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Two Men, Teenager Charged In Blue Line Robbery

(CBS) -- Three people have been charged with robbing a man on board a CTA Blue Line train early Tuesday morning, Chicago Police announced Wednesday.

Police say that 25-year-old James Phillips, 24-year-old Bryan Mitchell and a 17-year-old juvenile approached a 23-year-old man on the train at approximately 4:47 a.m. and announced a robbery. One of the alleged robbers implied he was armed with a handgun and struck the victim and fled with his belongings.

After fleeing the scene, police arrested the three men near the Damen stop on the Blue Line.

Phillips and Mitchell were each charged with a felony count of aggravated armed robbery with a firearm. Th 17-year-old male juvenile was charged with one felony count of armed robbery with a firearm and two felony counts of robbery.

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