CHICAGO (CBS) — A 12-year-old and four teenagers were arrested and charged Tuesday in a number of crimes reported on the Chicago Transit Authority system.
Three of the defendants turned themselves in to police Monday night. Pastor Corey Brooks saw the photo of the alleged offenders for whom police were looking, and recognized all of them.
Brooks connected with three of their parents and brought them in to police. Now he says, the real work begins.
“As soon as I saw the picture, my heart sank,” Brooks said. “I was hurt.”
The picture in question showed two rows of surveillance images released by Chicago police of suspects in what they called a dangerous armed robbery. It happened around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at the 47th Street Green Line station, on 47th Street between Prairie and Calumet avenues in Bronzeville.
“I know all the kids in the pictures,” Brooks said.
Brooks leads New Beginnings Church and the community activist group Project Hood. He said the kids accused in the robbery have been involved in their programming.