Crime & Safety
Harvey Teen Tries to Take Free Ride on Train, Gets Arrested: Cops
The Harvey teen wouldn't pay for a train ticket, according to the cops, so he got a free ride to the police station.
A Harvey teen tried riding a Metra train out of Joliet for free but did not get very far.
Isiah Carter, 18, was arrested and taken off the train at the first stop in New Lenox.
A New Lenox officer was sent to the Metra station about 12:30 p.m. Sunday in reference to an “unruly passenger,” police said.
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“Officers learned that Carter had boarded the train in Joliet and refused to pay the fare,” police said. “Metra PD requested that Carter be removed and held until they arrived.”
Carter was charged with theft of services. He was released after he posted bond.
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