Public Sex In Braidwood Means Charges For Man, 74, Woman, 33: Police

BRAIDWOOD — A 74-year-old man from Elwood and a 33-year-old woman from Braidwood are the first two people charged in Will County this year with the crime of public indecency.

The Braidwood Police Department made the arrest of Megan Mounts, who comes from South Cook Street, and the older man who was accompanying her, James Kirby, of Elwood's South Hemphill Drive.

Each of them is now charged with public indecency involving a sexual act or sexual conduct.

The pair were arrested in the parking lot of the Sun Motel, the world-famous hotel known as the Braidwood Inn when it was featured in the 1987 classic comedy movie starring Steve Martin and John Candy, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles."

The charges of public indecency were filed in recent days at Will County's Courthouse by the Will County State's Attorney's Office. The criminal complaint indicates on Dec. 20, that Mounts and Kirby knowingly committed an act of sexual conduct in a public place, the parking lot of 140 S. Hickory St., Braidwood, Will County. The time of the arrests by the Braidwood Police Department happened while it was still light outside, 3:47 p.m., according to court records.

While the criminal complaint does not directly mention the Sun Motel, the address of 140 S. Hickory St. is the Sun Motel, the same place where Candy and Martin filmed their famous movie.

Mounts was kept overnight in the Will County Jail since last Friday until her release on Monday, jail logs show. Last year, WCSJ, the Morris radio station had a crime story on her, indicating the Braidwood woman has been arrested four times in Grundy County for possession of drugs during the past two years. Will County has no jail records for James Kirby, the Elwood man who also arrested with Mounts at the Sun Motel parking lot.

Mounts also has a pending possession of a controlled substance charge filed this month by Braidwood Police, stemming from allegations they found her with cocaine in the community on Dec. 14. In 2018, as a Coal City resident, she pleaded guilty in Will County to manufacture and delivery of cocaine, another crime that the Braidwood Police Department investigated.