Man Sentenced To 31 Years In Prison For Sexual Assault Of Child

BOLINGBROOK, IL — A Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 31 years in prison for the 2012 aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse of an 11-year-old, according to the Will County State's Attorney's Office.

Harry Carr, 28, was found guilty in June 2021 of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

The state's attorney's office said the victim had attempted suicide in September 2012, and the victim's mother found a note discussing sexual activities with Carr, who was 19 years old in 2012. Carr was living in the victim's home at the time, according to the state's attorney's office.

Carr had sexually assaulted the victim numerous times on the second floor of the home, while the mother was confined to a wheelchair on the first floor, the state's attorney's office said.

“The conduct of this predator who took advantage of a young girl in her own home while her disabled mother was downstairs is sickening,” Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow said in a news release. “Although we often think that child predators are strangers, the shocking fact is that 90 percent of child sexual abuse victims know the perpetrator. Sexual predators like Carr who take advantage of children often deceive the family by pretending to be trusting and caring, when their ultimate goal is to prey upon an innocent child. Such manipulative predators are morally reprehensible.”