DNA Catches Attacker
- A rape suspect was linked by DNA to a daylight attack on an off-duty Chicago police officer who was jogging in a Northwest Side park but was able to fight him off, Cook County prosecutors said Friday.
Rolando "Cortez" Cortes, 21, was arrested Thursday on the new charge at Cook County Jail, where he has been held without bail for the last 14 months on charges he kidnapped and sexually assaulted another woman as she left a health club in the same area, prosecutors said.
"I find you a danger to the community," Judge Donald Panarese Jr. told Cortes on Friday as he ordered him held without bail as well on the new charge of sexual abuse.
The female officer, then 39, was jogging on the Sauganash Park bike path in the 5800 block of North Rogers Avenue about 2:45 p.m. on Aug. 29, 2013, when Cortes grabbed her neck from behind, said Assistant State's Attorney Sarah Karr.
The two struggled and fell down an embankment into bushes. Cortes fondled the woman over her clothes, Karr said. The officer screamed and tried to push him off her, but he repeatedly punched her about the head to try to silence her, she said.
The officer dug her nails into Cortes' eyes and grabbed his genitals, causing him to run away, Karr said. The officer tried to chase after him, but her hair had become tangled in a bush.
A harrowing experience to be sure. But over 18 months to find a DNA match? And he was waiting in County for 14 of those months. Is the ISP Lab still that backed up? Something has to change over there.
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posted by SCC at 1:00 AM
47 Comments:
Leo will fix it
CPD doing the best they can with what they got.
Didn't he flash one louie Gutierrez
"I cannot be deported because of obama amnesty" cards?
Now we will hear from "Dirty Toni"Preckwinkle on how
The minority incarceration is severely disportionated in cook county jail.
Topee tommy will cry about the cost.
Anita alverez wanted him on a bracelet.
ISP Chicago Lab should be shut down, they are an under performing Lab. The Detectives all know when evidence goes to get test. Many times they just send it back untested. They are riddled with mismanagement.
This guy was arrested and charged with a similar crime before but gled to Mexico.
Always carry your firearms when off duty. Do not become a victim.
They should have a special division that takes care of nothing but DNA to reduce the problems they have at the present time.
There are so many places in this story where I could make a nonsense comment, but since it is one of us, I will leave it alone and just say good job to the evidence collectors.
Does Leo know about this? He could get an award for clearing up the mess at the ISP crime lab!
Jeez, it takes a month for Ancestry.com to complete your DNA test.
18 months is standard to get anything back from the ISP but everybody likes to talk about clearance rates while they point at the detectives and laugh. The whole system is screwed up beyond belief. You have equipment that doesn't work, bosses that don't know their heads from their asses, uncooperative witnesses and victims, ASA'S that won't charge anything that's not a total slam dunk, a court system that repeatedly let's violent offenders go free with a slap on the wrist, and a media, citizens, and politicians that never back us.
Is this guy one of the 5 million that the potus wants to reform immigration wise? In other words, give this country away to keep democrats in office.
"The officer tried to chase after him, but her hair had become tangled in a bush."
He picked the wrong target! I showed my daughters this article so they know to fight back. Great job officer!
Something does have to change. Rape kits sit for years untested. In this day and age, should not take this long.
Great forethought on day one and nice follow up, by all involved.
1.17am---you owe me an iPad, I just spit out my morning Mountain Dew all over it
Some of the suburbs have gone to private crime labs to process their serious cases rather then wait a year or more for the state. The turn around time is days. Maybe CPD should consider doing the same?
So this guy's name is cortes and his nickname is cortez. that's a little strange
Hire more exempts to process DNA kits.
I forgot exempts have NO value!
They bring few ideas to the table.
Garry will launch them if they see flaws in any of his stolen IDEAS.
They love having the newest cars in the fleet that FOP stated patrol was going to receive.
Off subject SCC how many of those new cars has an actual patrol officer received?
Dr. Dean should have a way to verify the info since it was his bright idea for patrol to have 1st dibs on new squad cars.
Anyone see the problem here why CPD is a joke? Second largest police department in the country and we don't have our own crime lab? CPD equals a joke. The merits have destroyed this once great police department. Don't blame the State Police. Blame this joke of a dept.
The ISP lab on Damen is way too small to handle CPD's volume of evidence. Think of it, a city of 2.5 million and a tiny lab on Damen. I think it's all by design. No lab results = no Charges by felony Review.
They have labs at Rockford, Morton and Joliet.
Ugh, maybe they should... nah that would be too simple.
Jeez, it takes a month for Ancestry.com to complete your DNA test.
4/19/2015 08:16:00 AM
Im sure a hell of a lot cheaper too
Always carry off-duty? No thanks. I'll get a weed card when I retire instead of that H.R. 218 nonsense.
Anonymous said...
ISP Chicago Lab should be shut down, they are an under performing Lab. The Detectives all know when evidence goes to get test. Many times they just send it back untested. They are riddled with mismanagement.
4/19/2015 02:09:00 AM
When the CPD had their own lab it was not a model of efficiency and good management. Spending money on the back end , i.e crime lab, etc, was never a priority by the CPD back then nor with the ISP now.
Rauner, Blago, Prekwinkle, Luis G., Daley, Rahm and all the rest of the politicians are too busy burning up money on freebies to the non-productive parasites.
Would they rather import 1,000 illegals and provide everything, food housing medical care, schools and all the rest including voter cards, OR hire 1,000 cops. The same is true with forensic services.
I hope that the Officer involved in this incident has recovered in all respects and is ready for court to send this scum away for a very long time.
BTW, That great windfall of taxpayer cash to those lowlife lawyers and they murderer clients coming right after Rahm's election. Is all that money payback for campaign contributions by those lawyers, maybe hidden under a couple of layers. Can't spend money on pensions, look what those greedy cops cost us.
Never mind Leo he just got there. What about little big man Hiram Grau.He had 4 yrs there.He was to busy thinking about his next job than to even try and fix anything at the ISP.Another minority,clout heavy, Napoleon complex-ed hack.Now he can be Phils ball boy down in Fl.
Great job by the 017 RBT. Too bad the two guys that actually solved the case with the dicks were dumped off the team. Its all legit folks!
Another illegal in our country. For free benefits and sexual assaults on American citizens .
Thank a democRat
Thanks to King Richard II for dismantling our crime lab (the first in the nation) & tossing the lab work to the State Police. Mr. Anti-Police & a poor excuse for a State's Atty.
Its too bad she didn't "fix" him.
How come Mothers against Drunk drivers don't protest amnesty for illegals who are caught driving drunk?
Carry a firearm at all times. On and off duty.
Preckwinkle and Dart both look the other way when it comes to illegal sex offenders in cook county jail. They are known to release them the community even when found guilty of an offense. Media??? Why won't you report on this??? These offenders, many child sex offenders should be scooped up by ICE and deported. So much for keeping the public and the American citizen safe from these predators.
Welcome to our welcome city !
Anonymous said...
Great job by the 017 RBT. Too bad the two guys that actually solved the case with the dicks were dumped off the team. Its all legit folks!
4/19/2015 02:44:00 PM
Please tell us more with specifics.
Why doesn't the County have a crime lab?
Carry a firearm at all times. On and off duty.
Hey dumb ass, She was running.... Should she have had her duty belt on too? You obviously have not worked out since the academy! I carry off duty, and think you are a fool not too, however there are times that you can not.
Years ago there was a controversy about untested rape kits left in a warehouse on Illinois. Some activist group raised money to get them tested, and then Gov. Blagoyovich passed a law to have the kits tested in a timely matter( some kits sat untested for years). After he went to prison, it seemed everyone forgot about this issue.
>>>Anonymous said...
Some of the suburbs have gone to private crime labs to process their serious cases rather then wait a year or more for the state. The turn around time is days. Maybe CPD should consider doing the same?
4/19/2015 10:51:00 AM<<<
The Daley/Vaneko Forensics Institute, imagine what they could have done with the Kloshman case.
Does Leo know about this? He could get an award for clearing up the mess at the ISP crime lab!
Leo is too busy in Springfield polishing the governor's shoes and brown nosing to everyone else.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
How come Mothers against Drunk drivers don't protest amnesty for illegals who are caught driving drunk?
4/19/2015 04:39:00 PM
Maybe you should post your question on their blog.
It might actually do some good.
>>>Anonymous said...
Carry a firearm at all times. On and off duty.
Hey dumb ass, She was running.... Should she have had her duty belt on too? You obviously have not worked out since the academy! I carry off duty, and think you are a fool not too, however there are times that you can not.
4/20/2015 12:21:00 AM<<<
Who's the Dumbass? First I am glad this Officer survived and I hope she is fully recovered.
A person/officer who is JOGGING or RUNNING is not trying to shave milliseconds off a four minute mile. They can carry a Ruger LCP which weighs 17.7 ounces loaded in a belt pack or belly band or any variety of methods.
The problem is getting at the weapon and using it while wrestling with an offender. One has to make the commitment to find something that works for them. BTW, I prefer my S&W Shield in .40cal.
"Some of the suburbs have gone to private crime labs to process their serious cases rather then wait a year or more for the state. The turn around time is days. Maybe CPD should consider doing the same?"
-- 4/19/2015 10:51:00 AM
Hire Maury Povich. His operation must have access to the most efficient, latest high-speed automated DNA lab in the country, considering how the whole show is based on it.
"Today on Maury! DNA will PROVE that Laquan is not the father of Doshenisha's child!"
"OOOOOOOOOOO!" goes the studio audience.
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"A harrowing experience to be sure. But over 18 months to find a DNA match? And he was waiting in County for 14 of those months. Is the ISP Lab still that backed up? Something has to change over there."
Actually that's a pretty good turnaround for a Codis hit. They take years. Obvious you never spent a day in the D-Unit or ever talked to a Detective as to how long DNA hits take. I urge you to contact your local elected representative to voice your concerns
Rapid DNA is the new thing. Doing it in AZ and some other states, less then 48 hours they can have profile, sooner if sent in asap. Great for serial cases. Sux to be a victim in IL, or be victimized because the system is broke and out dated.
Hey dumb ass, She was running.... Should she have had her duty belt on too? You obviously have not worked out since the academy! I carry off duty, and think you are a fool not too, however there are times that you can not.
4/20/2015 12:21:00 AM
You really think you need a duty belt to carry? I run with my subcompact. Why would I run through the forest preserve trails without a firearm? So I can be victimized by someone with a firearm? You need to get some additional training.
"A harrowing experience to be sure. But over 18 months to find a DNA match? And he was waiting in County for 14 of those months. Is the ISP Lab still that backed up? Something has to change over there."
Actually that's a pretty good turnaround for a Codis hit. They take years. Obvious you never spent a day in the D-Unit or ever talked to a Detective as to how long DNA hits take. I urge you to contact your local elected representative to voice your concerns
4/20/2015 01:06:00 PM
You're amazing.
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