Police search for suspect who robbed teen on CTA Blue Line

Chicago police on Thursday issued a community alert about a robbery on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train on the Near West Side this past weekend.

In the incident, a 17-year-old boy was on a Blue Line train at the UIC-Halsted stop along the Eisenhower Expressway when two other young men came up, threatened him, and took his property, police said.

One of the robbers was described as a Black male between 17 and 20 years old, standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds. He was last seen wearing black pants and a long-sleeved black shirt…

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