A 36-year-old man accused of beating and robbing a Red Line passenger with a metal meat tenderizer has been ordered detained. Prosecutors say he assaulted the commuter while already on pretrial release for two other cases.
They said the attack began around 7:20 a.m. on September 19 as a 31-year-old Edgewater man rode a train toward work. According to the state’s detention petition, Jack Gray approached the unsuspecting rider near the 69th Street station, demanded his property, and threatened him with the metal tenderizer.
Officials said Gray then beat the man in the face and body with the tenderizing mallet, punched him, and kneed him repeatedly, shattering his eyeglasses in the process. After the victim was softened up, Gray allegedly grabbed a bag containing his schoolwork, an iPhone, and AirPods…