A 44-year-old man has been charged with randomly attacking a woman outside the Chicago Board of Trade building, making him the latest defendant linked to a growing number of so-called “Loop Puncher” incidents in the downtown area.
Thomas Knighten is accused of hurling a bottle at a 23-year-old Lakeview woman outside the building in the 100 block of West Jackson Boulevard on February 6. The woman ducked, and the bottle instead struck a window of the historic Board of Trade building, shattering it and causing an estimated $12,800 in damage, according to prosecutors.
Knighten then allegedly grabbed a 54-year-old Lynwood woman by her backpack, threw her to the ground, and punched her repeatedly before fleeing the scene…