Woman punched and robbed at Loop CTA station, person in custody

CTA train window

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A woman was punched and robbed Wednesday night at a CTA Green Line station in the Loop.

The woman, 31, fell to the ground after being attacked at about 8:15 p.m. in the 200 block of South Wabash Avenue, Chicago police said.

The attacker, described only as a male juvenile, took her cellphone and ran off, but he was taken into custody in the 400 block of South Plymouth Court, police said.

The woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition, police said.

Charges were pending.

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