A Humboldt Park man was ordered held on no bail Sunday after prosecutors said he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman before driving her home and giving her his cell phone number.
Daniel M. Garcia, 27, of the 3200 block of West Evergreen Avenue, is charged with kidnapping, aggravated criminal sexual assault and vehicular hijacking in connection to Friday’s incident.
The 29-year-old victim had attended a fashion show and after party in downtown Chicago Friday night, Assistant State’s Attorney Alex Molesky said Sunday.
She left with a friend and they stopped to get gas in the 4000 block of North Pulaski Road en route to the friend’s lakeshore home in Wisconsin, she said.
The male friend entered the station to purchase some items, while the woman was looking at her cell phone in the car.
Suddenly Garcia entered the car and sped away, he said.
The victim tried to stop the car, grabbing the steering wheel, but Garcia punched her in the face, Molesky said. The victim’s nails were broken as she tried to ward off Garcia’s punches with her hands, according to Molesky.
Garcia took the woman’s cell phone and told her he had a gun and that he was supposed to kill her, Molesky said.
“I’m part of a cartel,” Garcia told her, according to police reports.
Garcia drove around with the woman, who lives in a southwest suburb and was unfamiliar with the area, Molesky said.
After she pleaded with him not to rape her, Garcia parked the car in an isolated area and choked the woman before sexually assaulting her.
He then drove her to her home, stopping at an Orland Park bank to take $100 out of the ATM with the woman’s debit card, Molesky said.
“We can work this out,” Garcia told the woman, according to court records.
He then put his number in her cell phone, told her “I’ll see you tomorrow,” and drove away in her car.
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When she got into her home, the woman told her roommate what had happened and the police were called, Molesky said.
Garcia was pulled over and arrested in Orland Park about 4:30 a.m., according to court records.