Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Kidnapping
Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of aggravated kidnapping of his former roommate's 10-year-old daughter, and sentenced to 7 years. Child had been waiting for her school bus; Defendant approached her and told her that she missed the bus and then kept her with him all day, including taking her to his girlfriend's apartment. When Defendant returned the child's father's phone call asking where the child was, he lied to the child about where she was. Police found the Defendant walking with the child a few blocks from her apartment. Evidence was sufficient to convict Defendant, as he isolated the child from meaningful contact with the public.(McLAREN and BRIDGES, concurring.)