CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 37-year-old Blue Island man has been accused of battering several people in Chicago and Evanston over the last few weeks, Chicago police said Friday.

Derek Rucker has been charged with aggravated battery of a transit employee or passenger, aggravated battery in a public place and aggravated battery of a peace officer in the incidents.

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He was arrested just after 11 a.m. Thursday in the 100-block of East Grand Avenue after hitting a 44-year-old woman in the face, causing her to fall to the ground in the 500-block of North State Street, police said.

He's also charged in connection with other aggravated battery incidents, including on Wednesday in the 4600-block of North Broadway involving a 40-year-old woman; on S

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