A man who spent much of his adult life in prison for murder and arson is back in custody after prosecutors said he set another fire—this time while smoking crack cocaine on a CTA bus in Humboldt Park.
Earl D. Ellington, 55, is charged with aggravated arson and criminal damage to government property after he allegedly lit a fire on a #82 Kimball-Homan bus near North Avenue and Homan Avenue last month. Nine passengers were on board, but no one was injured, authorities said.
In a detention petition, prosecutors said Ellington was smoking crack in the rear of the bus when he started a fire and ran away…