Oswego Man Charged with Attempted Child Abduction

Photo: Alfonso C. Acacia

An Oswego man has been charged with attempted child abduction, according to a release from Aurora Police Department.

Alfonso C. Acacia, 24, of the 300 block of Springbrook Trail in Oswego, was charged August 31 in connection to an incident that occurred at around 8 a.m. Aug. 27, in the area of Best Place and Linda Court in Aurora.

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Two Jefferson Middle School sixth grade girls told police that as they were walking they were approached by a man in a silver sedan, similar to a Dodge Avenger, who told them to get into the car. They immediately ran toward the Walmart in the 2100 block of West Galena Boulevard and went into the store. The suspect then followed the girls to Walmart, but kept driving once they entered the building. The girls were not injured.

The girls were able to provide a partial license plate number, E73, which led police to finding the man, according to the release.

The afternoon of the incident, Aurora police were contacted by a Montgomery police sergeant who had run the partial plate information through their in-house records system. One of the records came back with information on a full license plate registered to a silver Dodge Avenger owned by Acacia. Acacia’s picture also closely matched the description of the man supplied by the two girls.

Aurora police detectives took Acacia into custody at his residence on Aug. 31 without incident. He has since posted the required 10 percent of his bail which was set at $10,000. His next court date is 9 a.m. September 10 at the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles.