Suspect steals iPhone from victim on CTA train, Chicago IL


A male suspect stole an iPhone from a victim on a bus and ran away. Police are searching the area near Howard and Ashland while tracking the phone's location.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 11
05:29
Transcript:
Toy, 406. 406. Did anyone make contact with the caller yet? I was just in the area looking for this offender. Adam, give me a punch. Boy got you there. Okay, Timper. Oh, six, boy, boy, got you there. Okay, temper. Oh, six, boy. Boy, go ahead. Yeah, picking the guy's GPI. Is that Ashland and Howard? You could head over that way. Okay, sent for it looks like the phone keeps getting over. Forrest to Sam go. There might be someone in Willie B. White Park, male (name withheld), blue, long-sleeve hoodie, black shorts. All right, Furrow to Sam says he sees the male (name withheld) with blue, long-sleeve, hoodie, and shorts over at Willie B. GPS is above right at Howard from Ashland in time now. All right, GPS is Howard and Ashland? I got, is it a Jersey possibly? 06 over here. Is it a Jersey, O2 Sam, or 06, boy? No, I saw walk northbound into the park. All right, northbound into that park. Double 24. Can you take a ride with 406, please? Yeah, 99. And also, I think P8... In the area here, if you let them know. I'm sorry, you cut out. Who was in the area? 4-06. We have any description from the victim? Male (name withheld), long blue shirt was all. She said, O6 Boy, did anything change? O6 Boy, we're going to go with possibly gray pants and a dark green or blue long suit. Dark blue or green? The guy they were talking about was the blue top, but he's wearing black shorts. Did you have on shorts, boys? Negative spot, gray pants. It was gray pants. Hey, and Mike, he doesn't have a, it's definitely not a blue jersey, right? They're not sure. They want to say dark green or blue, long sleeve, no further description. Otherwise, I'm still hanging live. He's at 1-607 Howard. I think the guy I have it, but he's had a jersey on. 06, Boy, can you have the husband call herself and see if it rings, maybe? Boy, do you have him detained over there? Just eyes on him. We have no one at... matches those exact descriptions that they're describing. We have a couple of possibles, but no, they're knowing about, they don't seem to have any urge to get away from us. We're calling now. Okay, oh too, Sam, did you copy all that? Looks like he's wearing gray pants, and it's a dark blue or dark green long sleeve shirt. 7-4, I'm looking. So the last piece is showing the ground-the-clock liquor store. So that corner is Howard, Ashland. All right, it's picking over at the liquor store, Howard and Ashland, Dublin, 406. Well, maybe somebody went in, dumped it there. 2424.24. I'll go look in the liquor store. 24-0640. Hey, Citywide wants to know if this happened on CTA property. 10.4[1] is fraud. It was inside the train and then he fled to the platform and out of the station. Okay, we'll let him nothing. 7301. Sam's checking as well. 4.0.6. Charles. Can we get the description of the individual one more time, please? Yeah, so it was a male (name withheld), dark, I'm sorry, dark blue or dark green long sleeve shirt and gray pants. 24-06, boy. Boy. I don't know if this was related earlier. It's an iPhone 16 phone max, a earcase, and the phone is page gold ones. Page gold. 06.4 for my other half. Go ahead. If the GPS hasn't moved, can you just recall that phone?
Toy, 406. 406. Did anyone make contact with the caller yet? I was just in the area looking for this offender. Adam, give me a punch. Boy got you there. Okay, Timper. Oh, six, boy, boy, got you there. Okay, temper. Oh, six, boy. Boy, go ahead. Yeah, picking the guy's GPI. Is that Ashland and Howard? You could head over that way. Okay, sent for it looks like the phone keeps getting over. Forrest to Sam go. There might be someone in Willie B. White Park, male (name withheld), blue, long-sleeve hoodie, black shorts. All right, Furrow to Sam says he sees the male (name withheld) with blue, long-sleeve, hoodie, and shorts over at Willie B. GPS is above right at Howard from Ashland in time now. All right, GPS is Howard and Ashland? I got, is it a Jersey possibly? 06 over here. Is it a Jersey, O2 Sam, or 06, boy? No, I saw walk northbound into the park. All right, northbound into that park. Double 24. Can you take a ride with 406, please? Yeah, 99. And also, I think P8... In the area here, if you let them know. I'm sorry, you cut out. Who was in the area? 4-06. We have any description from the victim? Male (name withheld), long blue shirt was all. She said, O6 Boy, did anything change? O6 Boy, we're going to go with possibly gray pants and a dark green or blue long suit. Dark blue or green? The guy they were talking about was the blue top, but he's wearing black shorts. Did you have on shorts, boys? Negative spot, gray pants. It was gray pants. Hey, and Mike, he doesn't have a, it's definitely not a blue jersey, right? They're not sure. They want to say dark green or blue, long sleeve, no further description. Otherwise, I'm still hanging live. He's at 1-607 Howard. I think the guy I have it, but he's had a jersey on. 06, Boy, can you have the husband call herself and see if it rings, maybe? Boy, do you have him detained over there? Just eyes on him. We have no one at... matches those exact descriptions that they're describing. We have a couple of possibles, but no, they're knowing about, they don't seem to have any urge to get away from us. We're calling now. Okay, oh too, Sam, did you copy all that? Looks like he's wearing gray pants, and it's a dark blue or dark green long sleeve shirt. 7-4, I'm looking. So the last piece is showing the ground-the-clock liquor store. So that corner is Howard, Ashland. All right, it's picking over at the liquor store, Howard and Ashland, Dublin, 406. Well, maybe somebody went in, dumped it there. 2424.24. I'll go look in the liquor store. 24-0640. Hey, Citywide wants to know if this happened on CTA property. 10.4[1] is fraud. It was inside the train and then he fled to the platform and out of the station. Okay, we'll let him nothing. 7301. Sam's checking as well. 4.0.6. Charles. Can we get the description of the individual one more time, please? Yeah, so it was a male (name withheld), dark, I'm sorry, dark blue or dark green long sleeve shirt and gray pants. 24-06, boy. Boy. I don't know if this was related earlier. It's an iPhone 16 phone max, a earcase, and the phone is page gold ones. Page gold. 06.4 for my other half. Go ahead. If the GPS hasn't moved, can you just recall that phone?
Police codes explained
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10.4: Acknowledgement/received (context, not a crime code, but present in transcript)
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Location mentioned:
Howard St & Maplewood Ave/Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60645
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