Overview
- Rucker, 37, pleaded guilty last week to aggravated battery to a peace officer, aggravated battery in a public place, aggravated battery to a transit employee, and two counts of burglary.
- He was arrested downtown on Oct. 9 after allegedly striking a 44-year-old woman in the face on North State Street, according to Chicago police.
- Prosecutors also charged him in connection with multiple September and October attacks against women on the North Side and an on-duty officer in Evanston.
- Court records show more than two dozen arrests over two decades and prior court-ordered mental health evaluations, and his mother told the Sun-Times he has schizophrenia and hopes he receives treatment in prison.
- In a separate case, William Livingston, 32, was charged last week with two felony counts of aggravated battery for alleged June assaults in Lakeview.