Overview

• Andres Stathoulopoulos, 20, is accused of shouting a racial slur at a 42-year-old woman before stabbing her at 11:05 p.m. on July 8 in the 5700 block of West Addison Street.
• Chicago police arrested Stathoulopoulos in Schiller Park on July 30 following a multi-week investigation into the Portage Park attack.
• Prosecutors formally charged him on August 1 with two counts of hate crime and one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
• Illinois law permits enhanced penalties for assaults motivated by bias, classifying such attacks as hate crimes under state statutes.
• He remains held pending his scheduled court appearance today.