Mt. Prospect molestation suspect held on $4.2 million bail

A 33-year-old Mount Prospect man was ordered held on a total bail of $4.2 million Friday on charges he sexually abused a young girl for more than four years when she was between the ages of 8 and 12 years old.

Martin Rubio-Lopez, of the 1700 block of Mansard Lane, is charged with six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault. If convicted of the class X felonies, Rubio-Lopez faces a minimum of 36 years in prison, prosecutors said.

Cook County Judge Joseph Cataldo set Rubio-Lopez's bail at $700,000 for each of the sex counts. Cataldo ordered the defendant have no contact with the girl, refrain from drugs and alcohol and submit to GPS monitoring if he makes bail, prosecutors said.

Cook County Assistant State's Attorney David Shin said the sexual assaults began in August 2010, when the girl was 8 years old and continued until Feb. 28, 2015. The assaults took place in various locations including the defendant's home, a storage locker parking lot in unincorporated Mount Prospect, the parking lot of a Mount Prospect apartment complex and an Elk Grove Village parking lot, Shin said.

The girl told her parents earlier this year, said Shin, which led to Rubio-Lopez's arrest on May 6.

In statements to police, the defendant said he treated the girl "the way a man treats a woman," Shin said.

Rubio-Lopez was charged with misdemeanor driving on a suspended license in 2012. He failed to appear in court on a 2001 retail theft charge, Shin said.

Rubio-Lopez next appears in court on May 28.