Juvenile charged with possession of weapon, narcotics at CTA Red Line station
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 14-year-old boy is charged with carrying a weapon on CTA property Thursday evening.
Police said around 6:43 p.m., officers were conducting a platform check at the 63rd Street Red Line station, when they observed the teen crossing between train cars through a prohibited access point.
Officers approached the offender for further investigation and recovered a weapon and narcotics.
The teen was placed into custody and charged with one felony count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and one misdemeanor count of possession of cannabis. A citation was also issued to the teen for unsafely crossing between rail cars.
No additional information is available at this time.
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