CHICAGO – Two Cook County men were arrested Sunday after allegedly assaulting and robbing a man on a CTA train.
Claude Elder, 44, of Chicago, faces one felony count of aggravated robbery, indicating that he was armed with a firearm and one felony count of aggravated battery to a transit employee. Christopher Owens, 19, of Lansing, faces the same charges.
The charges stem from an incident around 8 a.m. Sunday when the two men allegedly beat and stole belongings from a 20-year-old man aboard a train in the 0-100 block of West Cermak.…