April 08--Police released images Wednesday morning of a group of teens accused of snatching cellphones on trains on the CTA Green Line.
According to a community alert, the victims were seated near the doors as the train approached the Lake and Pulaski station. When the doors opened, someone grabbed the victims' phones from their hands and fled out the doors, police said.
The incident happened twice on April 2, at 8:50 a.m. and 7:45 p.m., police said.
At least two teens who were involved are described as black and 14 to 16 years old. They are between 5 feet 1 inch to 3 inches tall and weigh 100 to 130 pounds. A third teen is to believed to be about 18 years old and was wearing all black during the time of the robberies.
Anyone with information about the incidents should contact Area North detectives at 312-744-8263.
