CWB Chicago

We knew from city data that robberies in our neighborhood had been soaring to record highs for three consecutive years. Yet public officials and police representatives at CAPS meetings continually said that crime was going down.

• 4½ years for knocking a man unconscious on a Red Line train in the Loop
• Man charged with robbing off-duty cop at gunpoint in Rogers park
• Legislator wants ‘investigation’ to determine why South Side red light cameras issued 2.5x more tickets than North Side cameras
• Parolee had a machine gun while trying to burglarize Lincoln Park liquor store, prosecutors say
• Migrant charged with trying to murder co-worker who made a joke about him; ‘See how you die?’

On April 14, 2013, we debuted “Crime In Wrigleyville + Boystown (CWB),” with a mission to report on the crimes, statistics, and trends that—for whatever reason—the city refused to address.