Three Evanston men were indicted March 17 for allegedly harassing and attacking a gay man on the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA’s) Red Line Jan. 10, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
An office spokesperson told Windy City Times that Sean Little, 21, and Kevin McAndrew and Benjamin Eder, both 23, were each indicted on one count of hate crime and two counts of aggravated battery.
The charges stem from a Jan. 10 incident in which the three are alleged to have beaten a Rogers Park man, 33-year old Daniel Hauff, after Hauff attempted to intervene in an altercation on the train. Hauff, who was taken to the hospital for injuries sustained in the attack, told Windy City Times that the hate-crimes charges filed against the three were the result of pressure that he placed on the police department and the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.
Little, McAndrew and Eder will appear for arraignment March 26.