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Prosecutors: Pink Line passenger endured 8-minute beating by 3 robbers

January 15, 2021 CWBChicago

We previously told you about the man, Quitone Nash, after he was charged with beating and carjacking a victim in Wicker Park on the day after Thanksgiving.

3 charged with robbing man at Jackson CTA station: “You don’t want to fall down the stairs, do you?”

January 9, 2021 CWBChicago

The three men threatened to throw a CTA passenger down the stairs as they robbed him at the Jackson Red Line station Thursday evening, prosecutors said.

Man brandished knife, punched cop who poured out his bottle of Fireball, prosecutors say

December 11, 2020 CWBChicago

Charges have been filed against a man who allegedly punched a Chicago cop while brandishing a knife because the officer poured out his bottle of Fireball cinnamon whisky.

Woman gets 2 years for series of Red Line attacks

November 29, 2020 CWBChicago

Tatyona Davis, 20, was accused of three separate attacks in under a week while she was already on a recognizance bond for allegedly robbing a Wicker Park grocery store and another recognizance bond for shoplifting.

Update: CTA seeks “reckless conduct” suspect after man’s struck by train

November 28, 2020 CWBChicago

CTA security workers have found surveillance images of a suspect who allegedly fought with another man on the Jackson Red Line platform — until a train struck the other man Friday night.

Police: Man pushed into path of Loop train survives, suspect sought

November 28, 2020 CWBChicago

Police said one man pushed another into the path of a CTA Red Line train at the Jackson station downtown on Friday evening.

Police: Man stabbed during drug-related fight on Loop CTA platform

November 26, 2020 CWBChicago

A 37-year-old man is in fair condition after he received a stab wound during a drug-related fight on a CTA Red Line platform early Thursday, police said. A suspect is in custody.

9 years: Stiff sentence for man who robbed Red Line passenger (while on bail for battering a cop)

November 21, 2020 CWBChicago

Abdul Fadairo got a recognizance bond for battering police at a Loop CTA station. Then he robbed a nursing assistant on the Red Line three weeks later.

Court report: Sexual assault allegations end with probation for two men

November 19, 2020 CWBChicago

A man who was accused of attacking, robbing and trying to sexually assault a woman on the Red Line is sentenced to probation. And a man who allegedly had sex with a mentally challenged victim has been,too.

Cops: Man spat in faces of Blue Line, Metra passengers

November 16, 2020 CWBChicago

Prosecutors said Willie Howard Jr spat in the faces of two women as they rode the Blue Line in October.

3 teens detained after series of downtown CTA attacks

November 3, 2020 CWBChicago

Police detained three juveniles near the Mag Mile after a series of robberies and batteries were reported on the CTA train system downtown Tuesday morning. The incidents began around 5:15 a.m. when four young men reportedly battered and robbed a man on a southbound Blue Line train at the Clinton station, 426 South Clinton. The

Man accused of battering, robbing blind man at Roosevelt CTA station

October 20, 2020 CWBChicago

A man on bail for aggravated battery of a CTA employee is now charged with battering and robbing a 62-year-old blind man at the Roosevelt Red Line station Monday morning.

Loop: Man and 4 juveniles robbed victim who fell asleep on Orange Line, cops say

October 18, 2020 CWBChicago

The victim was asleep on the train near Quincy when Michael Sturdivant and the unnamed juvies approached him around 12:30 a.m. on September 22, according to prosecutors and CPD records.

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