http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2025/09/02/chicago-man-attacks-5th-woman-downtown-n2418307
We regret to inform you, ladies, that the Mayor of Chicago is too busy inciting insurrection against President Trump to do anything about violent crime in the Windy City. Likewise, the Governor of Illinois is too concerned with letting illegal immigrants vote in the state to do anything about the career criminals who assault women in downtown Chicago.
William Livingston is known to the authorities. He's assaulted five women in the city, and every time he's been cut loose under the Democratic Party's "criminal justice reform" ideology.
How many more women will he hurt? Man with long history of randomly attacking women strikes again in the Loop, officials say
http://cwbchicago.com/2025/09/how-many-more-women-will-he-hurt-man-with-long-history-of-randomly-attacking-women-strikes-again-in-the-loop-officials-say.html
By Tim Hecke
CWB Chicago
September 1, 2025
A man with a long, violent history of randomly attacking women in downtown Chicago is accused of doing it again, this time knocking a 56-year-old woman unconscious and leaving her with severe facial fractures in the Loop.
William Livingston, 32, has been the focus of CWBChicago stories four other times since 2022, with each of those stories documenting more and more women he had randomly attacked.
Now, prosecutors say Livingston is responsible for another horrific attack in the Loop.
Around 5:15 p.m. on August 19, Kathleen Miles of Lake Villa and a friend were walking in the 200 block of West Washington, heading for the train. Without warning, Livingston barged between the women and punched Miles in the face, sending her crashing to the pavement and leaving her unresponsive, a Chicago police report said.
William Livingston (Chicago Police Department)
Responding officers found Miles unconscious and bleeding. She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with severe facial injuries.
Prosecutors charged Livingston with three counts of aggravated battery and Judge Rivanda Doss Beal has done something many other officials have failed to do: She ordered Livingston held in the county jail.
Miles’ daughter, Dionna Wolf, said her mother’s injuries have upended her daily life.
“My mom suffers from a fractured orbital bone, cheekbone, and temporal skull bone. She has a severe concussion that has impacted her ability to do daily living tasks,” Wolf said Monday.
“He shoved in between my mom and her friend and punched my mom once,” Wolf explained. “He stood over her and was watching her bleed all over until the police got there. The sad part is he enjoyed watching her bleed out and no one stopped to help because no one knew what he was going to do next.”
One passerby eventually intervened, Wolf said.
“The only one that helped was a man that took his shirt off and wrapped her head in it. It turns out this man is actually a state senator.”
Wolf said her family quickly discovered Livingston’s background.
“We found out about his history by typing his name into Google and saw all the news articles about him … I was shocked and appalled that this man has done this to countless women and keeps getting paroled. He is a danger to all women walking in Chicago.”
Wolf said Miles is the proud mother of nine biological children, two stepchildren, and five grandchildren. She has worked downtown for more than 20 years.
“She is, without question, one of the most selfless, caring, and compassionate people I know. Anyone who knows her would have only kind and positive things to say,” Wolf said. “What really bothers my siblings and I is my mom would have given him the shirt off her back, a meal, or simply just sat and chatted with him about any and everything.”
Even after the brutal attack, Wolf said her mother still tries to see the good.
“My mom still finds the positive in the situation and says with this happening to her it saved someone else and hopefully she is strong enough to make sure this doesn’t happen to someone else.”
Wolf added that the family’s goal is not only justice for Miles but protection for others.
“When we went to court the other day, it was not so this man could see my mom and what he had done, but to ensure that no one else suffers further injury—or even death—at his hands,” Wolf said. “Women are being targeted in the city, and there is little being done to make us feel safe. Now, every time a family member or friend goes downtown, my mom feels sick with worry. The city we once grew up in and loved no longer feels safe.”
A long history
In August 2023, Livingston was arrested for knocking a woman in the face as she walked on the Magnificent Mile. A CPD report said the 27-year-old woman was in the 600 block of North Michigan when Livingston slammed his elbow into her face, leaving her bleeding from the nose and lips.
Cops arrested him, but the state decided not to hold him for a parole review, and he was released on a recognizance bond, according to court filings. IDOC later reversed course and sent him back to prison about ten days after the attack.
He wasn’t in prison for long. Records show IDOC released him again on January 26, 2024, still four months earlier than his original parole date.
By August of last year, he was back at it.
According to a CPD report, a “frantic citizen” flagged officers down near Chicago and Wells on August 14, 2024, saying Livingston “was attacking people in the area” and had just “whipped” a woman. As the citizen pointed him out, officers saw Livingston punch another woman in the face. She ran off, and police never found her.
Prosecutors only filed a misdemeanor reckless conduct charge, his parole was not revoked, and he walked out the next day.
Less than two weeks later, on August 25, a 15-year-old girl was walking with her mother in the 600 block of North Michigan when Livingston struck her in the right cheek with his elbow, according to another CPD report. The teen suffered a cut and abrasion and her face was visibly red.
Nearby officers quickly learned of the attack and arrested Livingston. In their report, they noted they recognized him from the August 14 case.
On August 28, 2024, Livingston pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors and Judge Donald Panarese Jr. sentenced him to 100 days.
The 2022 attacks
According to police and prosecutors, Livingston’s 2022 spree began around noon on February 8 in the 700 block of South State, where he tugged on a 30-year-old woman’s backpack as she prepared to cross the street. When she turned around, he allegedly punched her in the face, knocking her to the ground.
Minutes later, he punched a 25-year-old woman in the jaw as she smoked near Wabash and Van Buren, causing her headphones to fall. He gave them back after she handed over her cigarette.
That victim called 911 and followed him to Wabash and Jackson, where she saw Livingston reach into a 25-year-old woman’s coat pocket and then punch her in the face three times. The woman fell, and Livingston walked away. DePaul University later confirmed the victim was a student.
While the second victim stopped to help, Livingston pulled a hat off a 27-year-old woman near Wabash and Monroe, a CPD report said. When she demanded it back, he punched her in the neck and face, according to prosecutors.
Even more cases
Livingston’s record stretches back even further.
In 2017, he was accused of randomly attacking two women months apart, including a Columbia College student who was leaving school in the Loop. Both cases were eventually dropped.
While in a police station holding cell after that arrest, he allegedly grabbed a lock-up attendant by the chest and kicked him in the groin. Prosecutors later dropped both cases when the student failed to appear in court.
On December 16, 2017, Livingston allegedly attacked another woman near the 95th Street Red Line station, punching her in the face, striking her in the stomach, and kicking her in the leg. The assault came without warning, prosecutors said. It too was eventually dropped.
Before that case was resolved, Livingston was arrested again in the Loop. Police said he went behind the security desk of an apartment building in the 1000 block of South State and stole two phones. Officers caught him nearby. He allegedly spat in one cop’s face during the arrest and spat in another officer’s eye at the station.
Livingston pleaded guilty to burglary and aggravated battery of a peace officer. Judge Michael McHale sentenced him to 24 months of probation.
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