Crime & Safety
Serial Foot Fondler Strikes Again at Local Library: Prosecutors
The 44-year-old man has a history of touching feet that stretches back to 1996.
Written by Scott Viau
WARRENVILLE, IL - A 44-year-old Aurora man who allegedly touched a woman’s feet at the Warrenville Public Library has been arrested and given a $100,000 bail, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Omar Carlton, 44, of the 1000 block of 5th Avenue, was charged with one count of aggravated battery in a public place. Carlton was apprehended on May 4 by the Warrenville Police Department.
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On April 20, a woman was working in a desk cubicle at the Warrenville Public Library when she allegedly felt something brush up against her feet several times, according to the state’s attorney’s office. Prosecutors say Carlton, on at least four occasions, placed his bare foot on top of the woman’s open-toed shoes while she was working. The woman immediately told the library staff what Carlton allegedly had done. Library staff contacted the Warrenville Police Department whom, after conducting a thorough investigation into the matter, identified Carlton as a suspect, according to the state’s attorney’s office.
“While in public place such as a library, people are entitled to a certain amount of personal space,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said. “Any type of unwanted physical contact will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
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Carlton has a long history with allegedly touching women’s feet. In July 1996 he was arrested for crawling under a table and fondling a woman’s toes in the library of Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.
In June 1999, Carlton placed his own bare feet on another woman’s bare feet.
In July 2006 at Naperville’s Public Library and again in March 2008 at Wheaton College’s Buswell Memorial Library, Carlton touched a woman’s bare feet with his own.
In October 2015, Carlton was arrested after he allegedly caressed the feet of four women in Naperville’s North Central College library.
Carlton is currently out on bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for May 16, 2016 in front of Judge Liam Brennan.
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