Oak Park police arrested a Chicago man suspected of robbing an Oak Park woman on the ramp to a CTA Blue Line station in the village.
Police arrested the 32-year-old shortly after 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 on charges of robbery and aggravated battery. The man is now in Cook County custody, according to county records.
The man allegedly shoved the woman into a wall as she walked up an exit ramp at the train station, before stealing the woman’s Bluetooth headphones and glasses and fleeing on an eastbound train. The incident occurred at 8:40 a.m. Monday, Feb. 23, according to police.
The total value of the stolen items was estimated at $500, according to police.
Green Line robbery
Oak Park police are also investigating a violent robbery reported on the Metra train in Oak Park last week.
The victim, a Chicago woman exited the westbound train at the Oak Park stop in the 1100 block of South Boulevard when she noticed that a jumpsuit and a pair of gym shoes had been removed from her bag. The only other people on the train cart were a man and a woman in their 50s or 60s who’d also exited the train at the Oak Park stop, according to police.
The victim confronted the couple about the items. Then the man pulled her back onto the train car and punched her in the head with a closed fist, according to police.
The woman reportedly tried to give the victim back the stolen items before the man stopped her from doing so, according to police. The suspects then fled southbound on Harlem Avenue, according to police.
These items were obtained from Oak Park’s Police Department reports dated Feb. 23– March 2 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed a description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest. 
   
   
