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Chicagoist Weekend Blotter

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Aug 21, 2011 10:00PM

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Photo by Flickr user RopeSack.
  • A 40-something man was arrested for running naked at a West Chicago high school football field. Drugs are suspected as a factor.
  • Five people were critically injured after two cabs collided in River North Saturday night.
  • A man was stabbed in the Lincoln Park neighborhood Thursday night.
  • Friday night, a 9-year-old boy and a 24-year-old woman were shot and injured while sitting on a porch in Englewood.
  • At least seven people were wounded in separate shootings Saturday night, in Bronzeville, Gage Park, Avondale, Jackson Park, Belmont Cragin, Lawndale and Washington Park.
  • A 15-year-old boy was shot in the thigh while sitting on a second-story porch in the South Chicago neighborhood.
  • A woman from suburban Lemont is charged with making a false bomb threat at Willis Tower.