A Hyatt Hotel employee clobbered a CTA bus driver in the head with a hammer because he was refused a student fare, Cook County prosecutors said today.
Adan Valle, 18, demanded his dollar back after he inserted it into the No. 53A bus’ fare machine Tuesday afternoon and was told he couldn’t get the special rate without producing a high school or college ID, Assistant State’s Attorney Lorraine Scaduto said.
Adan Valle clobbered a CTA bus driver in the head with a hammer because he was refused a student fare, Cook County prosecutors said today.
Valle complained to the driver that he was able to get the discounted rate a day before without showing an ID and then started hitting the driver in the head with a hammer, Scaduto said.
Passengers who witnessed the attack called police and held Valle on the bus until officers arrived.
The 48-year-old driver was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with lacerations.
Valle is a “laborer” at the Hyatt Hotel, according to a police report.
He had brass knuckles and a “black jack” club in his possession when he was arrested, the report said. The pony-tailed man has the word “angel” tattooed on his left breast.
Valle, of the 5500 block of South Fairfield, was charged with one count of aggravated battery of a government employee.
Judge Donald Panarese ordered him held in lieu of $400,000 bail this afternoon.
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