Crime & Safety

Mokena Man Jailed for 'April Fools' Crime in New Lenox

Will County Forest Preserve Police arrest a Mokena man for allegedly fondling a New Lenox woman on Old Plank Trail, Sun-Times Media reports.

A 26-year-old Mokena man was arrested for groping a woman jogger Monday in New Lenox. The woman told Will County Forest Preserve police that he yelled "April Fools" then groped her while she was jogging along Old Plank Trail.

Sun-Times Media reports that while the woman was running about 12:45 p.m. on Old Plank Trail between Constitution and Schoolhouse roads, she passed Adrian Garcia. When she slowed and began walking to cool down, a man wearing a white hoodie attacked her.

 “He ran up behind her, grabbed her breast and yelled ‘April Fools,’” she said. “She started yelling at him and said she would call the police so he took off.”

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Read more about the woman's help in arresting the man in the Sun-Times Media.

Garcia is facing charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated battery, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office. Bond is set at $15,000.

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