A Chicago train conductor was robbed at gunpoint during a downtown stop on Tuesday, and the theft was caught on camera
Police released images of the gunman and a woman turned in her son after recognizing him in photos circulated by local news outlets.
She drove her son, 18-year-old Zion Brown, to the police station later that night.
Brown, an Economics major at Loyola University, was arrested and charged with armed robbery.
His lawyer claimed he committed the crime because he was hungry and needed a snack before class, but a judge didn’t buy the excuse and denied the teen bail.
Loyola University Chicago student Zion Brown, 18, was charged with armed robbery for allegedly pulling out a black semi-automatic handgun Tuesday aboard a Metra Electric Line train and stealing the conductor’s petty cash.
He fled on foot and remained on the lam until later that night, when his mom recognized him through news coverage and drove him to the Calumet City police department to surrender, court heard last week.
During a bond court appearance, Brown’s defense attorney told Judge Maryam Ahmad that the teen committed the crime because he was hungry and needed to eat before class.
But the excuse elicited little sympathy from the judge, who quipped that she too was once a hungry student but never resorted to violence to finance snacks, CWB Chicago reported.
Brown was denied bail.
The Metra Police Department released the surveillance image after the train conductor in Chicago was robbed at gunpoint last Tuesday.
The image above shows the conductor standing with his hands raised above his head as the gunman tucks his weapon into the waistband of his pants.
Source: Daily Mail Online
