CHICAGO (CBS) — Two teenagers were charged in connection with the violent robbery of a woman at a CTA Red Line stop in August.
Chicago police said a boy and a girl, both 15, were arrested Tuesday in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue. They were charged with aggravated battery on a transit worker.
Police said they were identified as two of three suspects who approached the 29-year-old victim around 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 31 while on the train at the 47th Street stop in the 200 block of West 47th Street. They then forcibly took the victim’s mobile phone and then beat the victim on the platform.
The boy was also charged as a perpetrator in connection with an aggravated assault of a 28-year-old man an hour later in the 5100 block of South Wentworth Avenue.
Both were taken into custody and charged accordingly, police said.
No additional information was available.
