Crime & Safety
Roommates Gave Girls Beer, Sexually Abused Them: Prosecutors
The men are accused of sexually abusing the girls, ages 12 and 13, inside their Arlington Heights apartment in July 2018.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — A 22-year-old man who invited two girls, ages 12 and 13, into an Arlington Heights apartment, offering them beer and sexually assaulting them has been sentenced to six years in prison. Mike Steven Motta-Saenz, 22, pleaded guilty to one county of aggravated criminal sexual abuse this past week and, in addition to the prison time, has been ordered to register for life as a sex offender, the Daily Herald reports.
Prosecutors said Motta-Saenz and his roommate, Juan Jair Solis-Gaspar, both assaulted the young girls in July 2018. Solis-Gaspar is next expected in court in November.
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