Overview

• Gordon, 24, is charged with one count of aggravated attempted criminal sexual assault and two counts of aggravated battery, according to prosecutors.
• The incident occurred around 1 a.m. Sept. 12 as the Yellow Line train traveled near Dodge Avenue and Mulford Street in Evanston.
• A Cook County judge ordered Gordon to remain in custody during pretrial proceedings.
• Investigators circulated images from surveillance video, and callers reported a man matching the description at the Howard Street CTA Station, where Evanston and Chicago police detained him; police say he later admitted involvement.
• Police and court records state the victim fought back, suffered a broken rib, bruising and scratches, was treated at a hospital and released, and records also list a separate August felony aggravated battery case involving a Pace bus driver in Bellwood.