Editorial: Blue Line horror brings a day of reckoning for the SAFE-T Act and hapless electronic monitoring in Cook County

A young woman set ablaze on the Blue Line wouldn’t have been attacked if the Cook County chief judge’s electronic monitoring ...
Hoodline

CTA Blue Line Fire Horror: Prosecutor Flagged Risk Before Judge Cut Suspect Loose

Transcripts show prosecutors warned before his release. Reed now faces federal terrorism charges in the Blue Line attack.

Man accused of setting woman on fire on CTA Blue Line had just been released after aggravated battery charge

A judge ordered the man charged with setting a woman on fire​ on the CTA Blue Line to be held in custody while he awaits ...

Person in custody after woman set on fire on CTA Blue Line train in Chicago's Loop

A person was in custody Tuesday after a woman was set on fire while riding a CTA Blue Line in Chicago's Loop the night before ...

Person of interest in custody after woman set on fire during argument on CTA Blue Line train in Loop: CPD

A 26-year-old woman was set on fire during a fight on a CTA Blue Line train, and a person of interest is in custody in ...

CTA Blue Line fire attack suspect charged with terrorism to remain in custody, judge rules

The man accused of dousing a woman in gasoline and setting her on fire on a CTA train will stay behind bars. U.S. Magistrate ...

Who is Lawrence Reed? Man accused of setting woman ablaze on Chicago train facing federal terrorism charge

Lawrence Reed, of Chicago, accused of setting a woman on fire on a CTA Blue Line train, has a long criminal record, with 49 arrests – including 10 felony cases.
Chicago Tribune

Man speaks out at hearing over fatal CTA stabbing: ‘I didn’t want to kill him’

A Cook County judge on Tuesday ordered pretrial detention for a 66-year-old man from Broadview accused of fatally stabbing a fellow CTA Blue Line train passenger who asked to share his cigarette. In ...