CHICAGO - Chicago police said a 23-year-old man has been charged in connection with an attack on a CTA employee earlier this week.

What we know:

Amir Cordova was arrested Thursday morning in the 400 block of South Halsted Street and identified as the person who battered a 70-year-old male transit worker on Grand Blue Line platform, police said.

Cordova faces three felony counts of aggravated battery — including against a victim over 60 and a transit employee — as well as a misdemeanor theft charge.

Cordova is scheduled to appear at a detention hearing Friday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

The Source: The information in this story came from the Chicago Police Department. Fulton River District Chicago Transit Authority Crime and Public Safety News

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