Overview
- Palatine police identified the suspect as Kearve K. Williams, 26, who remains in custody after Tuesday charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and resisting arrest.
- The girl reported being grabbed and robbed around 7 a.m. Monday near the 200 block of West Wood Street by the Palatine Metra station.
- Video shows the assailant following the student before grabbing her and taking her phone, with her cry for help likely prompting him to flee.
- Officers located a man matching the description in downtown Palatine hours later; he attempted to run, resisted, and was taken into custody.
- The victim was evaluated at the scene and released to her parents, and detectives ask anyone with information to contact the Palatine Police Investigations Bureau.