COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — The man accused of fatally stabbing 25-year-old Jessica Hampton on the Red Line last week has a long history of mental illness, his attorney said Wednesday.
Arthur Jones, 29, was previously diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and "has suffered for a long time with mental illness," Assistant Public Defender Julie Koehler said during a bond hearing Wednesday.
According to Koehler, Jones has been institutionalized 10 times and was living in a nursing home when authorities said he murdered his former girlfriend on a CTA train about 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
In court Wednesday, Koehler requested "a reasonable bond" so that Jones could continue to seek treatment.
Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr., though, rejected that request.
"There's been no legal finding that he is mentally ill or has a mental defect," he said Wednesday. "Mr. Jones, you pose a threat to everyone. No bail."
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According to prosecutors, Jones and Hampton, who had previously dated, began arguing on a southbound Red Line train about 12:30 p.m. Thursday. The pair moved through several cars, before eventually sitting down, facing one another.
Jones lit a cigarette and asked, "Are you going to have my baby?” Assistant State's Attorney April Gonzales said in court Wednesday.
Hampton shook her head “no,” according to prosecutors.
In response, Jones stood and began to stab Hampton multiple times, prosecutors said. When she fell, he dragged her and then slit her throat several times, Gonzales said.
The attack was caught on tape, and two witnesses were able to identify Jones as the attacker, prosecutors said.
Police arrested Jones at the 47th Street Red Line station after multiple 911 calls came in reporting the stabbing, Gonzales said. When officers asked Jones where the knife was, he told them he had tossed it, court records show.
Police took Jones to a nearby hospital, where he received stitches in his arm. While there, Jones pushed one police officer and tried to take another officer's gun, court records show.
Jones, of the 5300 block of South Carpenter Street, is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated battery to a police officer and trying to disarm an officer.
Jones' case was initially presented in bond court Saturday, where Judge Laura Sullivan called Jones "a real, present threat."
Since Jones was still in the hospital and unable to attend, the case was presented before Bourgeois Wednesday.
Jones wore a beige Cook County Jail jumpsuit.
According to court records, he has a history of violent and CTA-related crimes.
Jones was convicted of battery in 2006 and sentenced to 1½ years of anger management classes, according to court records. When he failed to complete the classes, he was later sentenced to community service and time in Cook County Jail.
From 2011 to 2013, Jones racked up four convictions for CTA-related crimes, including selling contraband on CTA property and engaging in unsafe conduct on the CTA. In all, he was sentenced to four days in county jail.
In 2015, Jones was charged with having weapons and a sound-emitting device on the CTA, but those charges were dropped when the complaining witness failed to appear in court.
He was charged in 2014 with selling contraband and engaging in disorderly conduct on the CTA; those charges also were dropped, records show.
Jones has served time in the county jail for 2014 retail theft and trespassing convictions, a 2013 resisting arrest conviction and a 2005 trespassing conviction, according to court records.
He was found guilty of illegally distributing cigarettes in 2008 and 2006, and was sentenced to court supervision.
In March 2008, Jones was convicted of felony residential burglary, records show. He was sentenced to two years probation, which was revoked in December 2008 after Jones missed multiple court dates. A judge then sentenced Jones to four years in prison.
When he was 18, Jones pleaded guilty in 2004 to reckless conduct and attempting to obstruct an officer. Details on a possible juvenile record were not immediately available.
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