Crane High School Detail, Construction On Bell

Good morning, everyone, it's 7:10am. It's a cloudy morning with temps in the lower 30s, and today will be around 40 or so with rain and maybe even a thunderstorm. This is getting us ready for the forecasted snowstorm we're supposed to be getting tomorrow. Anyway, there's been a change to the Zones. Well, for only Zone 3 right now for the time being. As of this morning, the 13th District as we know it no longer exists, and now we have a new 12th District, which merges the old 13th and the "current" 12th together. So now 12 is on Zone 3, with the 14th District. This Zone covers a huge geographical area now, from 14's northern border at Belmont all the way to 12's border, Cermak, or some places, the Chicago River. The new 12 has five Beats per sector now (i.e. Beats 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215) and most Beats are actually pretty small, except for the 30 sector Beats. I'll start putting up exact borders of these Beats later. So far, this is the only change to the Zones. Because this is the first day of this new change, expect things to be a little hectic on Zone 3, particularly in 12. Lastly, I'm monitoring this new Zone from now until about 8am, then I'll be covering Zone 1 until 10, and then I'll return in the evening with some other Zones before finishing off with Zone 12. Here's crime for today.

7:17am - Beats 1231Henry and 1271 are headed to Crane High School.

7:21am - Beat 1282Tom is asking for an event number for Crane. It's 02456.

7:23am - Municipal ordinance violation. 9XX S Bell. Construction going on in the rear before 8am.

7:28am - Disturbance. Polk and Paulina. Drunk male in front, near Rush Hospital.

7:30am - Parker. 1400 block of N Greenview.

7:31am - Beat 1282Boy is doing a school crossing from now until 8am at Wood and 18th. Event number is 02448.

7:35am - Assault in progress. 2340 W Madison. At the Walgreen's. Two males threatening the employees.

7:41am - Theft in progress. Washington and Western. Two males asking people if they want to fill up their gas tanks, credit card involved.

7:43am - 1) Burglar alarm. 22XX W Ohio. 2) DOA. St. Mary's Hospital.

7:49am - Fire. 8XX S Morgan. Electrical to the laundry room.

7:53am - Burglar alarm. 600 W Cermak.

7:56am - Person w/ a gun. 2847 W Washington. Male Black, 35, 6'1, dark complected, bald with a black shirt just threatened people in the hotel with a gun. He did last night, too. He lives in the hotel and supposedly controls it, as that's his drug-selling turf.

8:01am - Burglar alarm. 38XX N Albany.

8:18am - EMS run. 56XX N Parkside.

8:27am - Burglar alarm. 38XX N Richmond.

8:33am - Traffic accident. 6530 W Bryn Mawr. At Taft. Hit-and-run, sliver car with a plate of A548470 was the offending vehicle.

8:34am - Parker. 31XX W Carmen. Two-door purple car blocking the crosswalk.

8:35am - Beat 1653 is doing a robbery mission on 1633's and 1634's Beats.

8:42am - 1) Burglar alarm. 38XX N Avers. 2) Commercial alarm. 6585 N Avondale. 3) Traffic accident. Sawyer and Berwyn.

8:43am - Suspicious vehicle. 33XX N Lamon.

8:47am - Parker. 40XX N Hamlin. Car parked on the sidewalk.

9:06am - Beat 1630 is doing a park check at Chopin.

9:09am - Traffic accident. Devon and Caldwell. Car just got ran off the road into a cone, other driver just kept going.

9:13am - Information for the CPD. Harlem and Higgins. Black 4-door Ford Focus with a military plate of C13PC was seen driving really fast on Harlem at Higgins.

9:16am - 1630 wants Beat car 1634 to meet her at 59XX W. Henderson, to do a well-being check.

9:20am - Suspicious person. Lawrence and Kimball. Male Black wearing a gray/red-striped hat, black jacket and a backpack tried to cut the cable off of a bike, then started walking towards Leland on Kimball when he saw the caller on the phone.

9:26am - Check the well being. 49XX W Kolmar. Man wrapped in a blanket on the back porch.

9:33am - 1) Parker. On 1621's Beat. 2) Reckless driver. Kedzie and Montrose. Red car with a plate of N72217 was last seen heading towards Cullom on Kedzie, speeding.

9:49am - Burglary report. 45XX N Narragansett.

9:53am - Beat car 1722 is coding out the 9:26am job. She talked to the guy and he's homeless, doesn't want any help or want to go to a shelter or anything though. Coded 19P.

9:55am - Suspicious person. 56XX W Dakin. Male White, 20s, with a bright neon jacket and black hoodie, just came out of the neighbor's backyard and now he's walking around, looking at other houses on the block.

9:56am - Lincolnwood 1 comes on the air asking Dispatch to send a car to 67XX N Suganash regarding a suicidal woman.

10:00am - The 9:55am guy is a ComEd worker. Coded 19P.

10:03am - Suspicious vehicle. 40XX W Berteau. White Malbu with busted out windows.

10:04am - Panic alarm. 50XX N Olympia.

10:05am - I'm going to go until this evening. I'll see you all then. Have a great morning, everyone!

5:42pm - I'm back until 8. Good evening, everyone.

5:43pm - FYI to everyone out there: those two escapees from the Federal MCC Lockup unit were just spotted in 25, at Armitage and Grand. They fled east on Armitage then south on Cicero on CTA bus #1086. For those of you that don't know, two men escaped from the facility yesterday (or perhaps Monday?) and they're said to be armed and dangerous. A $50,000 reward is out for these two men. Beat car 2533 is headed over to the call to investigate, as well as 2522 and Beat 2520.

5:44pm - Lots of confusion between Dispatch and 2533 regarding the wanted man.

5:45pm - Okay, sounds like they've got him in custody. Cicero and Shakespeare. 2533 has him, 2522 is with them. GREAT job guys!!

5:52pm - They're trying to confirm which offender is in custody. 2533 is saying they have the Banks guy in custody.

5:53pm - Beat 6502 wants 2533 to confirm via looking at Bank's chest for a birthmark that was mentioned in the alert. 2533 says he's got it.

5:54pm - Beat 2501, 25th District Desk, needs a call from 2533 ASAP.

5:57pm - 6502 is saying that this Bank guy has a birthmark on his chest, by the left nipple towards the center of his chest. 2533 is going to bring him into the station to look at him.

5:58pm - 2501 wants this guy to be brought into 25. They're bringing him now.

5:59pm - Beat 2550, and 2533, are en route to 25 at this time with Banks. 17:59 on the clock. Dispatch has to document all these times, so that's why 2550 told her at this time that they're bringing him in.

6:02pm - Now it's being said that these guys were initially spotted at Augusta and Cicero.

6:04pm - 2520 is saying that Beat car 2524 is staying on scene with the CTA bus until a CTA supervisor shows up.

6:10pm - Disturbance. On 1522's Beat. 

6:11pm - 1) Parker. 47XX W George. 2) Narcotics. 4051 W Armitage. Selling. 3) Disturbance. 5360 W Division. 4) Burglary report. 52XX W Wrightwood.

6:16pm - EMS run. 5540 W North Ave. At the store. Owner is having a seizure, CFD wants CPD to secure the store.

6:20pm - Shots Fired. 1500 N Lorel. Five to seven shots heard.

6:30pm - Shots Fired. 15XX N Lorel. Five shots heard.

6:44pm - There's a victim from the 6:20/6:30pm jobs at West Suburban Hospital. Male shot in the arm, says it happened in the east alley of Lorel in the 1500 block. Also, Beat car 2531 is on that block at an address with the crime. They need another car to come over, as they're being assigned to the paper on the shooting. Beat car 2523 is being asked to head over.

6:46pm - Beats 1542, 1551 and 1554 are going on special attention details. 1541 is being assigned to 1524's Beat, 1551 to 1531's Beat and 1554 to 1532's Beat.

6:51pm - Three shotgun shell casings were found in the alley on Lorel.

7:22pm - Robbery. Ashland and Byron. Three males robbed a guy on a bike.

7:27pm - Beat 6734Charlie has a traffic stop at 35XX W Huron.

7:32pm - Shots Fired. Grand and Springfield. Four shots heard.

7:41pm - 1) Disturbance. 45XX W Wrightwood. 2) Burglary report. 12XX N Avers.

7:48pm - 2501 is advising all units to keep a special attention to where that shooting happened on the 1500 block of Lorel. Conditions are favorable for retailation.

7:58pm - 2523 possibly heard one shot just now at 15XX N Lorel.

8:00pm - I'm going to go for the night. I'll be back in the morning. Have a good night, everyone!