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CTA robber busted after buying ski mask with victim’s Amazon account, prosecutors say
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Posted on 08/25/2021 5:15:32 PM PDT by chief lee runamok

A man who committed two robberies aboard CTA trains was arrested after police learned that he used his real name and home address to order a ski mask with one of the victims’ Amazon accounts during July, prosecutors said.

Kywan Lee, 19, was ordered held without bail during a bond court hearing Tuesday.

Around 8:35 p.m. on July 12, Lee sat down next to a man on a Blue Line train near the UIC-Halsted station and said he had a gun, Assistant State’s Attorney Darryl Auguste said.

Lee then ordered the victim to hand over his belongings. After getting the man’s iPhone, AirPods, and wallet, Lee fled at the next station, according to Auguste.

The next evening, Lee and an accomplice robbed a man on the Blue Line at Jackson, Auguste said. Lee allegedly grabbed the victim’s phone while the other robber took the man’s charger and AirPods.

Lee also pulled a gun from his backpack and held it to the victim’s chest before leaving the train, Auguste said.

Meanwhile, the first victim contacted detectives after someone named Kywan Lee tried to use his Amazon account to buy a ski mask, Auguste said. Deciding that the information was a “clue,” investigators included Lee’s mugshot in a photo line-up on July 15. The victim picked him out, Auguste said.

The second victim also allegedly picked Lee from the photo array.

Police arrested Lee this week, and he identified himself in CTA surveillance photos of the robber, Auguste said.

Prosecutors charged him with Class X armed robbery, aggravated robbery indicating the presence of a firearm, aggravated unlawful restraint, unlawful restraint, and aggravated battery of a transit passenger.Lee has no adult felony convictions, but he is on conditional discharge for misdemeanor battery. That case stems from a June 3 incident at the Jefferson Park Blue Line station, according to CPD records.

According to Auguste, he was adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile for aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in Champaign County.

Assistant Public Defender Genevieve O’Toole said Lee is expecting his first child in January, and he’s working on his GED.

Judge Mary Marubio granted a prosecution request to hold Lee without bail. She set an additional $10,000 bail for violation of conditional discharge.


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"Police arrested Lee this week, and he identified himself in CTA surveillance photos of the robber, Auguste said."

"yeah, dat me", lee confessed.

1 posted on 08/25/2021 5:15:32 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: chief lee runamok

Da Yute shoulda been Goetz’d.


2 posted on 08/25/2021 5:18:50 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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Kywan Lee tried to use his Amazon account to buy a ski mask

He was thinking: I'm pretty good at this robbery stuff. I should invest in the tools needed to take my business to the next level.

3 posted on 08/25/2021 5:18:57 PM PDT by PGR88
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4 posted on 08/25/2021 5:20:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: chief lee runamok

“Meanwhile, the first victim contacted detectives after someone named Kywan Lee tried to use his Amazon account to buy a ski mask, Auguste said. Deciding that the information was a “clue,”

Ya think? It’s not like you need Colombo.


5 posted on 08/25/2021 5:23:15 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

The entire article cracked me up, reality meets the babylon bee.


6 posted on 08/25/2021 5:27:00 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict at Large)
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To: chief lee runamok
Lee is expecting his first child in January, and he’s working on his GED.

He might be in jail for a while - no way to start a career ....

7 posted on 08/25/2021 5:33:40 PM PDT by Ken522
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GED...he failed the “leave no trace” section.


8 posted on 08/25/2021 5:43:51 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Getready

....if Biden were a burglar...


9 posted on 08/25/2021 5:47:09 PM PDT by BuckeyeGOP ( )
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To: chief lee runamok
In certain communities in our society, there are those that view robbery, stealing and selling drugs as viable career paths.

They then cry foul when they are held to account.

10 posted on 08/25/2021 6:00:14 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix circa 1984.)
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To: chief lee runamok

And once Lee completed his GED with Honors, he was schedule to begin Medical School at the University of Illinois.


11 posted on 08/25/2021 6:26:09 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: Ken522

Put Lee in a hospital prison. He will be the first man to have a baby AND go to prison in the same year.

The GED? Forget it, he does not need any degree where he is headed.


12 posted on 08/25/2021 7:50:10 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think that I would go into battle with change in my pocket, do ya?)
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“NO ADULT FELONY CONVICTIONS”

Translation:

His Juvie rap sheet can cover your garage walls.


13 posted on 08/26/2021 8:53:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: Ken522

Who wants to bet me he is only “Baby Daddy”...NOT a husband????


14 posted on 08/26/2021 8:54:26 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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