Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Girl, 7, In Glendale Heights

GLENDALE HEIGHTS, IL —A Glendale Heights man is being held without bond after he was accused of breaking into a home and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in her bedroom.

Carlos Espinales-Guevara, 25, of the 200 block of Gladstone Drive, has been charged with home invasion and predatory criminal sexual assault in connection with the Aug. 13 incident.

Prosecutors say Espinales-Guevara gained entry to the girl's home around 3 a.m. and went into her bedroom as she and her family slept. He is accused of getting into the girl's bed with her and then sexually assaulting her.

Once the home's other residents were aware Espinales-Guevara was there, they were able to get him out of the house and call 911, a news release said. Espinales-Guevara is accused of trying to get back into the house after he was taken out.

He was arrested by officers from the Glendale Heights Police Department shortly after.

“It is alleged that in the middle of the night, Mr. Espinales-Guevara entered an innocent family’s home and sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl who was asleep in her bed,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement.

Berlin added, “These allegations are beyond disturbing and will be met with the full force and effect of the law. Our children are our most vulnerable and it is incumbent upon us to protect them from those who would do them harm. Keeping sexual predators behind bars ensures that they will be unable to prey upon our innocent, defenseless children and if found guilty of these crimes, that is exactly where Mr. Espinales-Guevara will find himself for a very long time."

Espinales-Guevara is set to be arraigned on Aug. 31.