Robbery Suspect Runs Along El Tracks, Eisenhower to Avoid Capture
Jessie Jackson, 33, is charged with robbing a woman of her iPhone at the Harlem Avenue Blue Line CTA stop.
A 33-year-old Chicago man was charged with robbery Jan. 8 after attempting to elude police by running on the CTA tracks and part of the median on the Eisenhower Expressway, police said. Are you a fan of true crime? Like the Crime-n-Shame Facebook page for tales of mischief and woe from all over the Chicago area. Police were dispatched to a robbery call that occurred at the CTA Blue Line stop at Harlem Avenue. The victim told police she and her mother-in-law boarded an oubound Blue Line train at Washington Boulevard and planned to ride to the end of the line at Des Plaines Avenue. As the train traveled west along the line, a witness told police that a man, later identified as Jessie Jackson, entered the car. As the train pulled into the …
