The court records for the case of 50-year-old Lawrence Reed, the suspect in the recent Chicago train attack, reveal that he repeatedly violated his electronic monitoring curfew and movement restrictions. These violations took place under the supervision of Cook County Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez, who denied the prosecution’s request to keep Reed in jail during his prior violent offense case. The violations were noted in the days leading up to the alleged attack on the CTA Blue Line on November 17. Reed was ordered onto electronic monitoring on August 22 after being charged with felony allegations of knocking a social worker unconscious at MacNeal Hospital. During the court hearing, Judge Molina-Gonzalez expressed her difficulty in keeping everyone in jail, stating,