Pair charged with robbing, beating, cutting man on CTA Red Line train
Shannon Stephens, 23, of Chicago's North Austin neighborhood, and Jamarion Gray, 21, of Hazel Crest, were arrested a block apart shortly after 2 a.m. Friday.
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Shannon Stephens, 23, of Chicago's North Austin neighborhood, and Jamarion Gray, 21, of Hazel Crest, were arrested a block apart shortly after 2 a.m. Friday.
A man who was shot a midday armored truck robbery in downtown Chicago is now facing federal charges.
Chicago police are warning CTA riders about a string of robberies on the Red Line and Blue Line downtown and on the South Side.
The robber was placed into police custody and then taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with gunshot wounds.
Joshua Walder, 24, was arrested on Aug. 26, as a result of a joint investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Chicago Police Department.
Five watches, valued at a total of $170,500, were taken during the incident, prosecutors say.
In each incident, the victims were walking when a white Nissan sedan pulled up and a robber exited the car armed with a rifle, announced a robbery, and took the victims' property, police said.
Chicago police said the robbery happened on Aug. 24, around 7 a.m. at the station at 4000 W. Lake St.
Police said the men approached the victim and wrestled his property away from him after a brief fight.
In each incident, the victims were walking when a white Nissan sedan pulled up and a robber exited the car armed with a rifle.
Police said the offender broke into apartment buildings, damaged a vending and laundry machines, and removed the coins from inside.
A 16-year-old boy is charged with four robberies all in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood.
In each incident, the robbers targeted lone victims on park property, and ripped away the gold chains or necklaces, police said.
Polic say a group of young people walks up to people wearing jewelry around Grant Park, yanks chains straight from the victims, and then takes off.
Chicago police are looking or a group that beat and robbed a man on a CTA Red Line train Saturday morning.
In each incident, one robber enters a store armed with a handgun, which he points at the clerk while demanding money from the cash register, police said.
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Chicago police said two men would approach the passengers, who were waiting for the train, and take cellphones from the victim's hands.
Police said on June 24 and 25, during the 11 a.m. hour, two suspects approached the victims and took their cellphones from their hands as they were waiting for the train to arrive.
They suspects allegedly took the passenger's wallet, money, and hit him in the face while on the escalator at the CTA Red Line-Clybourn Station on July 12.
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