A Chicago man, with a history of multiple arrests this year, is now facing additional charges after an alleged assault on a doctor within a hospital elevator.
Sean Popps, aged 39, was detained last month following accusations that he attacked a physician in the elevator of Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Streeterville campus parking garage, as reported by CWB Chicago.
The incident took place around 1:39 p.m. on November 2, when a 42-year-old cardiologist entered an elevator located at the hospital’s parking facility at 236 East Huron Street. Prosecutors claim that Popps trailed the doctor into the elevator and began to viciously punch her in the head. The assault caused the doctor to stumble backward, forcing her to shield her face with her hands, according to reports.
Authorities have stated that the victim had no prior interaction with Popps, and the attack appeared to be entirely unprovoked, as noted in a police report.
Records indicate that since the beginning of 2025, Sean Popps has been arrested 12 times in Chicago, Illinois, as confirmed by police records reviewed by Fox News Digital. (Chicago Police Department, iStock)
The assault resulted in the doctor sustaining several injuries, including bruises, hematomas, and abrasions on her face, head, arms, and hand, according to CWB Chicago.
Following the incident, a Northwestern hospital security guard recognized Popps from surveillance footage of the attack and pointed authorities to “approximately 30 plus prior incidents at the hospital where [Popps] had to be removed” from the facility, according to the outlet.
Additionally, another officer at the hospital reportedly recalled having “incidents with [Popps] approximately two times a day over the last 19 months.”
The majority of Sean Popps’ alleged crimes have taken place at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, according to CWB Chicago. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Since the start of 2025, Popps has been arrested a dozen times, with the majority of alleged crimes transpiring on or near Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Streeterville campus, CWB Chicago reported.
He was also reportedly arrested seven times in 2024, again with most of the instances taking place on or near hospital grounds. Records indicate Popps was arrested at the facility twice in 2020, twice in 2021, once in 2022 and once in 2023, according to the outlet.
Fox News Digital was unable to immediately locate an attorney representing Popps.
Sean Popps is accused of assaulting a doctor inside an elevator at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. (iStock)
At the time of his most recent arrest, Popps was on pretrial release for allegedly trespassing at a local residential building in October and attempting to escape from the police station after being taken into custody, CWB Chicago reported.
The Cook County State Attorney’s Office and Northwestern Memorial Hospital did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Popps is charged with aggravated battery in a public place and remains in custody at the Cook County Jail, according to police records obtained by Fox News Digital.
