Chicago man charged after deputies recover stolen gun on Red Line train, sheriff says

The Brief

  • Cook County sheriff’s deputies said they recovered a stolen gun from a Chicago man on a CTA Red Line train.
  • Maurice Timberlake was charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.
  • The firearm had been reported stolen in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2016.

CHICAGO A Chicago man is facing a felony weapons charge after authorities said they found him carrying a stolen gun on a CTA train last week.

The backstory:

According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were conducting a routine premises check around 11 p.m. May 11 at the Garfield Boulevard Red Line station when they saw a man vaping on a train, which violates CTA rules.

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