Robbers Target Victims Near Rogers Park CTA Stations
Police were warning CTA riders after three people were beaten and robbed as they left Red Line stations in Rogers Park.
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Police were warning CTA riders after three people were beaten and robbed as they left Red Line stations in Rogers Park.
In each robbery, the victim was walking from either the Morse or Loyola Red Line stations when they were approached by multiple people who hit them and took their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police. The robbers took money, wallets, a back pack, work uniforms and a cell phone.
Police say he made his way into businesses at a Rogers Park commercial building last week.
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