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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Fired CTA worker pleads not guilty to murder in homeless man’s death

A transit worker is accused of killing a homeless man on the platform of the LaSalle Street station on the CTA Blue Line. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

A former Chicago Transit Authority worker has pleaded not guilty to murder and aggravated battery charges in the beating death of a homeless man earlier this year on a subway platform.

Emmett Richardson, 39, was initially charged with aggravated battery in the case after police responded March 25 at the La Salle Street Blue Line stop at 150 W. Congress Parkway and found Kevin Powell unresponsive on the station’s platform.

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