CHICAGO — Officials have charged a man with violently attacking a Chinatown restaurant employee last year and stabbing a man during a separate incident in the neighborhood last week. Prosecutors did not ask a judge to detain the man, 37-year-old Juan Madrigal, so he was sent home on an ankle monitor.
The woman was allegedly attacked on June 28, 2024, at Happy Lamb Pot, 2312 South Wentworth. A Chicago police report said it started when a woman who went to high school with the victim caused a disturbance inside the eatery. The situation escalated and Madrigal allegedly inserted himself into the altercation, which was caught on video.
A CPD report said he punched the 20-year-old victim and jumped and stomped on her head “causing her to become unconscious for multiple minutes.” Madrigal and the other woman fled when people came out of the back of the restaurant to help their co-worker, according to the report.
Officials secured a warrant for Madrigal’s arrest in that case last year, but he was only recently taken into custody to face charges. The arrest came after another attack on February 26.
In the second incident, Madrigal is accused of striking a 41-year-old man in the head and stabbing him in the back with a knife in the 2400 block of South Wentworth, according to court filings.
He is charged with aggravated battery in a public place and misdemeanor battery. Judge Antara Rivera issued the electronic monitoring order.
