Overview
- Prosecutors say the attack occurred while a 32-year-old woman was jogging with her husband and that the suspect grabbed and choked her, then sexually molested her over her clothing during the struggle on Sunday, June 28.
- Neighbors and passersby pursued and detained the suspect using an aluminum baseball bat until Chicago police arrived, and the victim was taken by ambulance to a hospital for bruises and a twisted ankle.
- Officials say officers recovered condoms and a bottle of lubricant on the suspect when he was taken into custody and that the suspect initially denied the attack before making admissions to investigators.
- Cook County prosecutors charged 56-year-old Ricardo Colon with aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and Judge Deidre Dyer ordered him held pending trial after a detention hearing.
- The case remains at the pretrial stage with further hearings expected, and the incident has raised local safety concerns about the 606 Trail and the role of community intervention in detaining suspects.