Two females were violently attacked by two males, one with a knife, during an attempted robbery early Monday morning while riding the CTA Red Line train, police say. In the 100 block of State St. near the State and Monroe CTA Red Line station at approximately 2:15 a.m., two female victims were riding the train … Read more
Three people were arrested after beating and robbing two men at the CTA Belmont Red Line station early Wednesday — the third night of violence near the Lakeview train station. They pushed a 46-year-old man to the ground and beat him under the platform in the 900 block of West Belmont around 4:30 a.m., Chicago police … Read more
A man was robbed at a CTA Red Line station Wednesday morning — the fourth CTA related attack in less than a week. The man, 25, was on the elevator at the station in the 1100 block of South State Street about 12:40 a.m. when four males took his backpack at knife point and punched … Read more
A recent spate of violent attacks on CTA property have left riders feeling uneasy, and two victims of those incidents are sharing their stories . Will Clinger, a TV host, says he was on a CTA Red Line train near the Addison stop when a woman stole his phone right out of his hands. “My … Read more