Chicago person of interest in train fire attack has 22 prior arrests, was freed by judge: report

A -year-old man being questioned in Monday s Chicago train attack where a woman was set on fire has a long arrest record and was previously freed by a judge after allegedly assaulting a social worker according to a account The person of interest has prior arrests since and criminal cases in Cook County dating back to including nine felonies that led to guilty pleas though only two resulted in jail time CWB Chicago communicated In August he was charged with aggravated battery after allegedly knocking a female social worker unconscious at a psychiatric hospital according to the outlet Despite prosecutors' request to keep him detained a judge distributed him with electronic monitoring the outlet announced citing court documents He was only permitted to leave his home from a m to p m on weekdays CHICAGO WOMAN SET ON FIRE DURING ARGUMENT ON CTA TRAIN POLICE SAYNeither the man nor the judge was publicly identified as no charges have been filed yet in the train attack The person of interest was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon BLUE CITY CRIME DILEMMA REPEAT OFFENDER STRIKES AGAIN AFTER CHARLOTTE TRAIN MURDERPolice stated a -year-old woman was riding a Chicago Transit Authority train around p m Monday when she got into an argument with a man The altercation turned physical and the suspect poured a liquid on her and set it on fire The suspect fled when the train stopped The woman exited and collapsed on the platform The flames were extinguished before first responders arrived She was hospitalized in critical condition with severe burns No update on her condition was directly available Fox News Digital s Louis Casiano contributed to this account