15-year-old girl charged with attacking passengers on CTA Red Line train

A 15-year-old girl faces charges in connection with a series of robberies on a CTA Red Line train on May 10.

The girl, whose name was not released because she is a juvenile, was arrested Sunday after being identified as one of the suspects who allegedly robbed and assaulted riders on the Red Line.

Chicago police said they beat and robbed a 29-year-old man who was riding a train in the first block of West 79th Street around 10:40 p.m. Then, shortly after midnight, she attacked a 22-year-old woman near the first block of West 95th Street.

At about 2:20 a.m., the girl attacked and robbed a 21-year-old woman near the first block of West Cermak Road.

Chicago Police Department

The woman, a casino employee who declined to be identified for security reasons, told the Sun-Times she boarded a southbound train at the Cermak-Chinatown station and was on her way home from work when four women struck up a conversation with her that seemed friendly at first, according to the woman and a police report.

“Can I have your sweater?” one of them asked. When she said no, they started hitting her in the face and head.

It happened “out of nowhere,” said the woman, who began to resist, but they attacked her again and took away her black Sony headphones. She jumped off the train at the 47th Street station and they stayed on board.

According to authorities, the victim was taken to St. Bernard Hospital for treatment.

“I just couldn’t believe it,” she said. “I rode the Red Line for years. They seem like little children.”

The girl was charged with three counts each of robbery and aggravated assault.