Apple PIckers Busted
- A South Side man and a 15-year-old boy are accused of stealing an iPhone from a man in the Edgewater neighborhood this week, and a second stolen phone also was recovered, police said today.
Michael P. Gray, 21, of the 3000 block of East 80th Street, was charged with robbery while the boy was charged as a juvenile, also with robbery, police said.
Police were already in the area of the 1200 block of West Rosemont Avenue about 3 a.m. Monday when they saw the two push the victim on the ground while the juvenile shouted: “Grab his phone, grab his phone,’’ according to a police report.
Gray ripped the black iPhone from the victim’s hand and they fled northbound on foot, but the Rogers Park District officers apprehended them almost immediately, police said.
That CTA Red Line sure makes life interesting for the northsiders, doesn't it? Is that in the violence zone?
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
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Good job by officers in 024!
were the offenders black?
were they lost and needed a telephone to call 911?
Now the dicks will clear 700 IPhone robberies with these two dopes.
Great work by the police! Good aggressive patrol. Job well done!
Great response!
As Rahm would say it's for the children. That curfew is really working. Again where's the parent's.Oh I know the police put the phone on us.
Former resident of Edgewater Glen. We stayed in after dark, and avoided the black teenagers wandering about neighborhood. By simply staying physically away, you're safety is enhanced. No point walking into a mugging, and these guys do look "ghetto" and not "prep-professional".
Red-Line straight shot into Michigan Avenue corridor, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, and Edgewater have made those areas attractive poaching grounds for young criminals. Their demographic populations generally don't want to appear discriminatory, and therefore will override their better judgment and walk into vulnerable situations w/these criminally-minded teens and young adults because they don't want to give supposed offense. Use your head, not your I-phone, when outdoors and public places, and you'll be far safer. There ought to be a public safety campaign, but that wouldn't be politically correct. (So we'll just throw more taxpayer monies at "youth programs" and enrich some politically connected Reverends some more.)
OFF TOPIC Breaking News: "Crime was worse in neighborhoods where former Chicago Housing Authority residents used vouchers to move into private apartments, a new study found."
Time for a smart phone app that would explode like a bank die pack.
well if the new XO & new LT in public transportation did not spend their tour together fighting over parking spaces, lockers and what room they eat their lunch just maybe they would know what is going on within the cta system
How about the Blue Line? Plenty of shitheads ride that too, Isn't that how the home invaders from Norwood Park got up there to attack those old folks off Harlem Avenue?
Man, how they commute these days. Clickety-clack, clickety-clack, ride that train.
Just not to a job or any foolishness like that.
You can flee to Indian Head Park and there's still one in there when you come home.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-kelli-olaughlin-birthday-20120403,0,5185518.story
Criminals have gotten "watchamaceducated", now they leave their hood to look for "better" victims. If they try to rob someone in the hood, they might get "popped".
When will these assholes learn to put those Apple products AWAY when they are riding around on public conveyances or walking around on the Shitty's streets?
Just not worth it. Anyone walking or riding around who has those earplugs in their ears is sending out a message to all potential predators: "VICTIM HERE."
well if the new XO & new LT in public transportation did not spend their tour together fighting over parking spaces, lockers and what room they eat their lunch just maybe they would know what is going on within the cta system
4/05/2012 08:45:00 AM
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And, just think how much police service the cta might get if you didn't spend so much of your time concerned with their relationship.
Sure former resident, hide in your home after dark. Thats not how I want to live. If you are assaulted on the street, leave them dead. Do not call the police like Zimmerman did. WTF? Once several are put down, the word will get out that there is a serial killer offing hoodlums on the streets of Edgewater and they will stay away.
Rhamfather and McSwizzlestick said crime is down, all is well, don't leave the city, it's all for the chil'ens!!! Yeah, right!!! Drink the koolaid...Shocking that crime is up 21% in areas where Sec 8 have moved to. REALLY?!?!?! Who woulda thought.....
"There ought to be a public safety campaign, but that wouldn't be politically correct."
--4/05/2012 07:20:00 AM
There are large, expensive posters on the Daley-era glass bus shelters -- "Be aware of your surroundings," etc.
Probably no one sees them. They are busy texting.
There is actualy an app that uses the camera to show you the sidewalk and your feet as the real-time video background to your texting, so maybe you won't wander off the curb and get killed.
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I believe it was in St. Joseph, Mich. recently -- some woman was texting and walked right off the pier into Lake Michigan.
Splash.
Think of it as evolution in action.
I wish they'd invent an Apple that would explode with red dye like a bank pack. They do every other fucking thing.
Anonymous said...
I wish they'd invent an Apple that would explode with red dye like a bank pack. They do every other fucking thing.
4/07/2012 06:19:00 PM
You could fit enough Semtex or C4 in the case of one of those that could easily blow someone in half. Fuck the dye pack; detonate the thing as it's in the pocket of their baggy jeans on the RedLine back to the ghetto.
Or like the other guy said - just kill them and leave them. My martial arts instructor told me as a first lesson: Do not stay around to admire your handiwork. If you severely injure or kill someone that attacked you first, leave the area. If the cops want to talk to you, they will find you. Chances are the shithead has a rap sheet a mile long anyway, and when the dicks get there their likely response will be something like, "Well, life finally caught up with Tyrone." No weapon, no crime. No you, no crime. Just get the fuck out of there. You were defending yourself.
-Edison Park Resident
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