CHICAGO—A Chicago man accused of sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl at a Chatham bus stop in the presence of her mother was ordered detained pending trial at Cook County Jail.
James Spencer, 41, deemed a sexual predator on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry, appeared before Cook County Judge John Hock on a felony charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13.
Last Saturday, June 20, around 7:41 p.m., the 6-year-old girl was waiting with her mother and 8-month-old brother, who was in a stroller, at a CTA bus stop at 15 W. 87th St.
While the bus was approaching, the prosecutor said a stranger, later identified as Spencer, approached the child from behind, placed his hand on the girl's skirt, and squeezed her buttock. The mother, noticing the stranger getting closer to her 6-year-old, told him not to touch her child, according to court documents.