Friday, September 30, 2011
Out-of-towner robbed in Boystown, needs ID to catch flight home
A woman visiting the city was robbed in Chicago’s Boystown, Lakeview neighborhood, said police.
Around 9:58 p.m., a woman flagged down a police officer at 750 West Cornelia Avenue, near the intersection of Halsted and Cornelia.
The responding officer identified the woman as a “theft victim”.
According to police, the woman’s wallet was stolen from her purse at a nearby business.
However, authorities did not say where the theft occurred, and a description of the offender was not provided.
One source said the woman was targeted by a pickpocket.
Police said the woman needs her ID, because she has to catch a plane on Monday. The victim does not live in Chicago, said authorities.
If anyone finds a black wallet near Halsted and Cornelia, with a woman’s ID inside, please contact the police, immediately.
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It needs to be known by the general public what has happened to Boystown and why it happened, and how it's no longer a safe tourist destination.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: It happened because our economy sucks and people are getting more and more desperate to feed themselves. Robberies are up all across the country and only going to get worse unless our lame elected officials do something about it...its not just a boystown problem.
ReplyDeleteActually no, it's because Southside teens were invited to come hang out in Boystown, and not only did the gay youth come, all the youth came. And Boystown is too politically correct to deal with the problem.
ReplyDeleteLiberalism has run unchecked and the more the kindness, understanding and enabling grows, so does the crime. There's no shame in begging, robbing, stealing and assaulting anymore, they are just poor wittle misunderstood people who just need a hug.
The army of social workers and other professionals dedicated to having as many Americans as possible not working and receiving public aid is also growing. There are real disabled people, but far more on disability and public aid could hold a job if they wanted to. And we keep rewarding them to have kids. Go google the "Bell Curve".
America is coming to an end. I don't care if every "open minded" person in Chicago is summoned to tell me that I am wrong, I am not wrong, I am right. My personal experiences have taught me otherwise about these people.
We could end a lot of dysfunction in a generation or two if we could get key demographics like the population of Uptown and Garfield Park, Austin, etc to stop having children, we should reward them for NOT having kids. My family's genes are also worthless, so I have chosen not to pass them on.
For the record, I am not targeting black people, I am targeting useless people of all creeds and colors.
ReplyDeleteWe need to teach less self esteem in school and get back to the basics, this is where we all went wrong. You can feel good about yourself if you can contribute to society in some way or form, not just feel good because you've been told you were special from a young age and really aren't.
Dear Anonymous, October 1, 2011, 9:03 AM,
ReplyDeleteThus far, the criminals mentioned here were/are mostly stealing electronic gadgets. If hunger was the issue, the criminals would steal bread, meat, milk, etc.
Of course, "we" could "say" the stolen money is for food, but none of the criminals resembled a waif model. Instead, some of the criminals are (morbidly) obese from too much food!
If they are hungry, they shouldn't have traded their EBT card for drugs...
ReplyDeleteIt was probably the black guy that stands rather hidden in the corner of those fences there - all night - every other night.
ReplyDeleteI just thought he was smoking a cigarette but hours later he's still there. Why? He's not dressed like a bum or thug either. Again, why is that allowed here? I would expect to be questioned by a resident or the police for just parking my hiney in one spot from 8pm to 1am (or probably much later?).
It's real simple stuff people. You don't want to "unnerve or offend" here though.