Boys — ages 12 and 13 — charged with armed robbery on Red Line

Chicago police arrest a robbery suspect at the North-Clybourn Red Line station on April 13, 2020. | CPD

Police arrested three people in connection with the armed robbery of a CTA passenger on the Clark-Division Red Line platform Monday evening. Charges have been filed against two of the offenders, who are only 12- and 13-years-old.

Officers responded to the North Side station after the victim sought help from a CTA employee around 7:08 p.m. The man, age 53, told police he was on the station platform when three males battered him, displayed a knife, and stole his wallet.

The offenders then boarded a northbound train.

Police took all three into custody minutes later at the North-Clybourn station, a CPD spokesperson said. One of the offenders was carrying a pair of scissors, according to police.

Prosecutors charged the 12- and 13-year-old boys with felony armed robbery with a dangerous weapon. A 19-year-old man is charged with misdemeanor battery in the case, police said.

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