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A convicted felon with purported mental health issues has been charged with sexually assaulting a 65-year-old woman as she waited for her son to pick her up from her sister’s house in West Garfield Park.
Sedgwick Lanier allegedly followed the woman on March 24 to a back alley, where she climbed into her sister’s car to wait for her ride, Cook County prosecutors said Monday.
Lanier, 53, got into the passenger side of the vehicle and allegedly began choking the woman in the 4000 block of West Wilcox Street. He then exposed himself and forced the victim to perform a sex act, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said.
Rontrell Turnipseed
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Turnipseed pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy in August 2019, admitting to his role in the gang that violently defended itself and its drug territory, which included the 4300 block of West Wilcox Street and the 4300 block of West Jackson Boulevard.
Three members of the gang Labar “Bro Man” Spann, Tremayne Thompson and Juhwun Foster are set for what is expected to be a lengthy trial in September. Related
Turnipseed admitted in his plea agreement that, on Aug. 31, 2012, he and another Four Corner Hustlers member, identified in court records as Marchello Devine, got into an argument with another drug dealer over sales in the 4300 block of West Wilcox Street. Turnipseed pulled a gun and began shooting at the other drug dealer, who shot back.
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