A Cook County judge has detained a man after determining that he is “not a good candidate” for electronic monitoring because he “tried to set an entire train car on fire.” Quentin Williams, 38, is accused of setting multiple fires aboard a CTA Blue Line train in the Loop and threatening passengers with a box cutter, according to court records.
CPD officers responded to the Jackson Blue Line platform at 5:48 a.m. on March 24 after receiving a report that someone was threatening people with a knife. A CTA employee identified Williams as the offender, but no victims or additional witnesses remained on scene when officers arrived. Police detained him on a nearby stairwell.
Prosecutors said Williams has a prior felony conviction for stabbing a random person in the leg with a box cutter on a CTA train…