A 17-year-old male has been slapped with three felony charges after a series of robberies on the Chicago Transit Authority trains, law enforcement officials disclosed on Wednesday. The young man, whose identity is withheld due to his minor status, is accused of two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon, following his arrest by the Mass Transit Unit.
According to a report by the Chicago Police Department, the juvenile was nabbed on Tuesday in the 1100 block of S. Hamilton and is allegedly connected to a November 25, 2023, incident where he indicated possession of a weapon and proceeded to rob a 27-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman on a CTA train near S. Western Avenue. He also faces charges for a similar offense that occurred the following day involving the robbery of a 19-year-old male on a train in the 500 block of N. Milwaukee Avenue.
The pattern of back-to-back incidents suggests a brazen string of crimes that the authorities were keen on halting. "The offender was placed into custody and charged accordingly," the police statement noted, marking a breakthrough in a case that unsettled CTA commuters following the Thanksgiving holiday stretch.
No additional information regarding the case or the juvenile's custody status has been made available.
