Timothy Barfield is charged with arson causing more than $150 in damage, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, and possession of a stolen vehicle.
An Illinois man is currently in police custody after nearly striking a local parking security guard and setting a stolen Cadillac SUV on fire in Downtown Chicago. On Wednesday, Timothy Barfield,27, was arrested on the Red Line transit platform in Chicago. Barfield is charged with arson causing more than $150 in damage, aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, and possession of a stolen vehicle, all of which are felonies. Barfield was attempting to leave a parking structure in downtown Chicago on August 17. As he drove up to the security booth inside the structure, he told the security officer that he “did not have any money to pay for the parking ticket,” according to Chicago police.
