Overview

• Andres Stathoulopoulos, 20, was formally charged Friday with two felony hate-crime counts and one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for the July 8 Portage Park attack.
• Prosecutors say he shouted a racial slur at a 42-year-old woman before stabbing her on a northwest Chicago sidewalk in a bias-driven assault captured on surveillance footage.
• Chicago police arrested Stathoulopoulos in Schiller Park on July 30 after a weeks-long investigation into the late-night knife attack.
• At a detention hearing, a Cook County judge ordered him held pending trial, citing the alleged racial motivation and his prior record.
• Under Illinois law, hate-crime enhancements carry increased penalties for offenses driven by bias against protected groups, reflecting calls for tougher enforcement as street violence rises.