Fugitive Naperville Doctor Charged With Sex Crimes Arrested At O'Hare: FEDS

Caption: Yorkville Police booking photo for Haohua Yang, 51, in December 2014.

A Naperville doctor indicted on multiple charges of sexual assault was arrested on a return flight from China by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers over the weekend.

The customs officers were alerted to a passenger returning to the United States after being denied entry into China, identified as Dr. Haohua Yang, 51, who currently lives in Naperville.

Yang was taken into custody at O’Hare International Airport on April 17. He was indicted in Kendall County on sex assault charges and is set to appear in court on April 30, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release.

The doctor was charged with three felony counts of sexual assault and five counts of sexual abuse, according Kendall County court records.

Yang practiced internal medicine in Yorkville where he operated Yorkville Medical Center. Three female patients claimed that he touched them inappropriately during office visits. After learning of the sex abuse charges filed against him in December 2014, he turned himself into Yorkville police, ABC 7 Chicago reported.

The alleged incidents took place between 2012 and 2014. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation indicates that the Yang’s license has been suspended.

According to state licensing records, he was affiliated with Rush Copley Memorial Hospital in Aurora and Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich.

Customs officers worked closely with Kendall County officials to obtain an arrest warrant. Yang was turned over to the Yorkville Police Department after he was taken into custody at O’Hare.

It is not clear if Yang was free on bond when he traveled and tried to enter China.

“This is another fine example of CBP working alongside our local law enforcement partners to apprehend fugitives who try to run from the law,” Chicago Area Port Director Matthew Davies said in a written statement.

U.S Customs and Border Protection reports that it makes 22 arrests per day.