Ricardo Alfredo Lobato Santos, 29, of Brazil, now residing in Grand Portage, has been charged with criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree and solicitation of a child to engage in sexual conduct.
According to the court complaint, the Cook County Sheriff ’s Department received a report on January 15, 2013 that a 14-year-old had told a trusted adult that Santos had touched her inappropriately. The Cook County Sheriff ’s Department arranged an observed and recorded interview of the juvenile on January 22, 2013. The girl described an incident in August 2012 when she had spent the night at Santos’ home after babysitting and Santos had pressured her to have sex with him, touching her and attempting to remover her pants. In the report, the girl said she had to tell Santos “no” approximately five times before he left her alone.
Santos was taken into custody on January 25. His attorney requested supervised release on February 13, which was denied. Santos next appears in Cook County court for a pre-trial hearing on May 8, 2013.
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