A person a choose mentioned “preyed on random victims on CTA trains” within the Loop and dedicated “extraordinarily harmful robberies” has been handed a four-year jail sentence.
Breon Edwards, 21, pleaded responsible to 2 counts of theft and obtained concurrent four-year phrases from Decide Shelly Sutker-Dermer. With credit score for good conduct, he’s anticipated to serve about two years in state custody, with an anticipated parole date of February 26, 2027.
Prosecutors mentioned Edwards and a bunch of accomplices carried out two robberies simply hours aside on September 16, 2024. Round 3:30 a.m., they allegedly focused a 21-year-old man on the State-Lake platform. Then, at about 6 a.m., they robbed a 22-year-old man aboard a prepare close to the Jackson station. Police mentioned one confederate kicked and punched the primary sufferer, whereas one other strangled the second, who required hospitalization.
A 14-year-old boy was additionally charged in reference to these robberies, in response to Chicago police.
Officers later noticed Edwards driving with out signaling. After they tried to drag him over, he allegedly sped off, crashed right into a parked automobile, and tore by a Gage Park soccer subject earlier than his Volkswagen Jetta broke down. Edwards then ran throughout six lanes of Western Avenue visitors earlier than officers caught him, in response to his arrest report.
A CPD supervisor mentioned Edwards was suspected of involvement in one other Crimson Line theft close to Argyle on November 27, 2024, although he was by no means charged in that case.
On the time of the CTA robberies, Edwards was on probation for 2 earlier housebreaking convictions. Decide Sutker-Dermer terminated that probation “unsatisfactorily” at sentencing.
