Crime & Safety
Man Arrested for Assaulting Girl at New 'Scream Park' in McHenry County
Fernando Sanchez-Mercado was arrested Sunday at the newly-opened ScaryTown Scream Park in Harvard.
HARVARD, IL - A 25-year-old Harvard man faces charges after he allegedly pulled a girl close without her consent, kissed her cheek and ran his fingers through her hair at the newly-opened ScaryTown Scream Park in Harvard Sunday night.
Fernando Sanchez-Mercado is charged with aggravated battery, disorderly conduct and assault in connection with the assault of a young girl and another incident that occurred at the Scream Park Sunday where he allegedly removed a decorative picket fence section from a display and held it over his head while approaching a boy, according to the Northwest Herald.
Sanchez-Mercado was released from jail early Monday after posting 10 percent of his $1,500 bond.
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He is next expected in court on Nov. 8.
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