A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for robbing people on the Red Line while armed with large kitchen knives he had just stolen from a downtown Target store.
Charles Lawson, 29, pleaded guilty to armed robbery in connection with the December 2022 holdups. Prosecutors said Lawson stole chef’s knives from Target at 1 South State Street before heading to the Red Line around 10:45 a.m. After sitting next to another passenger, Lawson pulled out two knives, one in each hand, and began carving on a plexiglass divider.
Then Lawson allegedly raised the knives behind two women and asked, “Do you want to die today?”…