Evanston Man Charged After Firing Gun in Fight, Police Say

Police charged a 20-year-old Evanston man with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm after he fired a gun during a fight at Dempster and Fowler Saturday night

An Evanston man faces felony charges after he fired a gun at a man and a woman during a fight Saturday night, according to police.  Lanord Miles, 20, of the 1300 block of McDaniel Avenue, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and one count of aggravated battery. He is set to appear in Cook County Circuit Court in Skokie on Jan. 30. Evanston police responded to a call of shots fired at Dempster Street and Fowler Avenue around 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, where they found a “hostile group of individuals.” Police say that Miles struck a 17-year-old Chicago boy in the head with a gun and fired one shot each at a 21-year-old Evanston man and a 21-year-old Evanston woman during a fight. Detectives initially took four …

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Evanston Police Blotter

Vandalism Continues: Tires Punctured, Wires Cut

This edition of the Evanston police blotter includes information supplied by police on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2012. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

The following arrests and incidents were reported by the Evanston Police Department:  Arrests: Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Battery Carl H. Dennison, 30, of the 1400 block of Foster Street in Evanston, was arrested and charged with endangering the life or health of a child at 3:06 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in the 2100 block of Greenleaf Street, police reported. Julio C. Patricio, 36, of the 2300 block of Foster Street in Evanston, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault at his residence at 1:08 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, police reported.  Andrea L. Poster, 22, of the 1400 block of Foster Street in Evanston, was arrested and charged with aggravated battery at 3:06 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in the 2100 block of Greenleaf Street, according to …

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Police: Number of Violent Crimes Dropped in 2011

The Evanston Police Department released its annual report, showing a significant reduction in violent crimes from 2010 to 2011.

The number of violent crimes in 2011 was significantly lower than the number in 2010, according to the Evanston Police Department’s annual report.  There were 3 murders in 2011, as compared to 5 murders in 2010, according to Police Cmdr. Jay Parrott. Aggravated battery and assaults also went down by 23.8 percent, while police response to calls of shots fired declined by 28.3 percent.  Overall, there was a .3 percent reduction in crime between 2010 and 2011, Parrott reported. As in most years, the majority of crimes were thefts, and those actually increased by 4.1% in 2011. There were 1,607 thefts reported in 2010, as compared to 1,673 thefts in 2011.  “Of these reported thefts, many are crimes of opportunity in which items were left …

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