Lawrence Reed, charged with setting woman on fire on CTA train, appears in court

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Original Load Date Jan. 20, 2026, noon
Last Updated Jan. 20, 2026, noon
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lawrence-reed-charged-setting-woman-on-fire-cta-court/

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Lawrence Reed, the man accused of setting a young woman on fire on a Chicago Transit Authority train this past November, appeared in court Tuesday. Reed is charged federally in the Nov. 17 attack on Bethany MaGee, 26, on a Blue Line train. [ A grand jury indicted him in December ][10] on charges o...