Elgin man charged with sexual assault

A 40-year-old Elgin man charged with criminal sexual assault has been released from Cook County jail after posting $2,000 bail while his case is pending.

Fernando Godinez-Monjaras is next due in court Nov. 3.

Cook County Sheriff's police were called by residents of a home on the 31W100 block of Rohrssen Road in Hanover Township after a woman knocked on their door and asked them to call police the morning of Aug. 12.

The 33-year-old woman had accepted a ride home from a Hoffman Estates bar from two men she had met earlier that evening, sheriff's police said.

While in the crew cab Ford truck, she fell asleep and awoke to one of the men sexually assaulting her, sheriff's police said.

She fought off her attacker, but when she attempted to call 9-1-1, he threw her cellphone out of the truck's window, sheriff's police said. She was forced out of the truck shortly after that.

The woman was taken to St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates where she was treated for minor injuries and where a criminal sexual assault kit was performed, sheriff's police said.

Detectives identified Godinez-Monjaras as the attacker and issued a warrant for his arrest Sept. 8, according to a news release Saturday.

Godinez-Monjaras turned himself in to the Chicago Police Department Oct. 12.