A South Side man was charged Sunday with attacking former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun in April after she identified him in a lineup, Chicago police said.
Joseph A. Dixon, 38, of the 6100 block of South Drexel Avenue, was charged with aggravated battery and attempted armed robbery Sunday evening, police said.
Dixon was arrested Friday after money was taken from a tip jar in a Subway restaurant at 1449 E. 57th St. in Hyde Park, Sgt. Nancy Higgins said.
Once he was in police custody, he became a person of interest in Braun’s attempted robbery.
Braun, the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, was attacked and injured around midnight on April 27 outside her Hyde Park home in the 1200 block of East 56th Street, police said. Braun fell to the ground in the struggle and broke her wrist.
Two University of Chicago students helped Braun by chasing away the attacker, who left without any of her belongings.
Dixon has an extensive criminal history, including eight convictions and more than 70 arrests, Higgins said.
