Crime & Safety
Plano Area Man Accused of Assaulting 5-Year-Old
The 26-year-old man was babysitting the girl when Kendall County Sheriff's police said he criminally sexually assaulted her.
A 26-year-old Plano area man sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl while he was babysitting her in his home, Kendall County Sheriff's police said in a news release.
Thomas Haring, of the 17000 block of Frazier Road, was charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and criminal sexual abuse. The more serious charge typically is punishable with between six and 30 years in prison; probation is not an option.
Haring was a friend of the child's mother. Police said the incident happened Nov. 19.
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An arrest warrant was issued for Haring on July 5. He was arrested in Chicago on July 10 and posted $25,000 bond the next day, sheriff's police said.