Crime & Safety
Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting 12-Year-Old Girl
Police found the girl at a Romeoville motel. They say she met the man on social media.
ROMEOVILLE, IL — DeQ'haun Hinton, a 20-year-old Lockport man, has been charged with aggravated sex abuse and three counts of sexual assault after police say he kidnapped a 12-year-old girl, brought her to a Romeoville motel and sexually assaulted her.
The girl had been reported missing from Chicago last month. Romeoville police say they responded to a call around 6 a.m. on November 12 and found her in Hinton's motel room. Police say she met the man on social media.
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Hinton was booked into the Will County Detention Facility on December 5. He is held on a $250,000 bond. As in every case, charges are merely accusations, not proof of guilt.
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