A teenage boy has been charged with beating and robbing a 61-year-old man and a passerby who tried to assist him Sunday at a Red Line station within the Loop.
The 14-year-old is charged with one felony rely every of theft, aggravated battery to a sufferer over 60 years outdated, aggravated battery inflicting nice bodily hurt and aggravated battery to a peace officer, based on a press release from Chicago police.
The man instructed investigators he was driving a northbound Red Line prepare about 11:40 p.m. on Dec. 30 when a gaggle of six to 10 women and men, presumably youngsters, began harassing him, police stated. He bought off the prepare on the Lake station, 200 N. State St., and the group adopted him.
Two males shoved the person into a number of females after which all of the suspects began to punch him within the face and physique, police stated. When a 21-year-old man close by noticed the assault and tried to assist the older man, the group additionally began to assault him.
They then took a bag from the older man and a cellphone from the youthful man earlier than working away from the platform, police stated. Both males have been taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the place they have been handled for facial abrasions and listed in good situation.
The 14-year-old was arrested about 5:40 p.m. on New Year’s Eve within the first block of East Chicago Avenue, police stated. No different arrests have been made within the case.
CTA officers pulled video from safety cameras and a police know-how heart will “expedite processing of digital evidence” within the case, based on a tweet from Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
Area Central detectives are investigating.
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