Random police calls: 04/23/2011

Normally, if I don’t get a complete story, I discard the tidbits of information that come my way. Today, I decided some of you might find these random police calls interesting. Let me know what you think.

6:10 p.m. -- Two men, one black and one white, were reportedly harassing people on a North Side street. According to the 911 caller, the men were customers from Roscoe’s, 3356 North Halsted Street, in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood.

6:16 p.m. -- Police pulled over a “suspicious car” with a “suspicious occupant” at 4240 North Damen Avenue.

6:18 p.m. -- Someone reported an assault in progress at a liquor store on the corner of West Belmont Avenue and North Leavitt Street. According to police dispatch, a white man attacked the manager at Miska’s Liquor Store at 2156 West Belmont Avenue. Police took one person into custody.

6:21 p.m. -- Two women were fighting in the street at Howard and Damen, while a group of men watched. The crowd was blocking traffic, said the 911 caller.

6:22 p.m. -- A concerned citizen reported an assault in progress at Glenwood and Hood. The caller said two men were involved in a traffic accident and one of the men was threatening to harm the other.

6:23 p.m. -- Two women tried to “jump on” a woman at 4525 North Kenmore.

6:23 p.m. -- “Rowdy kids” at Sheridan and Leland.

6:25 p.m. -- Teenagers playing ball in an alley behind 6241 North Francisco.

6:42 p.m. -- Vice complaint. Four Hispanic men were smoking “weed” at the rear of 3507 North Seminary, said a 911 caller. A second call to police indicated one of the men was passed out next to a garbage can.

6:44 p.m. -- A customer at Starbucks, 4015 North Lincoln Avenue, refused to put his cigarette out, said a store employee. The naughty smoker was described as a white man with a long ponytail, dressed in a gray sweater and blue jeans.

8:12 p.m. -- Another child was allegedly abandoned at a North Side Chicago fire house. Police were called to 1200 West Wilson in response to an 11-year-old child that was left at the Uptown fire station. Click here to read about the child that was reportedly abandoned in Uptown on April 20, 2011.