Police search for suspect in CTA Red Line battery
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CHICAGO - Chicago police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of battering a woman on a CTA Red Line train last month on the Near North Side.
The backstory:
The incident happened around 4:40 p.m. on March 25 on a CTA train near the Chicago Red Line station, when the man allegedly approached a female passenger, made inappropriate physical contact and then followed her off the train.
Police described the suspect as a Hispanic man between about 5-foot-11 and 6-foot-2, weighing 190 to 210 pounds, with a thin goatee. He was last seen wearing a dark baseball cap, tan hoodie, black puffy jacket, black pants and black shoes.
What you can do:
Authorities are urging anyone with information to contact detectives at (312) 745-4447 or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com using reference RD#JK-194085.
The Source: The information in this report came from the Chicago Police Department.