Armando Robles, 46, is charged with assaulting the boy between about 9 and 10:30 p.m. Sunday near the pool at Cermak Woods, 7600 Ogden Avenue, according to a release from the Cook County sheriff’s office.
The man, who didn’t know the boy, approached the teen that evening and told him he was armed, then forced him to drink alcohol, according to the release. The man then sexually assaulted the boy.
The boy reported the incident, and on Monday, Forest Preserve police notified sheriff’s detectives about the incident. Detectives were able to identify the attacker as Robles, who lives in the 6400 block of South Hamlin Avenue, and arrested him.
Robles appeared Thursday before Bridgeview Court Judge Donald Havis on charges of criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse and was ordered held in lieu of $500,000 bail, according to court records.
Robles was arrested at least three times between 2003 and 2006 on misdemeanor charges of public indecency but was never convicted, according to police and court records.
According to police records, the arrests took place after these incidents: About 5 p.m. June 25, 2003, at a home in the 4600 block of South Talman Avenue; about 2:25 p.m. Dec. 16, 2005, in a small retail store in the 6400 block of South Pulaski Road; and about 5:30 p.m. May 16, 2006, also in the 6400 block of South Pulaski, in an incident involving a coin-operated machine. In all three cases, the charges were dropped after a few weeks, according to court records.
Robles is scheduled for another hearing in Bridgeview Branch Court on Oct. 8, according to court and jail records.
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