More details on the suspect who doused a woman in gasoline and lit her on fire on a Chicago train have emerged, revealing that he had been arrested at least 72 times over the past 32 years.
During a court hearing on Friday, a prosecutor told the judge that Lawrence Reed, 50, had been arrested 72 times, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
The Gateway Pundit reported on the incident, as preliminary evidence showed he had only been arrested 49 times in the past. Reed now faces federal terrorism charges for the horrifying crime.
He was even released back into the streets following his last arrest in August after a Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney warned Cook County Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez that Reed had a lengthy criminal history and that his next crime would “likely be violent.”
But Molina-Gonzalez told the prosecutor, “I can’t keep everybody in jail because the State’s Attorney wants me to.”
Fox’s Mike Tobin reported on Friday that “Reed will be once again before the judge today, this time to determine if he will be held behind bars before he goes to trial.”
“On Monday, he was out walking the streets, despite a pending case for allegedly knocking a woman out— able to ride the L train, where a woman was set on fire,” Tobin said.
“The criminal complaint against Reed says he went to a gas station, filled a plastic bottle with gasoline… 20 minutes later, he was on the Blue Line train, dumped the gasoline on the woman’s head. She ran, but he chased her down with the flaming remnants of the bottle and set her on fire.”
In a statement, the family of Reed’s victim said,
We would like to thank everyone for their prayers and well-wishes as our daughter receives care for injuries sustained earlier this week. We are also grateful for the excellent care and support of the burn team at Stroger Hospital.
We will not be providing updates at this time, and ask for her – and our – privacy as we focus our attention on her and her recovery. Thank you.
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As The Gateway Pundit reported, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responded to the horrific incident earlier this week, calling it an “isolated incident.”
“I don’t see this as some sort of trend,” Johnson said.
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