CPD warn of 2 robberies on CTA Blue Line platforms on West Side
In each incident, police said a group of men approached the victims and took their property by force while on the platforms.
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In each incident, police said a group of men approached the victims and took their property by force while on the platforms.
In each incident, police said a group of five men approached the victims and took their property by force while on the platforms.
Detectives say both victims were approached by a group of five robbers who took their belongings by force.
A man was facing charges Wednesday in connection with a violent attack on a CTA Blue Line train earlier this month.
A man was facing charges Wednesday in connection a violent attack on a CTA Blue Line train earlier this month.
Chicago police on Tuesday released surveillance images of three attackers who they say beat a man on a downtown CTA Blue Line platform last week.
Police said the victim suffered cuts to his neck and the left side of his body and was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
A man suffered cuts to his neck and body during a fight on board a CTA Blue Line train on Wednesday evening in the Loop.
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 attempted sexual assault happened on the train between Cicero Avenue and Austin Avenue on Saturday, April 18.
Police said a woman was traveling westbound on the train when the suspect approached her while touching himself and making sexual comments.
Chicago police said officers found a man unresponsive lying on the tracks inside the train tunnel just after 10 a.m. on Saturday
Chicago police officers say they found a man unresponsive lying on the tracks inside the train tunnel just after 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Chicago police said the suspect approached the victim and took his wallet from his pockets by force.
A person was hit and killed by a CTA Blue Line train Tuesday morning in downtown Chicago, disrupting service for nearly two hours.
CTA Blue Line trains were disrupted early Thursday afternoon due to a gas leak near the Division Street station in Chicago's West Town community.
A woman was cut with a sharp object during a fight on a CTA Blue Line train near Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
A woman was cut with a sharp object during a fight on a CTA Blue Line train near Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
Lawrence Reed, the man accused of setting a young woman on fire on a Chicago Transit Authority train this past November, appeared in court Tuesday.
A man has been charged with stabbing a CTA passenger to death while the victim was sleeping on a Blue Line train over the weekend in the Loop.
A man was charged in the deadly stabbing on a CTA Blue Line train early Saturday morning.
This comes as one North Side alderman is calling for people not use public transit at night until CTA can prove it's safe.
A man was found stabbed to death at a CTA Blue Line station in downtown Chicago early Saturday morning.
The stabbing occurred inside a Blue Line train car at the Clark and Lake stop downtown just before 2:30 a.m.
A man was found stabbed to death at a CTA Blue Line station in downtown Chicago early Saturday morning.
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