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Man stabbed 71-year-old homeless man during robbery attempt at Jefferson Park CTA station: prosecutors

April 27, 2023 7:19 PM CWBChicago

Prosecutors have charged a man with stabbing a 71-year-old homeless man during a robbery attempt at the Jefferson Park CTA station.

2 women attacked and robbed a 16-year-old on the Red Line — weeks after being cited for having weapons on the train: prosecutors

April 16, 2023 9:29 AM CWBChicago

Two Chicago women who received ordinance violations after a robbery attempt at the Roosevelt Red Line station last month are back in custody, accused of beating and robbing a 16-year-old girl on the train line last week.

Man gets 4 years for pistol-whipping Blue Line passengers

April 13, 2023 8:09 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man accused of pistol-whipping two CTA train passengers in separate attacks during the summer of 2021 has been handed a pair of four-year sentences.

CTA guard attacked while dispersing ‘large group’ at Roosevelt CTA station

April 10, 2023 10:45 AM CWBChicago

A private security officer working for the Chicago Transit Authority was punched in the face while trying to break up a large group that was fighting at the Roosevelt Red Line station overnight.

2 men sought after Red Line passenger is robbed near Morse station

April 9, 2023 5:56 PM CWBChicago

Mass transit detectives need help identifying two men who Chicago police say robbed a passenger at knifepoint on the Red Line near Morse.

2 year sentence for pushing man from Blue Line platform

April 8, 2023 10:50 AM CWBChicago

The Chicago man who pushed a CTA passenger onto the tracks from a Blue Line platform last summer has been sentenced to two years

18-time felon gets time served for stabbing CTA bus driver in the hand

April 5, 2023 11:39 AM CWBChicago

An 18-time convicted felon received a sentence of time served for allegedly stabbing a Chicago bus driver who confronted him about stealing another passenger’s wallet.

15 years for man who robbed two CTA passengers, then tried to buy a ski mask with victim’s Amazon account

April 5, 2023 2:08 AM CWBChicago

A Cook County judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 15 years for robbing a CTA train passenger at gunpoint in the Loop.

CTA customer service agent beat a man for an hour at LaSalle Blue Line, prosecutors say. The victim died.

March 28, 2023 1:56 PM CWBChicago

A Chicago Transit Authority customer service agent beat a 54-year-old man for an hour at the LaSalle Blue Line station, then tossed him down two flights of stairs like “garbage,” prosecutors said

6 years for man who robbed CTA passenger of their phone so he could watch porn

March 23, 2023 9:51 AM CWBChicago

A Chicago man who allegedly robbed a Red Line passenger of their phone so he could watch porn, just two days after being arrested for pleasuring himself while watching schoolchildren arrive for class, has been sentenced to six years.

Man robbed Loop hotel one day after they fired him: prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:38 AM

Prosecutors say a Chicago man robbed the JW Marriott Hotel one day after the company fired him.

#12: Man shot at, tried to kill Chicago cops while on parole and felony bail, prosecutors say

June 8, 2023 4:02 AM

On parole for two felony gun cases, on bond for allegedly possessing a stolen motor vehicle, and with a fresh gunshot wound in one arm, Earnest Lockett opened fire on a marked Chicago police squad car this week, prosecutors said.

6 weeks after hit-and-run driver killed a construction worker on Lake Shore Drive, friends are raising money, cops investigating

June 7, 2023 6:26 PM

Friends are trying to raise money for Kenny Hernandez, the road construction worker who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Lake Shore Drive in April.