From staff reports
A Chicago man was charged last week with child abduction and luring of a minor after Cook County Sheriff’s Police detectives found he attempted to lure a minor into his vehicle, said Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart.
According to police, about 4:43 p.m. on Monday, April 22, officers responded to an incident that occurred in the 5000 block of South Long Avenue in unincorporated Stickney Township.
Upon arrival, officers met with a witness who stated that a man driving a silver SUV followed a minor and attempted to lure the child into his vehicle.
The witness also told officers that he drove off after she intervened by yelling and beeping her car’s horn at him.
Shortly after, officers met with the victim and learned that while walking home from school, a man drove up to the curb and followed the child for approximately one block.
The victim told officers that the man would not leave and kept following. The child was not hurt.
Through their investigation, detectives identified the man as 39-year-old Arley Carrillo Mendez, of the 4900 Block of South Laramie Avenue.
Mendez was later located at his residence and taken into custody without incident.
On Tuesday, April 23, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved one count of child abduction and luring of a minor, a Class 4 Felony.
Mendez appeared for an initial hearing at the Bridgeview Courthouse where a judge ordered him into the Sheriff’s Electronic Monitoring program.