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Boy, 16, charged with robbing woman on CTA Blue Line train on Chicago's Northwest Side

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with robbing a woman on a CTA Blue Line train on Chicago's Northwest Side, Chicago police said Tuesday.

The teen, whose name was not released as he is a minor, was arrested Monday in the 6600 block of North Bosworth Avenue in Rogers Park, police said.

Police said the teen robbed a woman of her personal effects while implying he had a gun on a Blue Line train at the Harlem station along the Kennedy Expressway (I-90) in Chicago's Norwood Park neighborhood.

The teen was charged with aggravated robbery while indicating he was armed with a firearm.

Further information was not released.

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