3 sought in knifepoint robbery of woman on CTA Red Line
Chicago police asked for help from the public Tuesday finding three young women who robbed a woman at knifepoint on a CTA Red Line train the day before.
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Chicago police asked for help from the public Tuesday finding three young women who robbed a woman at knifepoint on a CTA Red Line train the day before.
The driver of a Brinks armored truck was shot in Chicago on the Southwest Side Tuesday morning, officials said, during a robbery of the armored vehicle.
A Brinks armored truck is robbed in Brighton Park, and the driver was shot. Victor Jacobo reports.
The first robbery happened on Dec. 13, around 5 a.m., in the 0-100 block of West 69th Street. Days later, an armed robbery occurred on the train in the 0-100 block of West 79th Street on Dec. 15, around 3:30 a.m.
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A man was robbed and stabbed on a CTA Red Line train on Thanksgiving Thursday.
Police said at 11:40 a.m., a 48-year-old man was on the Chicago Transit Authority train along the Dan Ryan Expressway at the 47th Street stop when three people came up to him and tried to rob him.
Three armed robberies were reported between Monday and Tuesday on the city's North Side, according to Chicago police.
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Chicago police said the suspects robbed a 16-year-old boy on the platform on Oct. 9, in the 0-100 block of East 35th Street.
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