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Violent crime on the decline: CTA records 16 percent year-to-date reduction
Riders of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) have reason to celebrate as recent statistics released by the Chicago Police Department indicate a substantial decrease in transit-related crime.
CHICAGO - A teenage girl has been charged with throwing food at a CTA worker Thursday morning in Englewood.
The 17-year-old got on a bus around 9 a.m. and began arguing with a CTA employee in the 6600 block of South State Street, police said. The argument escalated the girl threw food at the 60-year-old CTA worker.
She was taken into custody minutes later and was charged with aggravated battery of a transit employee.
No further information was immediately available.