A person returning dwelling from a kickboxing class within the Loop was robbed with a knife pressed to his throat aboard a CTA bus, resulting in the arrests of two males who have been stopped by police minutes later with the sufferer’s cellphone and money, prosecutors stated.
Trayshawn Wheeler, 22, and Malik Majali, 20, have been detained on armed theft prices by Decide Deidre Dyer.
The theft occurred round 8:30 p.m. Monday, December 15, after the 26-year-old sufferer boarded a southbound CTA bus at 16 South Michigan Avenue, based on courtroom information. The person sat within the center part of the bus because it headed south by the Loop.
Because the bus reached the 2300 block of South King Drive, Wheeler and Majali stood up from their seats close to the again and approached the person. Wheeler repeatedly demanded the sufferer’s cellphone, then pulled out a knife and pressed it in opposition to the sufferer’s throat, based on a detention submitting. The sufferer eliminated his cellphone from a backpack and handed it over.
Wheeler allegedly demanded the cellphone’s PIN. Prosecutors stated the sufferer offered the code a number of instances and finally entered it into the machine himself.
Wheeler and Majali briefly returned to their seats earlier than Wheeler pulled the rear emergency exit deal with. Because the door opened, Majali walked again towards the sufferer and ordered him to empty his pockets, prosecutors stated. Majali allegedly took the person’s $5 invoice and fled with Wheeler.
After the suspects fled, the sufferer alerted the bus driver and used one other passenger’s cellphone to name 911. Whereas responding officers have been nonetheless en route, police noticed Wheeler and Majali within the space and stopped them. A search of Wheeler allegedly turned up the sufferer’s cellphone, a $5 invoice, and a bladed multitool.
Court docket information present Wheeler is presently on psychological well being probation stemming from a Might 2025 conviction in Oak Park for aggravated battery on public transit and aggravated battery of a peace officer.
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