in other districts citywide. Because there aren't enough police.
That's a good one!!!
Officers doing great pinches every single day..what kiss ass supervisors do?
They submit to/ from to the Commander on how of a great Job we do. IF shit passes the commander's desk it Never passed the Deputy Chief's desk... Why?
Compared to what other districts and how they get Department Commendatiions, I think our work is the shit!!!
Better yet... This Department is the Shit...!!!
Congratulations Captain!
I'm out....
Hey SCC
why don't you highlight the fact that a lot of PO's are 'Acting Stupidly' by bustingvtjeir asses and not even getting shot on return... This department is run by us not anybody else.,
Time to recognize.,,,,
Overheard the dicks stating that this offenders story just don't wash...see.
He couldn't do that thing where the offender spills the soap all over the ground so the chasing cops start to slip and slide all over the place???
It always works in the movies!
Anonymous said...
now how many think he`ll put self in for dc, distinguished service, p.o. of the month etc
8/01/2009 01:37:00 AM
Don't doubt it for a minute -
POS save the world/lives and get jack shit over it.
Boss claims to do ANYTHING, it's the arrest of the century.
He must have learned this BS from fat Phil - remember all his foot chases, etc?
Pure fiction kids.
did the captain do his trr-- did the captain go into overtime and get the evil eye from whoever has to write a report about why someone is getting overtime--- did the good capt call felony review and wait four hours for a call back and also have to deal with the dicks blowing him off--- did the good captain finally realize that he should have just kept going and pretend that nothing ever happened--
You forgot about the desk sgt who doesn't want to be interrupted.
Oh, and don't forget Lockup!
I once saw a 40 year-old multiple convicted felon running from a west side train carrying a giant, stuffed Winnie-the-Pooh doll.
He went to prison for 4 years for that.
Theirs is not to wonder why, theirs is but to steal and die (from crack).
Anonymous said...
OT * Daley Caught Like A Deer In Headlights
Laid-Off Drivers Protest City Shift To Private Firms
July 31, 2009 11:33 PM
About 60 recently laid-off Chicago truck drivers picketed Friday at a city facility on the South Side, protesting that politically connected private companies are now doing work public employees performed for Mayor Richard Daley's administration.
The protesters were among 141 drivers fired last month in a cost-cutting move after their union refused to accept unpaid furlough days and a reduction in overtime pay.
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So, whats this going to cost the city in legal fees to fight the inevitable lawsuits for wrongfully firing all these city employees???
Daley and Burke are such A$$HOLES!!!!
8/01/2009 04:08:00 AM
I guess that's why the Teamsters union let their City employee truck drivers get laid off... they knew that the Union wouldn't take a hit since the private trucking company would need to hire drivers for their new contract with the city. It's a ponzi scheme with jobs instead of money, (which ultimately means money in the pockets of the Daley and Burke Crime Families)!
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/20
09/07/laid-off-drivers-protest-city-
shift-to-private-firms.html
I am surprised that they would steal soap. I know for a fact they don't buy the stuff.
Ivory was stealing. Captain Clean burst from his car in an Irish Spring and with a shout of "Olay" cornered the criminal. Slippery Ivory tried to slip away so Captain had to use WD-40 on him. As he was led to the lockup Captain said, "This is no way to lead your Life-buoy."
"Ho-hum" said the grunts in 011, just another soap opera.
Speaking of 011...
While I realize that officers roll their eyes and gaze at me askance when I enter the station, I must clarify and recalibrate my meteoric rise within the ranks of the CPD.
For those jealous and cynical reprobates that attribute my success to political clout, if not bribery and performing "favors" for the politicians and the brass, how wrong you are.
It's all about hard work and study and my experiences working in the jaws of death as "the REAL PO-leese".
I drew much of my motivation from a former partner, "Senora Sherlock". Her words still inspire me to this day. Maria once said "I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not" provide the best possible leadership for the troops in a bloody shithole like Fillmo'.
As a female minority , her profound wisdom continues to make me all warm and fuzzy inside.
If you emulate me and attain my legendary reputation as a street cop, you too will succeed by making hundreds, even over a thousand Part I felony arrests on the mean streets of the ghetto and studying harder for the promotional "process". It's all legit. To believe otherwise is just "acting stupidly".
Now how about another carafe of Kool-Aid?
OT:
I was listening to Micheal Savage yesterday and he came up with a good Description of the Obama Presidency. He stated, and I paraphrase, that Obama is nothing but a arm of the corrupt Chicago Machine and the White House is nothing more than the 51st Ward.
I think he nailed that one.
When mixed with heorin, soap gives a better high than when mixed with fentanyl.
And this is news? And where the hell was his backup in 011?
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LMFAO are you kidding????
They was washing tha stink of tha streets off....
It's a dirty job, but someone has got to do it and the way things are going its going to be quite a soap opera.... I know its bad, but I had to say it...LOL
Shooting at funerals, digging up cemetaries, and crashing into pedestrians. These are the people that are good and the police are bad lol. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad police. Sue the police they are bad. Lets fire some more bad police because these people feel the police were mean.
And this is news? And where the hell was his backup in 011?
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Protesting the dumping of the Commander perhaps?
N Y P D
Starting Salary Has Increased
By end of contract, top pay will be $90,829 before overtime
PRESS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Police Officers overwhelmingly approved a contract that gives them a 17% raise over four years. Members of the PBA approved the contract by 99.4%.
Under the agreement, the January 2009 Police Academy class will have a starting base salary of $40,361 and goes to $41,975 on August 1, 2009. When adding holiday pay, uniform allowance, and average night differential; a first-year Police Officer will have a total salary of $46,228 before overtime.
The base pay will increase every year to $76,488 after 5.5 years. When adding holiday pay, uniform allowance, average night differential, and longevity pay; a Police Officer with 5.5 years will earn $90,829 before overtime.
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And we in CHICAGO go into arbitration.
S H O W
ME THE MONEY DALEY !!!!!!!!
Proof that if you leave plastic dogshit out............some body on the West Side will steal it!
Did anyone drop a bar of soap?
8/01/2009 02:45:00 AM
Bravo.. Actually the good Captain handed if off to some exhausted po's who were probably near the end of thier tour and left them to handle all the bs, because this is what every boss does when they get a bug up thier ass and decide to play police..."See ya tomorrow guys send me all your copies in triplicate." ... 6 months later while you're sitting at corp counsel reading over your reports and "your" attorney wants to know why they can't get in touch with the good Captain...remember...what a good thing you did that night, handling the arrest for him!
He tried to come clean...
Clean get...
A clean rec...
Damn, I got nothing.
Chalkie was wilding in 015 today! None fatal, though...
hey only 6 people shot it 015 today, northside tax payers be ready to be stripped of your police again. call your alder-scum and let them know how you feel about this ahead of time.
Hopefully he was planning to hand out his stolen goods to some of his comrades for their personal use. Most of these guys shower about once a week.
Off The Topic: 6 people shot on the westside at a gang funeral in broad daylight. This city really is the next Detroit! Chicago really is SHITCAGO! F....ing ANIMALS!
off topic: CNN report, murder down in Chicago, but shootings are way up with 15 people shot in one day this week. Gang member "BOB" said it will never end. To much dirty money in drug sales. I would love to see Jfed interviewed by a non-Daley fed reporter.
Remember when those chasing christmas lights came out? Four blocks, both sides of the street, 75th-79th normal all had 'em. All the same weird colors orange and purple. I know I have a picture around here somewhere. Hahahahahahahahhahahahha Gotta love this job! Mike Masters sucks.
Hey Capt.
When your clout told you in order to be "made Capt." that one day you would have to "bend over when the soap was dropped", this wasn't what he meant.
NOT IMMPRESSED, boss!!
Anonymous said...
N Y P D
Starting Salary Has Increased
By end of contract, top pay will be $90,829 before overtime
PRESS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Police Officers overwhelmingly approved a contract that gives them a 17% raise over four years. Members of the PBA approved the contract by 99.4%.
Under the agreement, the January 2009 Police Academy class will have a starting base salary of $40,361 and goes to $41,975 on August 1, 2009. When adding holiday pay, uniform allowance, and average night differential; a first-year Police Officer will have a total salary of $46,228 before overtime.
The base pay will increase every year to $76,488 after 5.5 years. When adding holiday pay, uniform allowance, average night differential, and longevity pay; a Police Officer with 5.5 years will earn $90,829 before overtime.
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And we in CHICAGO go into arbitration.
S H O W
ME THE MONEY DALEY !!!!!!!!
8/01/2009 01:32:00 PM
It takes us 20 years to get to $75,000 and Daley has been quoted as saying we are overcompensated already. It takes NY 5.5 years and they can retire after 20, any age.
Geez...
I wished they would have spoke directly to the Captain before putting that out... lol.
The Captain observed a 18-wheeler strike a motor scooter (offender's vehicle).
When he stopped to investigate, he learned the truck driver (victim) was "maced" by the (arrested) offender when he confronted the him and another offender who were working together to break into the parked trailer and steal cargo.
After being maced by the offender, the truck driver jumped into his truck and was fleeing the scene for his personal safety. His trailer clipped the offender's scooter, as it was parked in front of his rig.
That is when the Captain rolled up.
The (arrested) offender resisted arrest and was OC'd by Captain when he raised a broken chain from his scooter as a weapon to strike the Captain. He fled on foot (running out of his shoes) with the Captain in pursuit. The offender was apprehended by the Captain and assisting units.
It was later learned that the cargo being taken was a box of hotel soap.
The Captain stayed through the entire arrest and investigation process... and then attended a scheduled court appearance at 1300 hrs.
Did the Commander of 015 get dumped right after this or what??
OT-
FAST FOOD KILLS -- Six shot on West Side outside fat gang member's funeral; further retaliation guaranteed as "witnesses on the scene were not cooperating with police."
"The shooting happened around noon outside the Gospel Truth Life Changing Ministries, 5301 W. Madison St., in the South Austin neighborhood. Kilmer said a group of mourners were gathered outside of a funeral service at the church for a 'self-admitted' gang member.
The service was for 28-year-old Cornelius Robinson, of the 1200 block of North Cicero Avenue, who died... of obesity and heart trouble."
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com
/2009/08/5-shot-on-west-side.html
(ot) THE RACE OF THE OFFENDERS IS?
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/08/beatings-robberies-in-lincoln-park-1.html
Was it Lifeboy?? Soap poisoning!!
Anonymous said...
hey only 6 people shot it 015 today, northside tax payers be ready to be stripped of your police again. call your alder-scum and let them know how you feel about this ahead of time.
8/01/2009 05:53:00 PM
Hope they aim better and more headshots to the punks! Kill em and we can shovel them into the holes!
Failed to make a clean get-away
Will be sold as crack!
In the hood, you get people selling soap, cigarettes, bath products, everything. And everyone knows where it comes from. The trains.
The offender was interviewed and he stated "Man my mama told me to clean up my act b-foe I go back to jail. The capin stopped me b-foe I could do dat."
Shooting outside of "Gospel Truth Life Changing Ministries" during funeral. Man interviewed outside of the church says "there shoulda been po-lice there".
chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/08/5-shot-on-west-side.html
"(ot) THE RACE OF THE OFFENDERS IS?
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/08/beatings-robberies-in-lincoln-park-1.html
8/01/2009 09:19:00 PM"
You get 3 guesses, and the first 2 don't count.
Anonymous said...
Did the Commander of 015 get dumped right after this or what??
8/01/2009 09:00:00 PM
When will they start dumping the Revs?
Shortly thereafter another 'soap opera' occurred.
Offenders broke into the rear of another semi trailer of supplies also destined for the same hotel under construction just south of the loop.
The offenders grabbed large boxes from the trailer and began loading them into their pick-up truck. All the boxes contained American Standard brand toilets.
A passing Deputy, who really knows his shit, saw the suspicous activity and apprehended the subjects. The ASA would not approve charges as the hotel would not sign complaints since.... "they had nothing to go on!"
SCC, after all your years on the job, don't you realise that people will steal anything? It doesn't matter what value it has or if it is useful, they'll steal anything.
They are mixing it with crack.
"SCC, after all your years on the job, don't you realise that people will steal anything? It doesn't matter what value it has or if it is useful, they'll steal anything.
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They'll even steal back my promotion.
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