Let s go!
Torrez, who was an acquaintance of the girl s family, is also accused of sexually assaulting the girl at hotels in Grayslake and Libertyville, as well as at his home in Gages Lake, police said. He also took the girl on a trip to Mexico, according to prosecutors.
Authorities learned about the sexual assault after the girl told a trusted family member she had been being assaulted for about three years, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff s Office. The girl has been safe with her family since she disclosed the assaults.
Find out what s happening in Grayslake with free, real-time updates from Patch.
Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, Took Her On Trip To Mexico: Police - Grayslake, IL - The 50-year-old Gages Lake man is also accused of assaulting the girl, who is under the age of 13, at hotels in Lake County.
Torrez, 50, was arrested in late March and charged with three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under 13. He remains in the county jail, where he is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.
A Lake County man whose home was raided Tuesday morning by the FBI and local police has been charged with multiple counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child under the age of 13.
FBI, police raid home near Grayslake as part of child sex assault investigation
Updated 5/4/2021 6:08 PM
FBI agents and officers from the Grayslake Police Department and the Lake County sheriff s office conducted a raid on a home near Grayslake as part of an ongoing sexual assault investigation involving a child.
Lake County sheriff s Lt. Christopher Covelli said a man is in custody and charges are pending. The man s name has not been released.
Covelli said the raid happened about 6 a.m. Tuesday on the 33100 block of North Sears Boulevard in Wildwood, which is an unincorporated community. Covelli said the FBI was assisting because investigators think the suspect had taken the child out of the country.