Man Arrested for Robbing Woman on CTA Recognized by Chicago Police Officer
A man charged with robbing a woman on the CTA is so familiar with Chicago cops that one of them recognized him on video of the crime and still had his phone number, making it easy to reach out and arrange for his surrender.
Zander Glass, 21, is on probation for one CTA-related felony, on pretrial release for another CTA-related felony, and is now detained as a safety risk for yet another transit crime.
A 28-year-old woman told police that two people confronted her on the Orange Line at Pulaski and ripped her pouch purse from around her neck on October 30, according to a CPD report.
An officer recognized Glass in surveillance footage and contacted him, asking him to come to the Central (1st) District station in the South Loop. Glass was arrested when he voluntarily walked into the station around 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Last September, Glass made headlines when prosecutors accused him of breaking more than 40 windows on CTA train cars in July and August 2023. He pleaded guilty on April 30 to one count of felony criminal damage in exchange for 30 months of probation.
However, just six weeks later, he was arrested again at the Roosevelt CTA station for allegedly throwing a glass bottle, hitting a transit security officer in the forehead. Despite being on probation at the time, he was released from custody to await trial on a charge of aggravated battery of a transit employee.
Unlike his previous cases, Glass was ordered detained pending trial for the robbery incident by Judge Antara Rivera.
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