Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Something is Missing Here

  • Police are investigating whether the same men bound two women and ransacked their Northwest Side homes.

    One of the incidents happened around 7:30 p.m. Monday and the other around 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to police. The home are three miles apart.

    In the first incident, in the 5200 block of North Mobile Avenue in the Jefferson Park neighborhood, a woman heard a knock and, assuming it was her husband, opened her door. Two men pushed their way inside but the woman later told police she heard three different voices.

    The men tied her with a cord they found in the home and put her in the back of the house while they ransacked rooms and stole money and electronics, police said.

    In the second incident, a 67-year-old woman was hit in the face after two men broke into her home in the 3700 block of North Oconto Avenue in the Belmont Heights neighborhood. The woman freed herself from the restraints and ran to a neighbor's home. The neighbor called 911.
The article goes on to interview eye-and-ear-witnesses but seems to leave out some very important information. Can you guess what it is? It's the Tribune after all, and the comments are closed:
  • Something like a fucking description of the offenders maybe?
The seeBS article is only slightly more helpful, describing what may be an identifiable M.O.:
  • “There were two men, but I guess about a half an hour before they came, two girls rang her door bell and she opened the door for them and they asked if someone named Anna lived there. She said, ‘No, no. There’s nobody here by that name.’ They left, walked north down the street and then a half an hour later, these guys showed up.”
So how about a description of the suspected accomplices?  Nope. Not even a hint. So if you see any nondescript individuals of either gender wandering around the north side, keep a sharp eye on them.

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73 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just like a hate crime...only gonna describe them if they are white.

1/01/2014 12:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

AMISH!

1/01/2014 12:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

move south where it is safe!

1/01/2014 12:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You guys have talking about this for years. Well this journalist wrote a book about it. Maybe you guys can post the link as a heading. Happy new year. Check out video.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lCCsAarSkhA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DlCCsAarSkhA

1/01/2014 12:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When there is no description there is only one description.

1/01/2014 12:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

male Hispanics with ski masks and handgun

1/01/2014 12:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Aren't the peed on peon tax payers who have been stripped of their paid for Police presence due to Rahm wanting to turn his national political campaign talking point into a very one-sided narration about how he alone "lowered crime" in Chicago, ready to show their anger, hatred and disgust yet?

It does seem like he may have outsmarted himself so he's hedging his bets by amassing a huge campaign war chest...

"BOO! I have boo-koo (mispelling intentional) campaign bucks so I can get revenge on you churls on that cop blog for a second term if you fuck up MY national elected office aspirations."

1/01/2014 12:22:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ssshhhh... It was a dark man with light skin and a medium complexion.

1/01/2014 12:26:00 AM  
Anonymous 10th Dist Mr. T said...

Don't make me mad. Me and 1070 are on this. I am gonna chop down these two fools like a lake forrest tree, and 1070 is gonna talk them to death. No death penalty here friends, its gonna be talk to death penalty by 1070. Now shut up fool.

1/01/2014 12:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

On oconto it was 2 m/4 5-06 to 5-08 medium build with black masks on their faces. The kicker to this story is that at 1100 a neighbor called 911 to report 2 male 4 with ski masks casing the houses where the HI happened. The f/1 call taker (in his words) "gave him shit" because when he said there were 2 males with ski masks she replied "it's 4 degrees, what's so suspicious about that" and he had to argue with her for 5 min convincing her to send a car. By the time she dispatched the call to 016 tact they were long gone. Same crew came back later to do the H.I.
Thanks call taker. In your neighborhood they take ALL calls without question. In our neighborhood we have to convince YOU to send a car.

1/01/2014 12:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was watching the news report and kept waiting for the offender description and it never came. Trying to keep the residents from panicking??.

1/01/2014 12:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can you say m/1 or m/4???

1/01/2014 12:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And nothing but the most generic description in the MIN's from Hollywood Divison

1/01/2014 12:52:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Neighbors of mine were talking about an attempt home invasion on caldwell ave., not mentioned anywhere.
It would be nice if police came out with a description for us.

1/01/2014 01:08:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Stop and plan this out. If you are into home invasion for fun and profit, what kind of homes are you going to invade: rat holes in the ghetto, or homes in a more affluent part of town? You go where the money and goodies are. The fact that absolutely no description of the invaders has been released, suggests that they are citizens of color.

1/01/2014 01:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe someone in 16 will be along shortly to fill in the blanks?

1/01/2014 01:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...


there's over 100,000 idled youth age 16 to 24 in chicago. they're not enrolled in school and they don't have legitimate jobs.

there's over 2 million people on food stamps in illinois who just had their benefits cut

and...

out of the 1.3 million people that just had their extended unemployment benefits cut-off this week about 80,000 of those people live in illinois.

like the 'crime is down' bullshit the corporate propaganda keeps reporting an economic recovery and job creation.

nevertheless the percent of people participating in the usa workforce as reported by the st louis fed shows that we've gone from about 65 percent of the people working in 2000 to just 58 percent of the people with jobs today. a 7 percent loss of workers.

as they kick these ppl off of their extended unemployment it will be reported that unemployment is falling however they haven't found jobs. the system just stopped counting them.

point is we haven't seen nothing yet.

we have politicians handing out tax breaks to corps expecting job creation and instead the money is being used to ship jobs off shore or to do merger buyouts which are always followed by layoffs.

watch for the american airlines / us airline merger and layoffs to follow.

in case you missed it this game plan has already played out with motorola, dominicks, the automakers and others

these mergers represent a consolidation of money and power that funds the lobbyist campaign contributions that protects the corps from competition -- that rigs the elections, creating the illusion of choice.

case in point.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-04/too-big-fail-banks-are-taking-over-number-us-banks-falls-record-low

Too Big To Fail Banks Are Taking Over As Number Of U.S. Banks Falls To Record Low

'...In 1985, there were more than 18,000 banks in the United States. Today, there are only 6,891 left, and that number continues to drop every single year. That means that more than 10,000 U.S. banks have gone out of existence since 1985....'



1/01/2014 02:03:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT: the kid working at the pumps kinz/ ferd with the Jaguar. What reason would he have for covering up his plates with envelopes? Wish I got paid time an a half to listen to my Beats headphones an watch titty flicks on my MacBook.

1/01/2014 03:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I am betting on the group with the politically correct name of Eastern European Travelling Criminal Organization. The forbidden name is Gypsies.

1/01/2014 04:16:00 AM  
Blogger I Fart In Your General Direction said...

"So if you see any nondescript individuals of either gender wandering around the north side, keep a sharp eye on them."


I'd love to, but I'm too busy whoring myself out to the ghettos for the VRI Pimp.

I can't be concerned with the fact that taxpayers - myself included - are being routinely and increasingly victimized by the very same beasts we think we're containing.

I can't see the forest for the trees, nor do I care to. I'd much rather remain blissfully unaware and perpetually ignorant of the big picture. I'll worry about that pension thingy when I'm ready to retire. Until then, keep that extra dough flowing.

I'm smarter than everyone else and used some of my VRI money to pay down credit cards and throw a bit extra towards the interest on my underwater 500K Georgian in Copland. Well at least I wanted to, but it didn't go quite as planned. I took a trip with the buds and bought a new Harley that I'll drive at least 5 months a year. For SURE, I'm gonna bump-up my Deferred Comp soon since I'm pulling all this extra VRI cash.

- Officer Irony

1/01/2014 04:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have noticed more and more that both local and national media are trying so hard not to mention he race of the offenders if they happen to be black.

If a white person comits and offense they are all over it.

This is obviously a liberal adjenda to cover up facts about race relations and the truth. I'm getting sick and tired of the liberal media acting bias!!

1/01/2014 05:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

As usual if they were white men it would be listed but most likely must be the famish!

1/01/2014 05:40:00 AM  
Blogger SpankDaddy said...

Political Correctness gone amok.

1/01/2014 06:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Something like a fucking description of the offenders maybe?

This surprises you? Months back the TV News were talking about a rapist in the Up Town area. They showed a sketch of the offender but refused to say race. However, from the sketch it was obvious he wasn't white. Or the robbery offenders described as males and nothing else.
Wait, maybe it's not about race after all and stating the obvious. . . it's SEXIST.
The media outlets HATE MEN! Trying put put men in a bad light. Trying to keep us Y Chromosome brothers down.

1/01/2014 07:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We know what they look like! The press won't go there can u spell liberal

1/01/2014 07:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Can someone from 016 enlighten us on a description of the offenders? Why is the media so negligent on denying this information to the public?

1/01/2014 07:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Time to start moving Manpower back to the areas that they are being taken from. Or hire more officers, (Yeah Right)The average citizen will only wake up when something happens to them.

1/01/2014 07:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Northwest side? Safe? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! SCC i see you're keeping that sarcasm rolling straight in to the new year!

1/01/2014 08:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The area west of Harlem is known as unincorporated Chicago. An area which gets little city services.

1/01/2014 08:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why do you think all the crap is going on in the Mont Clare, Jefferson Park, and Belmont Heights neighborhoods? It's because there less than half the manpower than there is in Englewood, North Lawndale, and other crime infested hoods.

Criminals aren't stupid. The only times you see POs in the above NW side hoods is if they're parked at Mare's Mart or 7-11 getting coffee, filling up their lunch coolers, reading the paper, or taking a crap.

The big scam is the fake utility workers. Most often than not it's a male, but, I've heard about doorbells being rung by young Latino females. The scammer rings the doorbell, asks you to go around back out of eye shot, and when you open your back door, your bumrushed and robbed.

The same scam with young female girls was tried on my Mother's place, but, I was visiting her and came to the door and told them to get the fuck away from out house and out of our fucking neighborhood. I called the police and they came 45 minutes later. And, this was after I called three times for them to come out.

When the POs came out, it was like talking to the two dumbasses in the movie Next Friday, both were cluelss and didn't want to do a thing.

1/01/2014 08:50:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

M1's? Or gypsies?

1/01/2014 09:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Beast does not care. They are going into Copland (the 16th district) to do as they wish. They know that the 16th district is really big and the chances of being caught by the police are minimal.

1/01/2014 09:09:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

I have noticed more and more that both local and national media are trying so hard not to mention he race of the offenders if they happen to be black.

If a white person comits and offense they are all over it.

This is obviously a liberal adjenda to cover up facts about race relations and the truth. I'm getting sick and tired of the liberal media acting bias!!

1/01/2014 05:04:00 AM

I noticed this trend about a year ago. I was listening to WBBM 780 AM. At the top of the hour they broadcast the national news. They mentioned some Asian guy in Queens, New York stabbed and killed four family members. Then I went home and on CNN and MSNBC home page the Asian guy's story and his mug shot was all over the place. Then whenever a white guy commits a violent crime, his mug shot and his race and what he did is all over the news. But when it's the usual suspects, the media won't mention their race. A fact is a fact; the majority of violent crime is committed by male blacks between the ages of 16 and 29.

1/01/2014 09:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

On oconto it was 2 m/4 5-06 to 5-08 medium build with black masks on their faces. The kicker to this story is that at 1100 a neighbor called 911 to report 2 male 4 with ski masks casing the houses where the HI happened. The f/1 call taker (in his words) "gave him shit" because when he said there were 2 males with ski masks she replied "it's 4 degrees, what's so suspicious about that" and he had to argue with her for 5 min convincing her to send a car. By the time she dispatched the call to 016 tact they were long gone. Same crew came back later to do the H.I.
Thanks call taker. In your neighborhood they take ALL calls without question. In our neighborhood we have to convince YOU to send a car.

1/01/2014 12:44:00 AM

This has happened to me multiple times. I called in a suspicious person. The guy was wearing a ski mask in early November and went into a Subway restaurant and he kept his ski mask on. The call taker didn't like the fact that I mentioned he had dark complexion (I could see his neck and through the eye hole). She argued with me and refused to dispatch a car. Another time, in the middle of the day at like 1:30 PM on a school day I told her there were six male black kids walking around. I told her they are supposed to be in school. She told me "how do you know, maybe they are being home schooled, or maybe they are sick and are walking around". I couldn't fucking believe it.

1/01/2014 09:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

BLACK, BLACK, BLACK. Why is this a word we are not allowed to use anymore? Is it off-limits? Is it racist to say the word black? What the eff is wrong with people? I've had enough. be safe officers.

1/01/2014 09:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The paper is made to sell ads.

But if you have ever talked to a reporter they pretend the have a calling to unmask the truth and fight corruption.

Kinda like superman.

1/01/2014 09:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks call taker. In your neighborhood they take ALL calls without question. In our neighborhood we have to convince YOU to send a car.

1/01/2014 12:44:00 AM

OEMC has an IAD. They will review the tape and suspend the call taker, but to start the investigation, they need someone to call and make a complainant. Fuck that racist call taker.

1/01/2014 09:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
On oconto it was 2 m/4 5-06 to 5-08 medium build with black masks on their faces. The kicker to this story is that at 1100 a neighbor called 911 to report 2 male 4 with ski masks casing the houses where the HI happened. The f/1 call taker (in his words) "gave him shit" because when he said there were 2 males with ski masks she replied "it's 4 degrees, what's so suspicious about that" and he had to argue with her for 5 min convincing her to send a car. By the time she dispatched the call to 016 tact they were long gone. Same crew came back later to do the H.I.
Thanks call taker. In your neighborhood they take ALL calls without question. In our neighborhood we have to convince YOU to send a car.

1/01/2014 12:44:00 AM


In 18 yrs I've probably dialed 911 a handful of times. Just recently I've had to call twice, nothing major, but still worthy of a call. Both times I was in awwww how poor and unprofessional the call taker was. I thought some of the dispatcher are hard to understand, I had no idea what the fu** they were saying and one even hung up on me. Lol, only this city

1/01/2014 10:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Watched the news about the incident at the Orange line where the woman was raped and driven to several ATM's to get money. No description of the offender was given. Thought it was very unusual not to give a description of someone who is in your vehicle, for some time, whilst visiting ATM's draining your account. How could you not describe anything about the offender that could be reported on TV? Or, is it just the news people afraid to say he is a male white, black, or Hispanic? Shit. Other than the gender of the offender which is obviously right in front of you, the next thing you see is the color of the person. Why is that so hard to say? Fortunately, I see by today's paper that the offender is in custody, but he also raped another woman. Geez. Was the omission of any offender description due to the victim not actually seeing him, or is it fear of political correctness which is ridiculous.

1/01/2014 11:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
move south where it is safe!

1/01/2014 12:15:00 AM

yes like tennessee not in 008 or 022.

1/01/2014 11:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

YOU HAVE POLICE OFFICERS IN DISTRICT 016 come on you can not tell me that we need more police in district 016 just remain calm let the police in 016 stop writing parkers and movers and focus on street stops, vehicle stops in search of crime only not traffic....you will reap the benefits....have a safe and happy new year! and stop whinning!

1/01/2014 11:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A 15 year old girl was grabbed and raped in the area of Foster/NW Hwy on Sunday,,,,nothing in the media about that.

That's on top of the home invasions on Mobile and Oconto. Don't forget the kidnap and raping from the 025 side of Belmont/Harlem

A hearty FUCK YOU to Rahm and McJersey for stripping resources for 016.

I know both of you assholes read the blog...I hope you choke on killing public safety in the taxpaying areas of the city.

1/01/2014 11:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous 10th Dist Mr. T said...
Don't make me mad. Me and 1070 are on this. I am gonna chop down these two fools like a lake forrest tree, and 1070 is gonna talk them to death. No death penalty here friends, its gonna be talk to death penalty by 1070. Now shut up fool.

1/01/2014 12:27:00 AM

Why would you pick such an obnoxious, ignorant ass for your online persona?

1/01/2014 12:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have guns, will shoot. 016 taxpayer

1/01/2014 01:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"fucking description"

At this point presumption should be the rule

fuck pc

1/01/2014 02:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Our neighborhoods that we live in and our families are left unprotected. Millions of dollars for the dogs!!! The Bronx Ball Sack and Tiny Dancer do not care about our families. Then why the fuck hasn't FOP given the drunk a Vote of No Confidence? Quick to condemn Weis. He didn't close down districts or change the Detectives Division. Not to mention fuck up everything about our police department. One bad decision with Cozzi that Kirby advised him on. Martin, Rodriguez, Hillard, and Cline big fat zeros who did Daley's bidding. Weis was the best thing that happened to us. What's right is right!!!! 94 million dollars in VRI!!!!! Not one extra dime in raises for us. At least Weis published all the Meritorious Names. Guys like Wiberg and Cline couldn't hide behind their Daddy. Both tried to make Lt under Weis but he didn't bow down to them. We have a drunk as our Supt. and a FOP president that was the Mayor's whipping boy. I am so ashamed to be CPD!!!

1/01/2014 02:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Such hole Media

1/01/2014 02:34:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm throwing a guess out there....... Sounds like gypsies. Total scum who love to prey on the elderly. F$ck the media. Fuck the "eastern European traveling" shit. A gypsy is a gypsy.

1/01/2014 03:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe when CCW starts these type if incidents will leave a few dead offenders laying around.

1/01/2014 03:40:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you for covering this SCC!
So, as a female alone with babies in th house during the day, how do I avoid this situation? Just don't answer the door? Stand by the door with a machete and big tear gas canister? Suggestions from LE veterans?

1/01/2014 04:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If I was the victim from Oconto I would sue the calltaker personally for gross negligence. I've only called 911 a handful of times but EVERY TIME it's some ignorant calltaker and getting service is like pulling teeth. Recently, when the copper arrived I repeated to him what I told 911 and he said, "Wow. That is not at ALL what she gave me."
I'm sure there are good, competent calltakers down there but I have yet to get one on the phone. WTF.

1/01/2014 06:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT: the kid working at the pumps kinz/ ferd with the Jaguar. What reason would he have for covering up his plates with envelopes? Wish I got paid time an a half to listen to my Beats headphones an watch titty flicks on my MacBook.

1/01/2014 03:47:00 AM

get law degree (optional?) and drop your resume to FOP Pres. candidates

1/01/2014 06:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In 18 yrs I've probably dialed 911 a handful of times. Just recently I've had to call twice, nothing major, but still worthy of a call. Both times I was in awwww how poor and unprofessional the call taker was. I thought some of the dispatcher are hard to understand, I had no idea what the fu** they were saying and one even hung up on me. Lol, only this city

1/01/2014 10:43:00 AM

First, you were in AWE, not in awwww.

And, of course, when you were treated so unprofessionally, you immediately filed a complaint, right? To get their bad behavior on the record, right?

It's the only way to get rid of the incompetents. Otherwise, get used to it. Complaining about it here doesn't accomplish anything.

1/01/2014 06:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

>>>Anonymous said...
Thank you for covering this SCC!
So, as a female alone with babies in th house during the day, how do I avoid this situation? Just don't answer the door? Stand by the door with a machete and big tear gas canister? Suggestions from LE veterans?

1/01/2014 04:41:00 PM<<<

A double barrel shotgun or a 20 guage pump with double ought buckshot, and a soft voice, "Ya'll come right in."

Just be sure you are not expecting the cable guy or the Avon Lady. Jahovas Witness' use your own discression. >(sarcasm)

After expending all ammunition, THEN bring out the machete.

1/01/2014 07:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here is an example of what happens when a Canadian defends his life, his family and property with a firearm.

This is where BHO and Rahm are taking us; then to confiscation.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/03XEUPfD0qM

1/01/2014 07:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A lot of the PPO's are asking the same question. They have no juice, no phone call, no connections. Several I know who put in for a South side district are being sent to the North side - 24, 25, 19, etc. - and they hate it. Go figure...

Try calling 911

1/01/2014 07:23:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you for covering this SCC!
So, as a female alone with babies in th house during the day, how do I avoid this situation? Just don't answer the door? Stand by the door with a machete and big tear gas canister? Suggestions from LE veterans?

As a P/O and a mother who is also alone in the house all day with babies, my advice is GET A GUN. I don't answer the door without it.

1/01/2014 07:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OEMC is loaded with church people who are members of the previous director Cortez Trotters church. They are incompetent haters who will not give northsiders the proper police service. They have Supervisors and W/C's all civilians who are supposed to monitor the calls, but they just hang out like a social club. I once called up there and identified myself as a Sgt. because a dispatcher gave one of my cars some crap, he challenged me to come down there, I did and when I approached him he begin to backpeddle and shit his pants, they asked me to leave or the would get a number, I told them go right ahead and called them all out, a trip 2 days later to see the deputy regarding my conduct was taken , a little bit of concern was expressed about my temperament but I survived and it was all worth it. I have said for years bring the police back into that job.

1/01/2014 07:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1/01/2014
4:41pm

Take a good Basic Pistol class from an NRA Instructor. Learn the safe handling and use of a handgun and then keep it close by when you are home alone during the day. Never open the door and call 911 if you think something is wrong.

1/01/2014 08:11:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Section 8 at its best. My advice? Either you new guys n gals start learning to stick together, or get the hell out. This is a shit hole.

1/01/2014 08:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know this might be crazy but I recently remember reading that in the Oak Lawn/Burbank area, same thing happened...2 females knocking on door asking for Anna...then the house was hit!! Tried looking for the article but can't find it!!!

1/01/2014 08:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

" Anonymous said...
Watched the news about the incident at the Orange line where the woman was raped and driven to several ATM's to get money. No description of the offender was given. Thought it was very unusual not to give a description of someone who is in your vehicle, for some time, whilst visiting ATM's draining your account. How could you not describe anything about the offender that could be reported on TV? Or, is it just the news people afraid to say he is a male white, black, or Hispanic? Shit. Other than the gender of the offender which is obviously right in front of you, the next thing you see is the color of the person. Why is that so hard to say? Fortunately, I see by today's paper that the offender is in custody, but he also raped another woman. Geez. Was the omission of any offender description due to the victim not actually seeing him, or is it fear of political correctness which is ridiculous."

What killed me about that pos was that his shitbag lawyer said this: "His attorney said Whiteside was homeless and lived off disability payments for his mental illness." Yet he was lucid enough to commit all those crimes, and run and hide when the police came knocking. Your taxes, hard at work, supporting a piece of SHIT like this fucking animal.

1/01/2014 09:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Thank you for covering this SCC!
So, as a female alone with babies in th house during the day, how do I avoid this situation? Just don't answer the door? Stand by the door with a machete and big tear gas canister? Suggestions from LE veterans?

1/01/2014 04:41:00 PM

I like the machete idea, but kind of messy. And if you don't answer the door, someone may try to get in anyway. I say get an FOID, training, and a gun. Protect yourself and your children at any costs. Too many women are victimized, and too many offenders know a mother (fathers, grandparents, etc. too) would do anything to protect their kids and grandkids, so might go along with whatever the offender tells them to do in the hopes they will not get hurt. The best thing is not to let it get that far. Get a gun while you can.

1/01/2014 09:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The commenter at 08:50:00 AM was lucky. My neighbor was broken in to the week before Christmas while she was home. The dispatcher did not ask for any details such as if she was hurt etc. The police took 90 minutes to show up. Yay 19th District.

1/01/2014 10:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...
Thank you for covering this SCC!
So, as a female alone with babies in th house during the day, how do I avoid this situation? Just don't answer the door? Stand by the door with a machete and big tear gas canister? Suggestions from LE veterans?

1/01/2014 04:41:00 PM

First, maybe your kids need a dog? A big, protective, woofy dog.

Second, get a gun. Sprays and minitasers and all that other silly stuff won't stop two offenders. Ever. (One maybe, but not two, and now you've made 'em mad.) If you're worried about being legal, get an air pistol (yes, they can do damage at close range) until you can get that permit, but in the long run, get a REAL gun. It's your legal right to have it, so don't bury it in some basement locker where you can't get to it when you need it, either.

There was a string of strongarm back yard robberies going on in my very nice neighborhood 15yrs ago and I made a point of carrying my snub in my pocket whenever I left the house or answered my door. (It's easier to shoot through your jacket pocket than to pull the gun out and take aim.) It's become a lifelong habit. No gun in the purse; no fumbling for it. Learn to use it, learn to secure it from the kids and don't be Suzy nice-girl about using it.
(CPD female, retired)

1/01/2014 11:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OEMC is loaded with church people who are members of the previous director Cortez Trotters church. They are incompetent haters who will not give northsiders the proper police service. They have Supervisors and W/C's all civilians who are supposed to monitor the calls, but they just hang out like a social club. I once called up there and identified myself as a Sgt. because a dispatcher gave one of my cars some crap, he challenged me to come down there, I did and when I approached him he begin to backpeddle and shit his pants, they asked me to leave or the would get a number, I told them go right ahead and called them all out, a trip 2 days later to see the deputy regarding my conduct was taken , a little bit of concern was expressed about my temperament but I survived and it was all worth it. I have said for years bring the police back into that job.

1/01/2014 07:53:00 PM

Thats what he needed, only wrong part of the story is he should have been seeing the deputy,not you.

1/02/2014 10:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

About the dispatchers/call takers- few good ones that are worth their salt, and love working with them. That being said, someone needs to do closer oversight with the operations at oemc. It is becoming more apparent that the racial makeup of the caller dictates the priority/urgency of the event. I notice how call takers will downgrade a situation and even disregard a job when it is obvious that the complainant is white, and at the same time, they will expedite calls to dispatch when the caller is black. Many times we will get an event classified as an assault ip or batt ip, but upon arrival we find that the actual job was exaggerated or completely different from what was dispatched, resulting in answering a non-priority call first, usually for some ghetto bs drama. In contrast, we will arrive to a job where the call has been held, sometimes up to an hour before being dispatched. The offender is gone, of course, but the caller, who is usually white, seldom complains. Many times, it will be a robbery j/o, batt j/o, a real assault ip, etc. and then the victim either is told to call police when they are home, or they call from home after waiting so long on scene. Can't remember how many times I've had to explain to an irate complainant/vict who demands to know why it took us an hour/ half hour/ 45 min to arrive that we were just dispatched for this job 3 min ago. I advise them to file a complaint, but most of the time these are working class people that probably suck it up and move on, because nothing seems to improve. This practice has become so blatant that it could only occur with the blessing of the administration, including the mayor.

1/02/2014 11:19:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank you for covering this SCC!
So, as a female alone with babies in th house during the day, how do I avoid this situation? Just don't answer the door? Stand by the door with a machete and big tear gas canister? Suggestions from LE veterans?

get over the liberal anti gun nonsense and BUY YOURSELF A GUN,I am acop and that is what 95% of us will tell you.Wake up people. Society shuns guns but when you or your family needs help, what do you do??? you call people with guns....come on people, wake up.

1/02/2014 01:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks to all LEos who gave advice on being safe in the home!

To the female LE who suggested an air gun - I thought that's illegal in Chicago?

Also, if I have an encounter and discharge the air gun in self - defense, will the cops give me a hard time when I report it to 911 after the fact? Is CPD rank and file generally pro-citizen on guns used in self-defense?

1/02/2014 02:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In 18 yrs I've probably dialed 911 a handful of times. Just recently I've had to call twice, nothing major, but still worthy of a call. Both times I was in awwww how poor and unprofessional the call taker was. I thought some of the dispatcher are hard to understand, I had no idea what the fu** they were saying and one even hung up on me. Lol, only this city

1/01/2014 10:43:00 AM

First, you were in AWE, not in awwww.

And, of course, when you were treated so unprofessionally, you immediately filed a complaint, right? To get their bad behavior on the record, right?

It's the only way to get rid of the incompetents. Otherwise, get used to it. Complaining about it here doesn't accomplish anything.

First.... If I rather say awwww then awe, deal with it.

Secondly, how far do you, as a know it all, think a complaint would go?? You obviously have never delt with these people because if you have yould know that they're usually ignorant, incompetent and speak their own language. So basically it's a "norm" for them.

Awwwwwww

1/02/2014 06:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

jody weis was not a good thing for this department--- he caused many hard working coppers to sit on their hands after his true colors came out--- a backstabbing yellow bellied coward....

1/03/2014 10:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Also, if I have an encounter and discharge the air gun in self - defense,
1/02/2014 02:07:00 PM

Do yourself a favor google ISP FOID. Fill out the app and mail it today,. While waiting take an NRA Basic Pistol class. Call gun stores in the area for this. Keep a bowie type knife on your person whenever answering the door. If you ever open the door to someone you do not know and trust, stand to the side of the door while unlocking it. If someone bumrushes in. He will be off balance and you are to stick him and not stop until he's very well ventilated.

1/03/2014 10:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
jody weis was not a good thing for this department--- he caused many hard working coppers to sit on their hands after his true colors came out--- a backstabbing yellow bellied coward....

1/03/2014 10:13:00 AM

Losers like you just used Weis as an excuse to sit on your hands. If not Weis, it would have been someone or something else.

1/06/2014 06:10:00 PM  

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