From CWB:
Crystal Lake man with a long history of violent offenses is charged with sexually attacking a woman inside a Millennium Park parking garage Monday morning, a crime that prosecutors say was stopped only by witnesses who beat the assailant with a water bottle and a wet floor sign.
a 65-year old co-working, having just parked her, car came to the rescue, hitting the man with a water bottle.
Another person started beating Benton with a wet floor cone.
He eventually ran off, but was tracked by CTA cameras.
Benton tried to evade capture by changing his outside clothing and boarding a CTA train.
When captured at a CTA bus stop with a one-way Amtrak ticket to Kansas City.
He has extensive criminal record not only in Illinois, but in Santa Fe, Las Vegas
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