CTA bus robbery: Knife held to kickboxing student’s throat in Loop

A man returning home from a kickboxing class in the Loop was robbed with a knife pressed to his throat aboard a CTA bus, leading to the arrests of two men who were stopped by police minutes later with the victim’s phone and cash, prosecutors said.

Trayshawn Wheeler, 22, and Malik Majali, 20, were detained on armed robbery charges by Judge Deidre Dyer.

The robbery occurred around 8:30 p.m. Monday, December 15, after the 26-year-old victim boarded a southbound CTA bus at 16 South Michigan Avenue, according to court records. The man sat in the middle section of the bus as it headed south through the Loop…

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