Crime & Safety
Court Watch: Area Doctor Facing More Sex Charges
A Chicago man was sentenced Friday for his role in robbing a dead man's home and other court news.
The Southland's major criminal and civil cases heard in Cook County and Will County courts this week.
Cook County
OAK LAWN —
Dr. Rajat Prakash, 46, of Oak Brook is facing a second accusation of fondling a patient. Following a misdemeanor battery charge that he had fondled a 32-year-old woman with , Oak Lawn police said another woman came forward a few days after the charge were filed on Feb. 15.
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The second accuser said he touched her private areas without her consent when they met to discuss her medical information. A civil case against the doctor is also in the works. He will be back in court on May 17.
Will County
NEW LENOX
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David R. Reed, 23, of Chicago was sentenced Friday morning after pleading guilty to residential burglary. Authorities accused him of stealing from a murdered man's home whose body was decomposing in one of the rooms.
Reed and a second man charged with residential burglary in the same incident, John H. White, 21, also of Chicago, testified in February that they did not know the man had been killed . White is scheduled for sentencing on Friday.
We'll update next week with the results of the hearing.
On the Docket Next Week
MONDAY
Steven Sly, accused of having sex with a minor
WEDNESDAY
Brandon Bergthold, accused of trying to buy sex with minors
THURSDAY
Rajat Prakash, Christ Hospital doctor accused of fondling a patient
FRIDAY
Michael Angel, accused a second time of coaching softball on school grounds without permission
Rodney Julun, charged with first-degree murder
John White, sentencing on charge of residential burglary
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