CHICAGO — A person has been given a 12-year sentence for luring a lady from the Greyhound bus terminal in Chicago and sexually assaulting her in a close-by homeless encampment.
Kenneth Horner, 45, pleaded responsible to prison sexual abuse inflicting bodily hurt and a diminished cost of tried aggravated kidnapping inflicting bodily hurt earlier than Decide Mary Brosnahan, based on court docket data. Brosnahan ordered him to submit his DNA to a legislation enforcement database and register as a intercourse offender for all times.
Horner was driving a Divvy bike when he stopped to speak with a 38-year-old lady who had simply arrived on the bus depot at 630 West Harrison round 7:45 a.m. on July 6, 2019. He struck up a dialog together with her and supplied to assist her discover a place to remain in Chicago.
Prosecutors mentioned he led the girl to a homeless camp within the 400 block of South Desplaines and sexually assaulted her. Horner threatened to harm the girl and repeatedly punched her, inflicting accidents that resulted in important blood loss.
After the assault, Horner took the girl again to the bus terminal and advised her to elucidate away her accidents by claiming she had fallen, officers mentioned.
The girl needed to bear emergency surgical procedure.
Somebody working on the bus station noticed a group alert in regards to the assault and stopped Horner on the terminal the day after the assault. The worker jotted down info from Horner’s ID after which handed it on to the police. Police arrested him the next day, about two blocks from the encampment.
His sentence might be offset by 2,048 days of credit score he earned by being in jail since 2019 and collaborating in inmate applications. The Illinois Division of Corrections has not introduced his anticipated parole date.
Horner has been sentenced to jail 4 different instances: for supply of narcotics in 1999, destruction of proof and possessing a knife with intent in 2016, and being a felon in possession of a firearm in 2018.
