Crime & Safety
Palatine Teen Gets 16 Years for Sexual Assault
17-year-old Palatine resident gets 16-year prison sentence for rape, the Daily Herald reports.
Charged as an adult, 17-year-old Ja’Juan A. Junior of Palatine pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual assault and received a 16-year prison sentence Tuesday, the Daily Herald reports.
Junior was 16 years old at the time of the crime, the Daily Herald reports, and attacked and raped a 43-year-old Palatine woman who was jogging near the 1400 block of Evergreen Drive on June 30, 2011.
About two weeks later, route: {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show", :id=>"palatine-juvenile-charged-with-attempted-rape"} --> another Palatine woman was attacked about 2.5 miles from the location of the first crime, Patch previously reported. According to the police, Junior attacked a 34-year-old woman walking in the 700 block of East Pennsylvania Avenue and
