COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A suburban man groped two women on the Red Line in the South Loop this weekend, prosecutors said Monday.
Mario Robinson, 34, of west suburban Cicero, is charged with criminal sexual abuse, attempted criminal sexual abuse and battery.
The first attack happened about 9 a.m. Saturday when a woman exited the Red Line "L" train near Roosevelt and State, and got into a nearby elevator, court records show. She was carrying a suitcase.
Robinson followed the woman and began talking about how nice her hair was, Assistant State's Attorney Lesley Gool said during a bond hearing Monday. Robinson then allegedly grabbed the woman's butt and groped her genitals.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, the woman ran off and called 911, prosecutors said.
While the victim placed her call, Robinson allegedly grabbed another woman's butt and tried to grope her as well, Gool said. The woman pushed Robinson away, and Robinson left the Roosevelt Red Line station and headed west.
Both attacks were captured on CTA surveillance footage.
Police arrested Robinson about 9:20 a.m. after they found him at a nearby Walgreens and both victims identified Robinson as their attacker, according to an arrest report.
Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. on Monday ordered Robinson held in lieu of $350,000 bail.
Robinson has prior convictions for aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, aggravated battery to a government employee, burglary, possession of a controlled substance, attempted robbery and robbery.
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