Man punches nurse on CTA bus after asking, ‘Did you just cough on me?’: police
Quindrell Yarbrough | Chicago police
CHICAGO - A man on probation for beating a veteran allegedly attacked a nurse earlier this month on a CTA bus after claiming she coughed on him, police say.
Quindrell Yarbrough, 29, was riding a bus in the Loop on April 1 when the nurse who just finished her shift at Northwestern Memorial Hospital coughed into her elbow, according to Cook County prosecutors.
Yarbrough turned and said, “Did you just cough on me?” but the nurse denied that she had, Chicago police said.
Yarbrough then punched the 31-year-old woman in the eye and left the bus about 6:30 p.m. in the first block of South Michigan Avenue, police said.
The nurse declined medical treatment at the scene.
Investigators identified Yarbrough as the suspect and arrested him about 12:45 p.m. Thursday in Bronzeville, police said.
He is charged with a felony count of aggravated battery in a public place and is due to appear in court for a bail hearing Friday, according to police.
Yarbrough was on probation for beating a 75-year-old diabetic veteran unconscious because he thought the man had cut in front of him in line at Walgreen’s, prosecutors said. The man had actually just set down a box of nutritional shakes on the counter while waiting.
In 2018, Yarbrough pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated battery to someone over 60 years old, according to court records.