Public Indecency Arrest Made In Shorewood After Grocery Store Incident

SHOREWOOD, IL — A Shorewood man who turns 56 years old in December now finds himself facing two criminal charges in connection with allegations of public indecency at one of the community's grocery stores.

The Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow recently filed charges of public indecency and disorderly conduct against Chavez Antonio Cruz, who comes from the 600 block of Commons Drive.

According to the complaint, Cruz is accused of visiting 665 Brook Forest Avenue, which is the ALDI grocery store near Black Road, on Sept. 9, and Cruz "knowingly committed an act of lewd exposure of the body in a public place that could be expected to be viewed by others in that he exposed his genitals in the presence (of a female victim) while at or near 665 Brook Forest Avenue, Shorewood."

The disorderly conduct charge indicates Cruz approached his female victim "with his penis exposed in such unreasonable manner as to alarm or disturb another ... and to provoke a breach of the peace."

The criminal complaint came from the Shorewood Police Department. Cruz's charges are not detainable crimes under the SAFE-T-Act, court files show.

According to Will County court records, Cruz was given pretrial release and told to appear in court on Nov. 7 in Courtroom 303. Cruz was ordered by the judge to undergo a mental health examination prior to his next court appearance.