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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Woman Accused of Tying Up 11-Year-Old Formally Charged

Rocio Ochoa charged with 23 different counts of battery and restraint. Arraignment set for Aug. 4.

A court-appointed guardian accused of tying an 11-year-old La Grange girl to a pole, was formally indicted in a Bridgeview courtroom Monday morning on 23 different counts. Rocio Ochoa, 44 of Hillgrove Avenue, made a brief appearance in court to face the indictment handed down from the grand jury. Ochoa, who lives in La Grange, faces 23 total charges, including 14 counts of aggravated domestic battery, four counts aggravated battery with intent to commit bodily harm, four counts of child endangerment and one count of unlawful restraint of a child. Earlier this month Judge Colleen McSweeney-Moore ordered Ochoa held on $300,000 bond. Ochoa will return to court Aug. 4 for her arraignment, said Tandra Simonton, a spokesperson for the Cook …

Matthew Hendrickson

10:05 am on Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Exclusive: Mother of Two Girls Was Deported and Police Have No Contact Information

Police chief says mother was deported, credits D.A.R.E program in teaching girl to come to police for help.

To read Patch's initial report on this story, click here.   According to La Grange’s chief of police, the department is having trouble tracking down the mother of a girl who was tied up in the basement of a La Grange home on Monday. An 11-year-old girl walked six blocks to the police station just before midnight on Monday, June 27 to tell police she had escaped from the basement of her home near the 100 block of Hillgrove Avenue after being tied to a pole in the basement. The girl and her 9-year-old sister had been living with a court-appointed guardian, Rocio Ochoa, Police Chief Michael Holub said today. Their mother had been deported several years ago, Holub said, and police have not been able to locate any contact information for their …

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