Man who ‘likes little boys and girls’ tried to abduct 13-year-old while on electronic monitoring: prosecutors

CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged a person with making an attempt to abduct a random 13-year-old boy from a Humboldt Park avenue final week, only one week after being placed on digital monitoring for allegedly promoting medicine a few block away.

Officers mentioned Devontay Kenny, 32, requested if he might stroll the boy to high school, saying one thing to the impact of “I like little girls and boys” after approaching him within the 3800 block of West Thomas on February 24.

The boy refused, however Kenny pinned him in opposition to the brick wall of a close-by home, officers mentioned. After combating Kenny, the kid broke free and ran to a close-by comfort retailer for assist, in accordance with a detention petition filed by prosecutors.

Decide Shauna Boliker granted the petition, noting that Kenny had allegedly adopted the kid for a number of blocks and, when witnesses intervened, he tried to persuade them that he was the boy’s uncle.

Prosecutors charged Kenny with tried kidnapping, illegal restraint, and aggravated battery in a public place.

Precisely one week earlier than he allegedly tried to abduct the boy, Decide Susana Ortiz put Kenny on a nighttime curfew with an digital monitoring bracelet after cops accused him of distributing heroin and cocaine within the 3100 block of West Harrison and the 1100 block of North Pulaski, in accordance with court docket data.

Kenny has a number of felony convictions for narcotics-related costs and a 2017 conviction for aggravated theft.