CHICAGO — Nighttime Red Line riders will want to be extra careful on the North Side while Chicago cops try to track down up to seven people who’ve been robbing passengers between Argyle and Granville this month.
In a community alert issued Friday morning, CPD said between two and seven robbers had confronted passengers aboard trains to take property by force or by rifling the victims’ pockets. The warning is an expansion of an alert issued just a couple of days ago.
Robberies have been reported near the Argyle station at 8:45 p.m. on November 13 and 12:59 a.m. on November 27; the Granville station at 10:40 p.m. on November 13; the Bryn Mawr station at 9 p.m. on November 16; and the Thorndale station at 1:20 a.m. on November 25 and at 4:52 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. on November 24.
Police are looking for males and females between 14 and 21 years old. The alert said they are Black, and some wear dark clothing, including a dark hoodie with the phrase “Chicago – The Windy City” on the front. Another has carried a multicolored bag with the word “Cookies” on it and a black Nike hoodie.
In a previous alert, CPD released these images of two suspects.
Anyone with information about the group or the crimes can contact transit detectives at 312-745-4447. The crime pattern is #P24-3-063.
