CTA

Chicago police are investigating after five people were stabbed in three separate incidents at CTA train stations in the Loop between last night and early today.

The victims, females ages 15 and 18, were at the station around midnight on January 2 when the group approached and asked one of the victims who they were talking to on the phone, Assistant State’s Attorney Zachary Peasall said.

A man and three juveniles are charged with attacking and robbing a man on the Jackson Red Line platform Friday evening. As CWB reported last week, the Jackson station has become a hotbed of robbery activity in recent weeks. Timothy Mayo, a 20-year-old who was released from prison on December 23, is charged with felony

CTA surveillance cameras were rolling as at least five people attacked and robbed a man on the Jackson Red Line platform Sunday night.

A group of attackers beat and robbed a man on the Jackson Red Line platform Sunday night — then, they returned an hour later to beat and rob a second victim, according to police. Two juveniles are facing charges.

Prosecutors have charged two men with committing a pair of robberies on CTA trains Thursday morning, including a mugging at the Roosevelt station that left a victim with stab wounds.

Chicago police released surveillance images Thursday of two men who are wanted in connection with a violent robbery on the CTA Red Line downtown over the weekend.

A 72-year-old man was repeatedly kicked and stomped during a robbery on the Clark-Lake Blue Line platform while other passengers looked on, prosecutors said.

Police are investigating two violent robberies on downtown Red Line platforms since yesterday evening. The crimes are among several robberies on the downtown train system this weekend.