CPD seek pair in violent CTA Red Line train robbery in Uptown
Police said the pair approached the passenger on the train and attempted to take their belongings.
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Police said the pair approached the passenger on the train and attempted to take their belongings.
The robberies happened in the Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods, with the first happening on Nov. 13 and the latest on Wednesday.
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The Chicago Transit Authority said two cars crashed into each other, and then a bus.
Police said a stolen car was speeding when it slammed into another car and a CTA bus.
CTA officials received a disturbance call just before 9:40 a.m. on board a bus near the entrance to the Red Line station along the Dan Ryan Expressway.
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The victim was taken to an area hospital. It was not believed that anyone was in custody late Wednesday.
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Celeste Pope, 18, was arrested on Tuesday in the 1700 block of South State Street.
The robbery happened around 9 p.m. on Oct. 22 in the 900 block of West Addison Street.
Chicago police said a boy and girl, both 15, were arrested on Tuesday in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue. They were charged with aggravated battery to a transit employee.
Martel Mason, 25, was arrested on Wednesday in the 2600 block of South California Avenue.
The two-car train crashed into a snow plow around 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 17 on the main tracks adjacent to the Howard rail yard in Rogers Park, leaving 38 people hurt, including seven CTA employees.
The passenger punched the driver several times, then dragged her off the bus, and struck the driver several more times before running away.
Police say the 22-year-old victim got into a fight with another passenger on the No. 9 Ashland bus near Cermak Road.
Police said, around 9:40 a.m., a 22-year-old man got into a fight on a CTA bus in the 2500 block of South Ashland Avenue.
The three suspects approached the victim on board a train at the 47th Street station, displayed a knife, maced the victim, and tried to take their belongings.
Chicago police said the teen was arrested by officers and the Mass Transit Tactical Team on Friday in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue.
The girl was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery, one count of robbery, one count of attempted robbery, and one misdemeanor count of obstructing identification.
Two women got into a quarrel on the No. 29 State Street bus at 87th Street, and one of them pulled a gun.
The teen was treated by Fire Department personnel on scene and did not go to the hospital.
The shooting happened Wednesday morning on the train near the Argyle stop.
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At least two people broke the glass door at Glitz Car Wash at 2511 W. Augusta Blvd. around 5:40 a.m., according to police.
No arrests have been made in either robbery. Police have not confirmed if the two incidents are connected.
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