Overview
- Dajon Harris, 23, of Evergreen Park, is charged in a federal criminal complaint with robbery tied to Wednesday’s incident near State and Madison in the Loop.
- Prosecutors say he tried to seize cash bags from a Brinks driver outside a store, punched the driver, and took a bag containing about $6,484.
- The driver fired during the struggle, and officers encountered Harris minutes later in the Washington Blue Line station, where they recovered the stolen money.
- Harris was taken into custody at the station and transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for treatment, and he remains presumed innocent.
- The case falls within the Project Safe Neighborhoods enforcement zone with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, and Chicago Police coordinating, and the charge carries a maximum 20-year sentence.