A Venezuelan migrant who allegedly broke right into a North Facet lady’s residence, sexually attacked her, after which burglarized her neighbor’s home is now behind bars — however solely after being arrested 5 instances since June whereas on pretrial launch, prosecutors stated.
Information present he’ll quickly face further prices for allegedly sexually abusing one other lady in Evanston about an hour earlier than the Chicago assault.
Yeison Diaz Gomez, 21, is charged with committing a intercourse offense throughout a house invasion, prison sexual abuse, and residential housebreaking for the October 10 break-in and assault within the 2100 block of West Lunt Avenue. Decide Ankur Srivastava ordered Diaz Gomez jailed pending trial on Tuesday afternoon.
Assistant State’s Legal professional Mike Pekara instructed the choose {that a} 32-year-old lady was utilizing her basement rest room round 2 a.m. when Diaz Gomez entered the restroom, carrying solely a towel he had taken from inside her residence.
The lady screamed as Diaz Gomez grabbed her arm and groped her over her clothes, Pekara stated. She fought again and shouted for her roommates upstairs, prompting Diaz Gomez to flee by a first-floor window. The lady later found her cellphone lacking and known as the police utilizing a roommate’s cellphone.
Officers discovered a damaged basement window, a blanket, and a pair of footwear outdoors the house. Close by, they found a black backpack that didn’t belong to anybody in the home.
Whereas police have been nonetheless investigating, a next-door neighbor reported that somebody had entered her residence as properly. The lady instructed officers that her rear door and basement window have been open, and a number of other objects, together with a Timex watch, an iPad, and money, have been lacking, Pekara stated. Investigators additionally discovered the sexual assault sufferer’s cellphone in her neighbor’s kitchen.
Surveillance footage from the alley confirmed Diaz Gomez hiding from police shortly after the crimes and carrying an iPad resembling the one stolen from the neighbor’s residence, in response to Pekara.
A Chicago police officer who had arrested Diaz Gomez on August 22 acknowledged him from a “searching for to determine” bulletin that detectives circulated inside the division and shared with the media.
After being suggested of his rights on Monday, Diaz Gomez allegedly admitted to breaking into the lady’s residence, coming into the lavatory whereas she was inside, and taking her cellphone earlier than fleeing into the neighbor’s residence.
CPD data present Diaz Gomez has been arrested in Chicago ten instances since November 2024, principally for retail theft. He was arrested on June 9 for allegedly breaking right into a car on the South Facet. Since then, he has been arrested 5 extra instances, Decide Srivastava stated, together with shoplifting instances on July 9, July 23, and August 1, and a narcotics cost on August 22.
In all these earlier instances, he was in the end launched underneath the state’s cashless bail system.
A spokesperson for the Cook dinner County State’s Legal professional’s Workplace stated Diaz Gomez may even seem in court docket on Thursday for a separate detention listening to in reference to a newly filed Evanston case charging him with prison sexual abuse through the fee of a felony and aggravated battery in a public place. CPD beforehand stated the Evanston assault occurred about an hour earlier than the Chicago lady was focused.
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