Man charged with pushing commuter onto CTA Blue Line tracks earlier this month

CTA Blue Line
James Stamps Photo credit Chicago Police Department

A Joliet man has been charged with pushing a man off a CTA Blue Line platform earlier this month.

James Stamps, 28, faces a count of aggravated battery in the Aug. 5 attack at the Medical District stop on the Near West Side, Chicago police said.

The attack occurred at 7 a.m. as a rider walked along the edge of the platform, police said. Stamps shoved a rider who was passing him and he fell onto the tracks, just missing the electrified third rail. Police released photos of the suspect days later.

As of mid-July, 488 attacks had been reported on the transit system — the most since 2011, when there were 533 during the same period, according to a Chicago Sun-Times analysis.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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