A Wonder Lake man whose court case on child sexual abuse charges three years ago ended in a mistrial that is still the subject of an appeal pleaded not guilty Monday to similar charges involving a different child.
David Kimble, 50, entered his plea before Judge Sharon Prather at the McHenry County courthouse. According to his indictment, he is charged with one count of attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim younger than 13.
The alleged abuse occurred between 2010 and 2012 when the girl would have been between 4 and 6 years old, according to prosecutors and the indictment. The alleged abuse in this new case would have taken place prior to the alleged abuse for which he was tried in 2015.
Prather also was the judge in the 2015 case. At the time of the mistrial, declared after the jury deliberated five hours, prosecutors said they would retry Kimble. But the 2nd District Appellate Court ruled that Prather should have directed the jury to deliberate longer to reach a verdict. The appellate court also wrote that re-prosecuting Kimble on those charges would result in double jeopardy.The state is appealing this decision to the Illinois Supreme Court.
In 2016, Kimble also was charged with a felony aggravated unlawful use of a loaded weapon without a firearm owner identification card. In 2014, he was charged with misdemeanor failure to surrender a FOID card, illegal possession of ammunition without a FOID and violating conditions of his bond by failing to surrender his FOID card, according to authorities and the criminal complaints filed at the courthouse. Both of these cases remain open, according to court documents.
At the 2015 trial where Kimble faced four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child younger than 13, witnesses testified that Kimble often babysat a neighbor’s children. The alleged victim was one of those children.
The children often called Kimble “Uncle Dave” or “Daddy Dave,” according to witnesses who testified at the time. Witnesses also said Kimble often purchased items for the children including underwear and coloring books. His defense attorney at that trial said the girl’s accounts of what allegedly happened were inconsistent.
Kimble is due back in court July 17.
Amanda Marrazzo is a freelance reporter.