CTA crime: Duo with rap sheets charged in robbery of 16-year-old rider

The Brief

  • Two men are charged with robbing a 16-year-old on a CTA Red Line train near the Garfield station last week.
  • Police arrested the suspects about 10 minutes later on the South Side.
  • One of the men has a prior arrest tied to a violent armed robbery on the Red Line last year.

CHICAGO Two men were charged with robbing a 16-year-old who was riding a CTA Red Line train last week on Chicago’s South Side.

What we know:

Shannon Stephens, 23, and Markell Harper, 20, allegedly took property from the teen by force on Feb. 19 while riding a train near the Garfield station.

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