A Lincoln Park man faces multiple charges for randomly groping two women in the neighborhood on the same afternoon last month, including one riding a CTA bus, according to court records.
Jesse Goloven, 32, is charged with aggravated battery in a public place, aggravated battery of a transit passenger, and criminal damage to property.
On the afternoon of March 7, Chicago police arrested Golovan in the 1900 block of North Sheffield Avenue after a CTA bus driver reported that he broke a window on the bus, a CPD report said. Later, a 21-year-old woman on the bus told police that Goloven approached her, said “I need a favor,” and grabbed her breasts.
Investigators also linked him to a separate attack earlier that day in the 1700 block of North Clybourn Avenue. Prosecutors said surveillance video showed Goloven randomly approaching a 27-year-old woman on the block and grabbing her lower private area.
A third person reported that Goloven knocked a coffee out of their hands the same day, though officials said no charges were filed in connection with that incident.
Judge Antara Rivera granted the state’s detention petition, keeping Goloven in jail pending trial.
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