Crime & Safety
Des Plaines Man Charged With Attack on CTA Employee
The 26-year old is accused of the Sunday night attack on the female train operator in Chicago.
A Des Plaines man has been identified as the person who attacked a female Chicago Transit Authority train operator Sunday night in Chicago.
The Chicago Police Department announced charges of one felony count of aggravated battery on a transit employee Monday night against Braulio Portes, 26, of the 10000 block of Holly Lane.
Portes is accused of attacking the woman around 7:35 p.m. Sunday night in the 100 block of W. Lake Street by jumping through the window of the operator’s cabin and punching and kicking her.
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Portes was detained by train patrons and taken into custody when officers arrived.
The victim was taken to Northwestern Hospital, where she is listed in stable condition.
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