Bellwood man charged with allegedly beating, robbing passenger on CTA Blue Line train
Benjamin Rivers, 34, of Bellwood was arrested on Thursday just before 5 p.m. in the 400 block of South Damen Avenue.
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Benjamin Rivers, 34, of Bellwood was arrested on Thursday just before 5 p.m. in the 400 block of South Damen Avenue.
According to Chicago police, a 23-year-old man told officers the offenders came up to him and demanded his stuff. The victim complied.
A 31-year-old man pulled out a knife and stabbed a 48-year-old man in the back and neck.
He told the victim he had a knife and took her phone, cash, and other belongings.
Vivian Morgan, 61, was attacked on a train at the Roosevelt station on Jan. 4.
Frozen switches were to blame for some of the delays on Metra throughout the day. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
The 13-year-old was found at the Roosevelt station, in the 0-100 block of East Roosevelt Road.
They are warming buses for asylum seekers to stay while they wait for a temporary housing solution. The number of buses parked has increased in the past few days.
On Dec. 30, a man wielding a machete approached two people at the Kedzie-Homan stop on the Blue Line, and demanded their belongings, police said.
Police said Mijawon Johnson punched and jumped on the woman's body with all his weight until she was unconscious.
Police said Mijawon Johnson punched and jumped on the woman's body with all his weight until she was unconscious.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact CPD mass transit detectives at (312) 745-4447.
Trains were back running the full route by the early evening, but with residual delays.
Trains have been suspended between Rosemont and O'Hare.
The CTA will be implementing new safety measures on what it says is an interim basis. Most notably, and as announced before, Yellow Line trains will run at a maximum speed of only 35 mph rather than 55 mph.
The Chicago Transit Authority said service on the Yellow Line – also known as the Skokie Swift – will resume at 4:45 a.m. Friday.
It's nicknamed the Skokie Swift, but the process of it getting the CTA Yellow Line back online after a November crash has been awfully slow.
"Something that we're gonna tell our kids about in the future."
The accident happened on Washington Boulevard at Damen Avenue, not far from the United Center.
Five people on the bus were taken to local hospitals for minor injuries, police said.
Police said, around 7:20 a.m., a 54-year-old man was riding a Red Line train, when another passenger tried to rob him, and hit him with a baseball bat.
They're teaming up with Miller Lite to offer free rides on Dec. 31.
The teen was arrested Saturday by the Bureau of Counter Terrorism Mass Transit Unit, in the 3600 block of West Fillmore Street.
The shooting happened around 10:43 p.m. at the Garfield station in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard.
Andrew Holmes said he made a point of ensuring that suspect Devonte Jones was taken into custody.
