Two teenage males, ages 17 and 15, are in custody after being arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a female acquaintance in the bathroom of a Naperville Walgreens.
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres announced today that the two teens, both from Lisle, have been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault. Because of the nature of the allegations, the case against the 17-year-old subject has been automatically transferred to adult court. The case against the juvenile is in Juvenile Court. The adult suspect appeared in First Appearance Court today where Judge Joshua Dieden granted the State’s motion to detain him pre-trial, while the juvenile appeared at his detention where Judge Chantelle Porter granted the State’s motion to detain him until at least his next court appearance. The adult suspect is charged with four counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (Class X Felony) and one count of Robbery (Class 2 Felony) while the juvenile is charged with three counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, four counts of Child Sexual Abuse Material (Class X Felony) and one count of Criminal Sexual Assault (Class 1 Felony).
According to police, on Sunday at approximately 3:40pm Naperville police responded to a 911 call at the Walgreens store located at 713 East Ogden Avenue in Naperville for a report of a sexual assault that had just occurred. Following an investigation into the matter, police believe that the victim was in the washroom at the Walgreens when the defendants came in, at which time the adult suspect attacked the victim, pinning her against a washroom stall wall, and pulling down her pants. The victim told him to stop and was able to pull her pants back up and leave the stall but the adult subject grabbed her again and pinned her against a washroom wall and again pulled down her pants. According to police, the adult subject then struck the victim and when she fell down, he repeatedly punched her before sexually assaulting her.
During the assault, the juvenile allegedly video-recorded the assault and sexually assaulted the victim as well. Following the assault, the victim alerted store employees to what had occurred and the defendants fled on foot. Naperville police located both defendants nearby a short time later where they were both taken into custody. When officers took the adult suspect into custody, he was allegedly in possession of the victim’s cell phone.
“The charges filed against [the defendant ] and his co-defendant are extremely serious,” Berlin said. “It is alleged that [the defendant ] and his co-defendant, repeatedly beat and violated the victim in the worst possible way. The physical and emotional pain allegedly inflicted on this young woman is unimaginable and it is my sincerest hope that she and her family receive the care they need to help them through this difficult time. I commend the survivor in this matter for her courage and strength in bringing this matter to our attention.”
