A 17-year-old boy was charged this week with participating in two armed robberies on the CTA Blue Line in April, Chicago police said. Three Whitney Young students are among his victims.
A Chicago man who told police he participated in a string of violent robberies aboard CTA trains because “I’m f***ed up” was handed a 14-year sentence this week.
A Chicago Transit Authority security guard’s decision to wear a bullet-resistant vest very likely saved his life over the weekend after a man shot him in the chest several times at the 79th Street Red Line station.
The man found shot outside the Damen Blue Line station in Wicker Park on Monday evening has been slapped with a misdemeanor gun possession charge. Chicago police said an initial investigation determined that Reynaldo Hernandez, 24, may have shot himself.
A group of robbers rode the Brown Line across the North Side on Sunday afternoon, hopping off at stops along the way to rob nearby stores. Their luck ran out when Chicago cops moved in after the third holdup.
A Venezuelan migrant was carrying nearly $2,000 cash when he was arrested for jumping a CTA turnstile in the Loop, according to a Chicago police report.