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West Chicago man charged with sexually assaulting 2 children

Posted July 29, 2015 1:00 am

Daily Herald report

A 39-year-old West Chicago man has been charged with four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and is being held in DuPage County jail, authorities said Wednesday.

West Chicago police, working with investigators from the DuPage County Children's Center, said they believe Obdulio Lopez-Gomez of the 800 block of Burr Oaks Drive sexually assaulted two minors over a two-year period. Police said Lopez-Gomez knew both the victims and their family.

He was charged Wednesday, police said, and if convicted could face between six and 60 years in prison.

"The allegations are that the victims were the target of a true criminal predator. We worked collaboratively with the DuPage Children's Center to take this offender off the streets," West Chicago police Chief Michael Uplegger said in a news release.

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