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.…