







A WOMAN reported that a man attempted to steal her vehicle at about 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 9, in the parking lot of the Subway restaurant, 5200 W. Belmont Ave., according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The 37-year-old woman reported that as she was exiting the restaurant, a man walked in front of her, stopped in front of her silver 2009 Mitsubishi and asked her if she had a cell phone, and that when she said no, the man pushed her, entered the vehicle and sat in the driver’s seat, according to police.

The woman reported that she ran inside the restaurant, locked the door and called police while the man was attempting to start her vehicle, police said. The man then exited her vehicle and fled northbound, according to police.

A WOMAN reported that her vehicle was stolen at about 12:35 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, from the Shell gas station, 5201 W. Addison St., according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The woman reported that she exited her blue 2010 Ford Flex with its keys inside the ignition with her dog and purse containing debit cards still inside the vehicle while she entered the station to buy cigarettes, and that when she returned, she discovered her vehicle and dog were gone, according to police.

Video surveillance footage recorded at the station shows someone exit the rear driver’s side passenger door of a dark-colored Jeep Wrangler, enter her vehicle and drive away with it at a high rate of speed, police said.

A MAN WAS arrested on drug and weapons charges at about 10:10 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, in front of Our Lady Mother of the Church, 8747 W. Lawrence Ave., ., according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

Officers approached a man sitting in the front passenger seat of a vehicle that was parked in front of church and blocking the entrance, and the man was arrested after the officers discovered four clear plastic bags containing 3.4 grams of a white powdery substance suspected of being crack cocaine, a clear plastic bag containing 2 grams of a black tar substance suspected of being heroin, two clear plastic bags containing 10 grams of a substance suspected of being marijuana and a loaded semi-automatic handgun and a magazine clip inside his vehicle, according to police.

The suspect was identified by police as Nicholas A. Garcia, age 21, of the 8500 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue.

AN EMPLOYEE at Gordon’s Ace Hardware, 7230 W. Foster Ave., ., reported that the business was burglarized at about 3:40 a.m. Sunday, March 11, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The employee reported that he discovered a lock on a gate of the business had been broken, and that 25 plastic pallets valued at $600 were missing, according to police.

A WOMAN reported that her home in the 5000 block of North Melvina Avenue was burglarized between 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The woman reported that when she returned home she discovered that the rear door had been broken and that a diamond jewelry set valued at $4,000 and a pearl necklace with a diamond chain valued at $1,500 were missing, according to police.

A WOMAN reported that automobile parts were stolen from her vehicle between 2 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 10, while it was parked n the 5200 block of West Carmen Avenue, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The woman reported that she discovered that the four doors of her white 2016 Jeep Wrangler and the hood had been removed, and that there was shattered glass inside the vehicle, according to police.

A MAN REPORTED that the hood was stolen from his vehicle between 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, and 7:40 a.m. Thursday, March 8, in the 5700 block of West Seminole Street, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The man reported that he parked his white 2016 Jeep Wrangler on the street and when he returned he discovered that the hood was missing, according to police.

A man was shot at about 4:40 p.m. Friday, March 2, in the 5000 block of North Kedvale Avenue, according to 17th (Albany Park) District police.

The 18-year-old man reported that he was walking with his friend when a maroon Nissan Rogue stopped in the street and three men exited and one man fired several shots at them from a 9mm handgun with one bullet striking him in the right shoulder and exiting through his jaw, according to police. The man reported that they both ran to his home on North Keystone Avenue from where an ambulance transported him to Illinois Masonic Hospital in serious but stable condition, police said.

A MAN REPORTED that the garage of his residence in the 4800 block of North Nashville Avenue was burglarized between noon Saturday, March 10, and 11 a.m. Sunday, March 11, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The man reported that when he returned to his garage he discovered that a generator valued at $3,500, a snow blower valued at $500, a pressure washer valued at $250, a dehumidifier valued at $200, a leaf blower valued at $100, a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses valued at $200 and various tools and power tools valued at $4,060 were missing, according to police.

A MAN REPORTED that his vehicle was burglarized between 2 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10, while it was parked in the 5300 block of West Agatite Avenue, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

The man reported that when he returned to his vehicle he discovered that the windshield had been shattered and that a Nintendo Switch video game system valued at $400, $2,000 in cash and a book bag valued at $10 were missing, according to police.

SEVERAL THEFTS of catalytic converters were reported on between Feb. 27 and March 9, according to 16th (Jefferson Park) District police.

Thefts were reported in the 5200, 5300 and 5400 blocks of North Ludlam Avenue, the 5800 block of West Catalpa Avenue, the 5300 block of North Milwaukee Avenue, the 6000 block of North Mason Avenue, the 5400 block of North Lieb Avenue, the 5600 block of West Lawrence Avenue, the 5100 block of North Major Avenue, and at two residences in the 5400 block and one residence in the 5300 block of North Lynch Avenue, according to police.