February 2, 2023
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Red Line robbery victim took a picture of attacker’s face, leading to his arrest: prosecutors

January 28, 2023 CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a robbery victim managed to take a picture of his attacker’s face after getting mugged on the Grand Red Line station platform on New Year’s Day.

CTA

Arrested 32 times since 2014, man allegedly engaged in a ‘firefight’ with a concealed carry holder on a CTA train

January 22, 2023 CWBChicago

A man who has been arrested 32 times by Chicago police since 2014 robbed and then engaged in a “firefight” with a concealed carry holder on a Green Line train during the Friday afternoon rush hour, authorities said Sunday.

CTA

Cops looking for 3 suspects in Grand Red Line robbery

January 19, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago police are looking for three people who attacked and robbed a man at the Grand Red Line station last week.

Avondale

3 men tried to rob a woman on the Blue Line, then tried to rob a man who intervened: prosecutors

January 18, 2023 CWBChicago

Three Chicago men face felony charges after they allegedly tried to rob a woman on the Blue Line and then battered and tried to rob another passenger who intervened.

CTA

Gun charge, but nothing more, for man who allegedly shot a CTA bus passenger while killing another man in ‘self-defense’

January 12, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago police say they know who fatally shot a man outside a South Side liquor store and shot a woman who was sitting on a nearby CTA bus in December. But prosecutors refused to charge the man with shooting either person due to “self-defense,” according to court records and the man’s defense attorney.

Chinatown

Man shot 16-year-old who intervened in ‘play fighting’ on Red Line train, prosecutors say

January 7, 2023 CWBChicago

A 16-year-old Chicago boy was permanently blinded in one eye after he intervened in “play fighting” on a Red Line train and got shot in the face, prosecutors said as they filed attempted murder charges against the alleged gunman.

Chinatown

Man charged with shooting 16-year-old on the Red Line near Chinatown

January 5, 2023 CWBChicago

Chicago police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the shooting of a 16-year-old on the Red Line last month.

CTA

Man burglarized CTA attendant booth 16 days after getting probation in a gun case, prosecutors say

January 3, 2023 CWBChicago

Prosecutors say a man broke into a CTA train station customer service booth and stole the attendant’s purse and laptop while she was making rounds at the Argyle Red Line station.

CTA

5 charged with attempted murder for ‘straight-up beating’ of Red Line passenger in downtown Chicago

December 30, 2022 CWBChicago

Five men viciously beat, stomped, and kicked a man, leaving him seriously injured, after he asked them to stop blocking the doors on a Red Line car in downtown Chicago, preventing the train from moving and delaying his commute to work, prosecutors said Friday.

CTA

3 arrested after group badly beats man on Loop Red Line platform, Chicago police say

December 29, 2022 CWBChicago

Three suspects are in custody after a group of people beat and stomped on a man on the Monroe Red Line platform Wednesday evening, Chicago police said.

CTA

2 men charged with robbing, slashing victim on Grand Red Line platform

December 26, 2022 CWBChicago

Two men charged with robbing and stabbing a man on the Grand Red Line station platform spent Christmas night in jail. One of the men is on parole for participating in another robbery at a Chicago train station almost exactly one year ago.

CTA

Victim slashed during robbery at Grand Red Line, Chicago police say

December 24, 2022 CWBChicago

A man was cut on the wrist as three offenders robbed him on the Grand Red Line platform on Christmas Eve, Chicago police said.

CTA

Man accused of CTA ‘busjacking’ gets 1-year sentence

December 24, 2022 CWBChicago

A Chicago man who prosecutors said forced a CTA bus operator at gunpoint to drive him to an off-route location has received a one-year prison sentence in a plea deal with prosecutors.

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