Crime & Safety

Yorkville Man Grabbed Boy's Hand, Held It: Police

The 43-year-old man was charged with battery.

YORKVILLE, IL — A 43-year-old Yorkvile man has been arrested and charged with battery after he allegedly grabbed a boy’s hand at the Fox Hill East park in the Fox Hill neighborhood.

Police say on July 27 they received a report of an adult man making “unwanted physical contact with several male juveniles at the park.”

Mikaj J. Pielech, 43, of the 1500 block of Stoneridge Court in Yorkville, allegedly grabbed and held the hand of a male juvenile, police said.

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