Ex-Husband Sent Obscene Text Messages to Former Wife: Cops

JOLIET, IL — A Plainfield man faces criminal charges for allegedly sending his wife obscene text messages.

James Cordano, 55, was charged with three counts of harassment through electronic communication.

Cordano made a “comment, request, suggestion or proposal which was obscene with the intent to offend” his ex-wife, according to a criminal complaint on file in Will County court.

Cordano allegedly did this on Jan. 2.

Cordano’s ex-wife, in a petition for a protective order, said on that day Cordano texted her about 20 times.

“He said he wanted to meet my boyfriend outside for five minutes, he offered me money so I could arrange this,” the ex-wife said in her petition.

“He was calling me vulgar names and saying he was going to do terrible things to me sexually,” she said.

The day before, the ex-wife, said, Cordano texted her about a dozen times.

“Some of the texts were a full page long,” she said. “He was calling me vulgar names. He was talking about me and my boyfriend, making things up in his head, saying he hopes this man had diseases and will give them to me.”

The ex-wife also said Cordano started collecting guns about four years ago.

Cordano remains at large, according to court records. The warrant for his arrest carries a $10,000 bond.

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