BEAT 1431 CAPS
Meeting Minutes
October 4th, 2007

The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 1st at 7:00 pm at Goethe Elementary School, 2236 N. Rockwell.

Officers Present: PO Komo (3rd watch), SGT Giambrone, PO Crawford (days), Liz Rios (14th District CAPS organizer), PO Zuniga (midnights), PO Deb Augustyn (14th District CAPS Office), PO Taliya (3rd watch), PO Leon (3rd watch)

Number of Beat 1431 residents present: 12

Go directly to the following sections:
General Announcements
CLEARMap
Court Advocacy
Beat 1431 Section Reports


General Announcements
SGT Giambrone presented honorable mentions to PO Mathos, PO Komo and PO Trempe for their key roles in the arrest of Roy Gambill wanted for 17 counts for aggravated burglaries and the "self-professed CEO" of the Cobra Latino gang that has been terrorizing our beat (Section 1 in particular). Gambill also had outstanding warrants for crimes he committed in Tennessee. Gambill was finally arrested at his sister's residence in Chicago after fleeing another residence from Bolingbrook, IL.

PO Ortiz was also lauded by SGT Giambrone for recovering a significant amount of weapons (a shotgun and many rounds of ammunition for other caliber weapons) from a stolen vehicle in our Beat. A concerned resident called 911 to report the suspicious activity.

Court Advocacy Volunteers Needed
PO Deb Augustyn needs volunteers who are available for a couple hours for one afternoon (starting at 1:30pm), one day a month to be Court Advocates. There are recent cases in other beats that need our help. Advocates in the neighborhoods the crimes were committed are afraid to appear in court fearing retribution from the criminals. Therefore, advocates are needed from other beats (including ours) to help make a strong court appearance against these criminals.

"Day of Discovery" - 14th District Domestic Violence Sub-Committee
Date: October 18th, 2007
Location: 1400 N. Humboldt Park Blvd
Time: 9am - 2pm

The event is featuring the following:
- Workshops
- Domestic Violence 101 - Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Immigration

Lunch will be provided.

Additionally, there will be:
- Manicures and goodie bags provided by Avon
- Haircuts and manicures provided by Truman College
- Facials and Raffles provided by Mary Kay
- 1st place raffle prize is a one night stay at Marriot Suites

For further information please contact the 14th District Community Policing Office: 312-744-8290 or caps.014district@chicagopolice.org

Bingham Street Cleanup
October 27th, join neighbors to clean up Bingham Street in Section 1.

For further information please contact the 14th District Community Policing Office: 312-744-8290 or caps.014district@chicagopolice.org


CLEARMap (formerly Citizen ICAM)
From September 1st - 30th, according to CLEARMap, Beat 1431 suffered 91 crimes, an increase of 7 from last month (84):
- 1 AGGRAVATED ASSAULT *
- 2 AGGRAVATED BATTERY *
- 1 ARSON *
- 7 BURGLARY *
- 5 DRUG ABUSE VIOLATIONS
- 1 FORGERY AND COUNTERFEITING
- 1 FRAUD
- 33 LARCENY THEFT *
- 8 MISCELLANEOUS NON-INDEX OFFENSES
- 3 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT *
- 1 ROBBERY *
- 2 SEX OFFENSE - CRIMINAL SEXUAL ABUSE
- 2 SIMPLE ASSAULT
- 8 SIMPLE BATTERY
- 16 VANDALISM

* indicates index crimes (most serious offenses)

Click here to view table of all reported crimes (new window)

Gang Intervention Probation Program
Any resident who sees the following individuals violating curfew or in the presence with a known gang member, should call 911.
- Jesus Ocampo (click here for photo) is currently living on the 2100 block of N. Bingham with mandatory curfew hours from 9pm - 7am during the period from 12/15/2005 - 12/14/2007.

Court Advocacy Report
- Anthony Chojnowski plead guilty for the animal abuse charges brought against him, among other penalties, he will not be allowed to have any animals in his house nor will he be able to have any contact with animals. A local dog advocacy group has played a pivotal role along with the Court Advocates in his conviction. (See item #2 under Section 2 of March minutes)
- There was also a case against an individual who was drinking in the public way who received 6 months court supervision
- There were several court cases that were thrown out due to officers not being present. PO Augustyn is looking into making sure the court notifications are sent to the appropriate officers. Additionally, officers must attend higher priority cases if they are scheduled for overlapping cases.


Beat 1431 Section Reports
SECTION 1 (Borders: California, Milwaukee, Armitage)
1) JJ Morgan was charged with Misdemeanor Battery for his role in the physical abuse of a homeless man last month. The homeless victim was not reachable by the state's attorney to press further charges. The other criminal involved in the beating was Maurice Walls who is still at large, (Black male with long hair). The police will attempt to find the homeless victim to press the appropriate further charges against Morgan and Walls. JJ Morgan's car was also confiscated by the Police
2) The property at 2200 N. Milwaukee (near Stave and Attrill) has been involved in drug sales. The police were seen in the area and arrested Eduardo Gonzalez for Aggravated Assault.
3) There has been continued gang activity in the rear coach house at 2117 Point. Residents called 911 several times last month on this property for gang activity. The gang members have been chaining pit bulls to the fence, drinking and smoking pot on the property. SGT Giambrone reported that 3 people were arrested at this address on September 12th for criminal trespass. The property has also been listed under the city's nuisance abatement program. Plain clothes officers were seen in the area dispersing these gang members from Chase Elementary school and they were seen leaving to head back to the 2117 Point address.
4) Resident reported his garage was broken into but the criminals took off before they were able to steal the radio from his car.
5) Liz Rios will be distributing 911 information booklets written in Spanish to the properties in this section.
6) 2100 block of Bingham continues to have the continuing criminal gang activity.
7) The police arrested an individual for narcotics at Point and California (2061 California) after pulling the offender over for not wearing a seatbelt. He had an active probation violation warrant. He is a resident of Highland Park.
8) At approximately 6:30pm police this evening police were seen at Bingham and Francis making a warrant arrest.
action: Liz Rios to distribute 911 calling instruction packets written in Spanish for section residents to encourage more calls. This section continues to have major gang and drug activity. Residents are strongly urged to call 911 for any emergency or crime in this section. The more calls to 911 the more attention this area will receive.

SECTION 2 (Borders: Rockwell, Lyndale, Western, Milwaukee)
1) The Congress Theater has a temporary parking contract with the developer who owns the vacant property at Milwaukee and Talman. The Congress Theater still has an active parking contract with Chase Elementary School.
2) There was a narcotics arrest on the 2200 block of Rockwell for cocaine.
action: Congress Theater and Chase Elementary School are under scrutiny for parking practices in the section. Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report any violations or disturbances to the neighborhood.

SECTION 3 (Borders: Rockwell, Fullerton, Western, Lyndale)
1) Intoxicated homeless people continue to frequent the alleyways but are generally quiet and keep to themselves.
2) Latin Lover and Spanish Lords graffiti has been seen at Lyndale and Western and SGT Giambrone reported an increase in activity between these two rival gangs.
3) There was a home invasion reported on the 2500 block of Medill. Two male blacks (5' 9", 6' 3", 20 - 25 years old) entered the basement apartment while the residents were there on Sept. 7th at 9:40pm.

SECTION 4 (Borders: California, Fullerton, Rockwell, Milwaukee)
1) AW SLK gang graffiti (MLD Altgeld Washtenaw + Spanish Lord Killers) went up on properties located on the corners of Washtenaw and Belden. 311 was called to report the graffiti to the city. This tagging might be related to a recent tension between the Latin Lovers and Spanish Lords recognized by police further east in Section 3.
2) Goethe Elementary has 18 parent patrols (with more in training) who help police the school area in the morning and afternoons. They have been noticing cars running stop signs, illegal parking and some gang activity particularly on Rockwell and Lyndale and Talman and Lyndale intersections.
action: Police need to focus on keeping Goethe safe from gang violence. Residents are urged to call 911 when witnessing any gang activity in the area.

SECTION 5 (Borders: California, Logan Boulevard, Rockwell, Fullerton)
1) A resident was robbed on the 2400 block of Rockwell, 3am September 8th. The criminals were 2 black males, one was 6' 2" tall at 220 lbs., 25 - 35 years old and appeared to have a weapon. They stole the victim's money and credit cards and struck the victim in the head and back.
The criminals are still at large, and were last seen loitering at the Dunkin Donuts on Fullerton and Rockwell. The 6' 2" criminal also has been seen wearing a Yankees baseball cap with a dark blue Yankees logo.
action: Residents should call 911 if they see a tall, suspicious black male matching the description above at Dunkin Donuts.

SECTION 6 (Borders: Rockwell, Logan Boulevard, Western, Fullerton)
1) One of the new unoccupied houses on the 2400 block of Rockwell was broken into.
2) The resident at 2457 Artesian has had several complaints against him for unsafe practices in the public way (running electrical cords across the street). He has also recently been a nuisance to neighbors by trying to sell faces/masks he's created by placing them on boulevard trees and asking the property owners to buy them. The police mentioned he can be fined for violating a city ordinance against this behavior on the boulevard.
3) Daniel Solak Jr. was arrested September 8th for criminal sexual abuse of a 9 year old girl.
action: Residents are strongly urged to call 911 to report gang activity and 311 for graffiti.


Recurring Problem Areas for BEAT 1431
1) Gang activity, drug sales, vandalism and violence on Bingham, Stave and Francis Pl.
2) Gang graffiti
3) Gang loitering and recruiting
4) Gang weapons violence

DISCLAIMER
Beat 1431 CAPS volunteers prepared these meeting minutes to the best of their ability.