Prosecutors have unveiled new details about additional criminal charges filed against Lawrence Reed, the man accused of setting a woman on fire aboard a Blue Line train last month while he was on electronic monitoring.
Reed is already facing federal terrorism charges in connection with the November 17 attack that left Bethany MaGee, 26, badly burned on a train at the Clark-Lake station. After those charges were filed, Chicago police approached the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office with previously unpursued allegations from a March 27, 2025, incident in which Reed allegedly targeted two Blue Line passengers in the West Loop.
During a detention hearing this week, prosecutors said a woman and Reed were riding in back-to-back seats when Reed stood up and sat on her lap, moving his hips on her body. The woman pushed him off and moved to different seats with a companion while a male passenger who witnessed the encounter checked on the woman to make sure she was OK…