A caretaker at a South Side residential facility for disabled adults is accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled women last summer while he was on electronic monitoring on charges of shooting a man.
Clarence Morgan, 36, is accused of sexually assaulting the 29-year-old woman while she was living at a Hawkins CILA residential home near 83rd Street and Ashland Avenue, according to Cook County prosecutors and Chicago police records.
The woman’s mother reached out to her daughter’s caseworker, who conducted an interview with the 29-year-old, including showing her photos of six male staff members at the facility, prosecutors said.The woman "immediately" identified Morgan as the person who assaulted her, according to prosecutors. That incident was reported to Chicago police on Aug. 30 and an interview with the woman was conducted by authorities in October, prosecutors said.
An Oct. 12 letter signed by Hawkins CILA’s owner Janice Preston informed the court that Morgan was employed by the company. Prosecutors said Morgan was on electronic monitoring at the time of the alleged assault while facing charges of aggravated battery with a firearm.
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