Lakeview Residents Sound Off About Crime On CTA, Say Police Seem Scarce
Each weekday, 1.5 million people use the Chicago Transit Authority. But lately, a rash of violent crime on CTA trains has robbed some commuters of their sense of security.
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Each weekday, 1.5 million people use the Chicago Transit Authority. But lately, a rash of violent crime on CTA trains has robbed some commuters of their sense of security.
Several residents of the Lakeview community are pushing to get a big crowd at a Chicago Police community meeting Wednesday night.
Some Red Line subway trains were evacuated Tuesday evening after an unattended suitcase was found near the Grand Avenue station.
Police on Tuesday afternoon apprehended a man who was pulled what looked like a handgun on a CTA train at the Wilson stop.
The 15-year-old and 16-year-old girls turned themselves in on Saturday, after seeing surveillance images of themselves on the news and on social media.
A victim of another attack on the CTA is coming forward in hopes that his story will help the next person. Police say the 65-year-old man was punched repeatedly in the face yesterday afternoon at the Belmont station.
Another attack on the CTA--this time a 65-year-old man was punched several times in the face.
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Police said they have made some arrests following a string of attacks on Chicago Transit Authority trains.
Security concerns were mounting this New Year's Day after a series of robberies and attacks in the CTA Red Line subway in and around the downtown area.
Yellow Line trains were halted for hours Wednesday evening after a person was hit by a train.
Officers said the group of attackers was made up of six-to-10 young people, possibly teens.
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Police were investigating Saturday after a man was found dead on a CTA bus downtown.
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Police on Monday night said a report that a 16-year-old girl had been assaulted and held against her will on the Brown Line was "unfounded."
A man groped a 16-year-old girl on board a CTA train Saturday morning on the Brown Line, police said.
Police said Gross walked up to Macksantino Webb on the platform of the Howard Red Line station on Dec. 3, and shot him in the chest and neck.
Loop-bound CTA Orange Line trains were halted Tuesday afternoon due to a person on the tracks.
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