Cell Phone Snatched From Commuter At Flossmoor Metra Station

FLOSSMOOR, IL - A commuter waiting for a train at the Flossmoor Metra station just before 6 a.m. Wednesday was robbed of a cell phone. While on the platform, a man grabbed the phone from the commuter and fled on foot on Sterling Avenue according to a Flossmoor police E-Cop report.

Witnesses described the suspect as an African-American man in his mid-teens who was wearing a red hooded Nike sweatshirt and black sweatpants at the time of the theft. Police said there was "no inference" of a weapon during the incident.

Metra police are leading the investigation and are trying to get video footage of the incident.

Anyone with additional information about the incident should contact Metra Police at 312-322-6513.

Patch file photo / Tim Moran