Aurora man pleads guilty to break-ins, fondling women

A 19-year-old Aurora man who told police he walked into three unlocked apartments last summer and touched women while they slept pleaded guilty Monday to trespassing charges.

Two of the women told police they awoke to find Quincy Forrester standing over them as they slept, but didn't know he had touched them. Assistant DuPage County State's Attorney Dave Bayer said Forrester admitted he touched the women after he had been arrested in September 2009.

Quincy's guilty plea carries a possible prison sentence of up to three years. His attorney, Don Zuelke, said he will seek probation and credit for time served in the DuPage County jail in Wheaton. Forrester has been locked up since his arrest. Bayer said he is seeking a prison sentence.

Judge John Kinsella will decide Forrester's fate in the near future. A pre-sentencing report is due to the judge during a June 18 hearing. Kinsella told Forrester that any future probation would likely be geared toward sex offenders because of the nature of Forrester's crimes.

"Sex offender probation is more intense and closely monitored," Kinsella told Forrester. "It carries limitations on accessing the Internet and pornography."

Forrester pleaded guilty to entering three apartments through unlocked doors in June, July and August of 2009 at the Oakhurst North complex on city's northeast side. In the first instance, he woke up a woman sleeping with her husband and fled at about 4 a.m. In the second incident, he woke up a woman who was asleep on her couch at about 4 a.m. also. He told police he touched both of those women.

The third break-in occurred in August and he was confronted by a woman who heard him walking up the stairs at about 3 a.m., according to court papers.

He was caught by an Illinois State Police trooper who lives in the complex. The incidents had been widely publicized throughout the complex and the trooper began driving around the area before heading to work each morning after the incidents were reported. The trooper came across Forrester during one of his early morning, pre-work patrols. Kinsella had previously ruled the trooper was justified in questioning Forrester about his activities and eventual arrest.