Chicago prosecutors have charged a person with posing as a rideshare driver to sexually assault a lady within the Gold Coast earlier this yr, one in all two related circumstances that police linked in a current crime sample warning.
Alexander Ramos, 40, is accused of attacking a 32-year-old lady who referred to as a rideshare early on March 30 after an evening out with pals. Prosecutors stated Ramos pulled up outdoors the Hangge Uppe nightclub, 14 West Elm Road, and lured the girl into his Honda CR-V.
As soon as inside his automotive, prosecutors stated, the sufferer drifted out and in of consciousness as Ramos drove her round, ultimately stopping within the 1100 block of North Lake Shore Drive. She woke to search out him sexually assaulting her and prosecutors stated he continued the assault after she resisted.
The girl managed to snap photographs of Ramos inside and outdoors the automobile, prosecutors stated. CPD surveillance cameras additionally captured footage of the SUV touring across the metropolis on the night time of the assault, prosecutors stated. The SUV is allegedly registered to Ramos’ spouse, and the sufferer later recognized him in a photograph lineup.
Ramos is charged with aggravated legal sexual assault through the fee of one other felony, aggravated kidnapping with bodily hurt, and illegal restraint. Decide John Hock ordered him detained, saying Ramos “admitted” to the crime through the investigation, prosecutors stated.
Police issued a group alert late final month linking the assault to a different sexual assault involving a Hispanic man driving an SUV who lured a lady into his automobile by posing as a rideshare driver in Outdated City early on July 19. Ramos will not be charged in that case.
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