Say cheese! Suspect’s big smile captured on camera after Red Line beatdown, robbery

January 19, 2026 10:36 AM CWBChicago CTA, Loop
CPD says this woman battered and robbed a female passenger aboard a Red Line train in the Loop this month. (Chicago Police Department)

She looks so doggone happy, the look of personal fulfillment one feels after beating a woman in a vicious robbery aboard the Red Line, apparently. CPD would love to know who this wide-smiling suspect is.

In a community alert issued Monday morning, CPD said the woman pictured in the CTA surveillance image approached a female passenger on a Red Line train near Monroe and “aggressively battered her while taking her personal property by force” around 10:10 p.m. on January 5, according to police.

CPD’s Public Transportation Unit is handling the case. Anyone who recognizes the woman can help take the smile off her face by calling detectives at 312-745-4447 or submitting a tip anonymously at CPDTIP.com by referring to case #JK-105192.

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