Oh no! Another story of escalation, in Chicago this time. I’m glad to hear a bystander helped out and that the man was caught!
“When a Bridgeport woman riding the “L” refused to give a man her phone number Monday, he followed her to another train car before putting her in a headlock and trying to steal her phone, prosecutors and witnesses said…
A witness who asked not to be named said he saw the attack unfold while sitting in his auto at a stoplight at Roosevelt and Wabash. He drove after Rosson, who ducked into a nearby restaurant on State Street. Several other bystanders were chasing Rosson on foot, the witness said.
Police arrested Rosson in the restaurant a few minutes later, court records show, and both the victim and several witnesses positively identified him as the attacker.
Rosson, who lives in the 2300 block of Spruce Road in south suburban Homewood, was charged with battery and attempted robbery.”