Police search for man who robbed CTA Blue Line passenger
The man robbed a passenger at knifepoint at the Montrose station along the Kennedy Expressway.
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The man robbed a passenger at knifepoint at the Montrose station along the Kennedy Expressway.
Police said a man is walking up to passengers on the train and taking their belongings at gunpoint.
The robberies happened during the months of October and November.
The suspect produced a knife and stabbed the victim in the right side of the chest before fleeing, police say.
A 16-year-old boy is charged with robbing a man on the CTA Blue Line train last month.
Police said the offender took the victim's wallet and got off the train at Jackson Boulevard.
Mass Transit detectives is asking the public's help in identifying a man who robbed a woman on the Racine CTA Blue Line stop Friday.
A man is in custody after jumping through a CTA Blue Line window Friday night.
The incident occurred on July 1 at approximately 4:30 a.m. at 550 W. Pulaski Road.
Police confirmed Friday morning, a 25-year-old man was taken into custody and charges are pending.
The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in an unknown condition. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Witnesses said the man came upstairs and rushed to the Chase Tower with a trail of blood behind him. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Police have said Cook stabbed Parsons multiple times on a Blue Line train near the Clinton Street stop.
Mass Transit detectives are asking the public's help in identifying a man who robbed a woman on the CTA Blue Line platform in the Loop Sunday.
Three people were injured in separate knife attacks on CTA platforms and trains in less than 24 hours.
Several people posted videos of the chaos at the Logan Square stop to social media.
Police on Tuesday were asking for help in identifying two suspects in the violent robbery of a woman on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train on the city's West Side in the middle of the afternoon.
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The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) said Blue Line trains were halted at the Cumberland stop for a period of time Tuesday because of a medical emergency on the tracks.
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Blue Line service was partially shut down between the Damen and Jefferson Park stops Wednesday afternoon after an unauthorized person got onto the tracks at Logan Square.
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CTA Blue Line service was halted between Damen and Racine Sunday evening after police said a man jumped in front of a train at the Clark/Lake station downtown.
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