With a Kick, Woman Refuses to Give Up iPhone on Blue Line
Police issuing safety tips for public transit after recent robbery attempt.
A robbery attempt on the CTA Blue Line was thwarted when a passenger refused to hand over her cell phone, then kicked the would-be thief. The robbery attempt occurred Jan. 20 at the CTA Austin Boulevard Blue Line stop shortly after noon, police said. That's when a male passenger, described by police as 18 or 19 years old, walked up to a passenger and tried to swipe her iPhone from her hands. The victim, a 34-year-old woman, refused to give it up and kicked the man away from her, police said. After being kicked, the man tried stealing the phone again, this time by threatening violence. The passenger refused to give up her phone a second time, even as the offender reached into the front waistband of his pants, pulling out a black object …
