Crime & Safety

Palatine Man Charged With Sexual Assault of Child

Alleged predator met 12-year-old girl at school bus stop.

Cook County sheriff’s police are holding a 25-year-old Palatine man charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Jorge Horijuela, of the 1500 block of North Norway Lane, is being held in lieu of $300,000 bail.

Police said Horijuela met the girl because her school bus drops her off in front of his house. He befriended her and started to arrange meetings in the stairwell of his apartment building, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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Between April and late May, the meetings became increasingly sexual.

Police arrested Horijuela on June 24 and charged him with predatory criminal sexual assault.

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