Woman charged in Red Line attack that broke passenger's ribs
Chicago police say she was identified as the woman who allegedly beat a 47-year-old woman near the Clark and Division stop on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
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Chicago police say she was identified as the woman who allegedly beat a 47-year-old woman near the Clark and Division stop on Tuesday, Sept. 22.
Chicago police arrested 36-year-old Carisma Russell on Thursday. They say she's the woman who battered another woman, leaving her with broken ribs on a CTA train.
Chicago police released for of a person who is wanted in a battery on a CTA Red Line train on Chicago's Near North Side.
Chicago police said the suspect pushed a woman to the ground on a CTA train in the 1200 block of North Clark Street on Sept. 22 around 10:40 p.m.
The incident happened on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 25, near the Granville stop. Chicago police said the suspect approached another rider, maced and then punched him in the face while making antisemitic remarks.
Naperville Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
Police said in both incidents, the suspect made unwanted physical contact with the victims. Neither of the victims suffered injuries.
Chicago police released photos of a man wanted in a battery that took place on a CTA Blue Line train in West Garfield Park last month.
CPD says the suspect approached the victim on the platform and injured the victim unprovoked before fleeing.
A Park Ridge daycare worker has been arrested and charged for striking a child, police said.
Police said the victim suffered cuts to his neck and the left side of his body and was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition.
Police are searching for two people wanted in connection with a battery in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood.
Police said the man committed a simple battery against a passenger while entering a train.
Chicago police said the suspect spat on two people and then spat at a third before battering them on April 15.
Police did not say what led to the incident or provide the victim's condition.
A recent battery at a CTA Red Line stop in downtown Chicago has prompted a police warning.
Authorities said an unknown suspect shot a 15-year-old in the head, and a 14-year-old was beaten in West Park on Wheeler Avenue just before 11 p.m. on Saturday night.
Police said the suspect allegedly punched the victim in the face, causing him to fall and lose consciousness.
A west suburban daycare worker is accused of giving laxatives to toddlers and telling the children it was candy.
Gurnee police said the woman hit two people with a car before attacking a third victim in what they call "random acts of violence."
Police said the victim was shot by the suspect on Sept. 7 in the 12400 block of South Stewart Avenue.
Both women were grabbed by a man a day apart along the riverwalk on the city's Near North Side, according to Chicago police.
Shortly after 1 a.m. on May 22, 2023, a 62-year-old man was riding his bicycle on the sidewalk in the 2200 block of South State Street when he was attacked.
From his hospital room at Mt. Sinai Hospital, Gilkey talked about his recovery and his fear of getting back on the CTA again.
A woman has been charged with attacking four people at a CTA bus stop in the Lawndale neighborhood, including a woman she allegedly slashed with a broken beer bottle after threatening that woman's mother.
