A United States Customs and Border Safety officer has been indicted on federal civil rights prices for allegedly sexually assaulting and robbing a number of ladies within the Chicago suburbs.
A newly unsealed indictment prices Luis Uribe, 44, of Pingree Grove, Illinois, with ten counts of deprivation of civil rights underneath shade of regulation and one depend of brandishing a firearm throughout a criminal offense of violence. Uribe was arrested Tuesday morning and entered a not responsible plea throughout a day arraignment earlier than U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Keri L. Holleb Hotaling, who set a detention listening to for December 15, officers stated.
Federal prosecutors stated Uribe carried out each customs and immigration duties for CBP within the Chicago space, a task that approved him to hold a firearm and make arrests for felony and different offenses. In keeping with the indictment, he used that authority when he sexually assaulted and robbed two ladies, allegedly brandishing a gun throughout at the least one assault. He’s additionally accused of robbing and making an attempt to sexually assault two extra ladies.
The alleged crimes occurred in 2022 in Schaumburg and Naperville, based on the charging doc.
If convicted, Uribe faces a compulsory minimal of seven years in federal jail and a most sentence of life, officers stated Tuesday.
Anybody with details about the case or who believes they could be a sufferer of Uribe is requested to name a safe hotline at 312-239-7423. The road is accessible in English and Chinese language.
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