Kenneth Kang Sentenced To Three Years In The Illinois Department Of Corrections For Attempt Criminal Sexual Assault

Press release from the McHenry County Government:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 70-year-old Kenneth Kang of Palatine, Illinois, was sentenced on September 30, 2020, to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections by the Honorable Judge Wilbrandt following a jury verdict convicting defendant of ten counts of the offense of attempt criminal sexual assault.

In 2019, a college student who was home on break reported to the Crystal Lake Police Department that her music teacher had attempted to sexually assault her in 2015. She reported that the defendant, Kenneth Kang, taught music lessons at the Dole Mansion in Crystal Lake. At these lessons, the defendant would stick his hands down her pants and attempt to penetrate her with his finger. The victim was 14 years old at the time and these attempted assaults occurred on a weekly basis from September to December of 2015.

He will have to register as a sex offender for his natural life.

This case was investigated by the Crystal Lake Police Department and prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Susanne Groebner.

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