CHICAGO — An nameless tipster who noticed a Chicago police bulletin a couple of latest theft on the Addison Pink Line station helped cops determine the assailant, officers say.
Round 9 p.m. on October 22, a 21-year-old lady was driving a northbound practice when a masked man grabbed her wrist and pulled her onto the platform at Addison, 940 West Addison, in accordance with a police report. The person took the lady’s cellphone and ran from the station.
Detectives determined to launch a surveillance picture of the robber on November 2, hoping the general public would determine him. The transfer paid off.
An nameless caller recognized the robber as Dashion Jones, 37, prosecutors stated. Cops went in search of Jones and lately discovered him within the 200 block of South Sacramento.
In keeping with his arrest report, Jones was carrying the identical backpack because the robber, and the bag contained the identical Los Angeles Dodgers jersey the robber wore.
Decide Ankur Srivastava detained Jones, saying he was convicted of theft final yr and was on pretrial launch for a battery case on the time of the Wrigleyville mugging.
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