Crime News Metro/State

Man robbed on CTA Red Line train on Near North Side

Someone took the man’s wallet and struck him on the top of the head with a bottle near the Chicago Avenue station, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A man was stabbed during a robbery on a Red Line platform Aug. 28, 2022 in the Loop. — A man was robbed on a CTA Red Line train April 18, 2022 on the Near North Side.

A man was robbed on a CTA Red Line train on the Near North Side early Monday.

Someone took the man’s wallet and struck him on the top of the head with a bottle near the Chicago Avenue station around 3:30 a.m., Chicago police said.

The man, 57, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a laceration to his head, police said. He was listed in good condition.

No one was in custody.

At least five other attacks have been reported on CTA property this month.

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