A person with an extended, violent historical past of randomly attacking girls in downtown Chicago is accused of doing it once more, this time knocking a 56-year-old girl unconscious and leaving her with extreme facial fractures within the Loop.
William Livingston, 32, has been the main target of CWBChicago tales 4 different instances since 2022, with every of these tales documenting an increasing number of girls he had randomly attacked.
Now, prosecutors say Livingston is answerable for one other horrific assault within the Loop.
Round 5:15 p.m. on August 19, Kathleen Miles of Lake Villa and a good friend have been strolling within the 200 block of West Washington, heading for the prepare. With out warning, Livingston barged between the ladies and punched Miles within the face, sending her crashing to the pavement and leaving her unresponsive, a Chicago police report mentioned.
Responding officers discovered Miles unconscious and bleeding. She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with extreme facial accidents.
Prosecutors charged Livingston with three counts of aggravated battery and Choose Rivanda Doss Beal has performed one thing many different officers have did not do: She ordered Livingston held within the county jail.
Miles’ daughter, Dionna Wolf, mentioned her mom’s accidents have upended her every day life.
“My mother suffers from a fractured orbital bone, cheekbone, and temporal cranium bone. She has a extreme concussion that has impacted her capacity to do every day residing duties,” Wolf mentioned Monday.
“He shoved in between my mother and her good friend and punched my mother as soon as,” Wolf defined. “He stood over her and was watching her bleed throughout till the police acquired there. The unhappy half is he loved watching her bleed out and nobody stopped to assist as a result of nobody knew what he was going to do subsequent.”
One passerby finally intervened, Wolf mentioned.
“The one one which helped was a person that took his shirt off and wrapped her head in it. It seems this man is definitely a state senator.”
Wolf mentioned her household rapidly found Livingston’s background.
“We discovered about his historical past by typing his title into Google and noticed all of the information articles about him … I used to be shocked and appalled that this man has performed this to numerous girls and retains getting paroled. He’s a hazard to all girls strolling in Chicago.”
Wolf mentioned Miles is the proud mom of 9 organic kids, two stepchildren, and 5 grandchildren. She has labored downtown for greater than 20 years.
“She is, with out query, probably the most selfless, caring, and compassionate individuals I do know. Anybody who is aware of her would have solely type and constructive issues to say,” Wolf mentioned. “What actually bothers my siblings and I is my mother would have given him the shirt off her again, a meal, or just simply sat and chatted with him about any and the whole lot.”
Even after the brutal assault, Wolf mentioned her mom nonetheless tries to see the nice.
“My mother nonetheless finds the constructive within the state of affairs and says with this taking place to her it saved another person and hopefully she is robust sufficient to verify this doesn’t occur to another person.”
Wolf added that the household’s purpose will not be solely justice for Miles however safety for others.
“Once we went to court docket the opposite day, it was not so this man might see my mother and what he had performed, however to make sure that nobody else suffers additional damage—and even demise—at his fingers,” Wolf mentioned. “Girls are being focused within the metropolis, and there’s little being performed to make us really feel secure. Now, each time a member of the family or good friend goes downtown, my mother feels sick with fear. The town we as soon as grew up in and beloved now not feels secure.”
An extended historical past
In August 2023, Livingston was arrested for knocking a girl within the face as she walked on the Magnificent Mile. A CPD report mentioned the 27-year-old girl was within the 600 block of North Michigan when Livingston slammed his elbow into her face, leaving her bleeding from the nostril and lips.
Cops arrested him, however the state determined to not maintain him for a parole evaluation, and he was launched on a recognizance bond, in response to court docket filings. IDOC later reversed course and despatched him again to jail about ten days after the assault.
He wasn’t in jail for lengthy. Data present IDOC launched him once more on January 26, 2024, nonetheless 4 months sooner than his unique parole date.
By August of final 12 months, he was again at it.
In accordance with a CPD report, a “frantic citizen” flagged officers down close to Chicago and Wells on August 14, 2024, saying Livingston “was attacking individuals within the space” and had simply “whipped” a girl. Because the citizen pointed him out, officers noticed Livingston punch one other girl within the face. She ran off, and police by no means discovered her.
Prosecutors solely filed a misdemeanor reckless conduct cost, his parole was not revoked, and he walked out the subsequent day.
Lower than two weeks later, on August 25, a 15-year-old lady was strolling together with her mom within the 600 block of North Michigan when Livingston struck her in the fitting cheek together with his elbow, in response to one other CPD report. The teenager suffered a minimize and abrasion and her face was visibly purple.
Close by officers rapidly discovered of the assault and arrested Livingston. Of their report, they famous they acknowledged him from the August 14 case.
On August 28, 2024, Livingston pleaded responsible to 2 misdemeanors and Choose Donald Panarese Jr. sentenced him to 100 days.
The 2022 assaults
In accordance with police and prosecutors, Livingston’s 2022 spree started round midday on February 8 within the 700 block of South State, the place he tugged on a 30-year-old girl’s backpack as she ready to cross the road. When she circled, he allegedly punched her within the face, knocking her to the bottom.
Minutes later, he punched a 25-year-old girl within the jaw as she smoked close to Wabash and Van Buren, inflicting her headphones to fall. He gave them again after she handed over her cigarette.
That sufferer known as 911 and adopted him to Wabash and Jackson, the place she noticed Livingston attain right into a 25-year-old girl’s coat pocket after which punch her within the face 3 times. The girl fell, and Livingston walked away. DePaul College later confirmed the sufferer was a pupil.
Whereas the second sufferer stopped to assist, Livingston pulled a hat off a 27-year-old girl close to Wabash and Monroe, a CPD report mentioned. When she demanded it again, he punched her within the neck and face, in response to prosecutors.
Much more instances
Livingston’s report stretches again even additional.
In 2017, he was accused of randomly attacking two girls months aside, together with a Columbia School pupil who was leaving faculty within the Loop. Each instances have been finally dropped.
Whereas in a police station holding cell after that arrest, he allegedly grabbed a lock-up attendant by the chest and kicked him within the groin. Prosecutors later dropped each instances when the scholar failed to look in court docket.
On December 16, 2017, Livingston allegedly attacked one other girl close to the ninety fifth Road Crimson Line station, punching her within the face, hanging her within the abdomen, and kicking her within the leg. The assault got here with out warning, prosecutors mentioned. It too was finally dropped.
Earlier than that case was resolved, Livingston was arrested once more within the Loop. Police mentioned he went behind the safety desk of an condo constructing within the 1000 block of South State and stole two telephones. Officers caught him close by. He allegedly spat in a single cop’s face in the course of the arrest and spat in one other officer’s eye on the station.
Livingston pleaded responsible to housebreaking and aggravated battery of a peace officer. Choose Michael McHale sentenced him to 24 months of probation.
