A suspect was arrested and charged Friday after Chicago police said he sexually assaulted a woman and attempted to sexually assault another woman Monday night in Lakeview.
Chicago police arrested suspect Jeremy Mack for a sexual assault and an attempted sexual assault on Brompton Avenue and Buckingham Place in Lakeview.A suspect was charged Friday after Chicago police said he sexually assaulted a woman and attempted to sexually assault another woman Monday night in Lakeview.
The suspect said he had a gun and told the woman not to turn around, police said. The suspect then attempted to sexually assault the woman, whose screams alerted nearby residents who were able to thwart the suspect, police said."We just heard screaming, and it wouldn't stop," said Lori David, neighbor. "The woman was on the sidewalk over there near the end of the block and she was sobbing.
The suspect then grabbed the woman, took her to the ground and made sexually explicit statements while on top of her, police said. The woman was able to fight the suspect off, police said. The woman who was attacked on Brompton told neighbors she felt like someone was following her closely before she was attacked.
"I have a 20-year-old college student and I have a 17-year-old," Tammi Chalwe, who works nearby, said. "Anytime they go out at night. I'm like check in with me. I don't wanna be that helicopter parent but also you need to know that your kids are safe you know.""I just actually worked late the other night and my coworkers refused to let me go home on my own," Chalwe said. "They drove me home.
Jeremy Mack Arrested For Sexual Assault Attempted Sexual Assault On Brompton Avenue Buckingham Place In Lakeview
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