Chicago police issue alert about man who groped woman on Loop CTA platform
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert after a man groped a woman on a CTA Red Line subway platform downtown.
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Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert after a man groped a woman on a CTA Red Line subway platform downtown.
Police said at 9:04 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, the man approached a 25-year-old woman and grabbed her buttocks on a Chicago Transit Authority platform in the 100 block of North State Street — the address of the Lake Red Line stop.
Chicago police this past weekend issued a warning about a man who grabbed a woman at a CTA Blue Line station in Wicker Park.
Chicago police this past weekend issued a warning about a man who grabbed a woman at a CTA Blue Line station in Wicker Park.
CPD said an unknown man approached each victim from behind, wrapped his arms around them and then grabbed their private areas over their clothes.
The incidents happened between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday in the Avondale neighborhood.
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