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.
