Fifty-seven year old Steven W. Hess, Crystal Lake, is to spend the next 19 years as a guest of the Illinois Department of Corrections. He was charged with the offenses of Aggravated Kidnapping and Attempted Criminal Sexual Assault. He will be legally required to serve 85% of his sentence, or 193.8 months.
McHenry County State's Attorney Louis A. Bianchi reports that on December 9, 2009, Hess confronted his ex-girlfriend, a 53 year old Crystal Lake woman, at her place of employment. He was able to convince her to get into his car, where he tied a rope around her neck, tied her wrists together with plastic zip ties and drove her to a vacant store where he served as a property manager. The defendant attempted to force the victim into the basement of the vacant store by striking her with his fists and spraying her face with pepper spray. A bystander, who was driving in the area, shouted at the defendant allowing the victim to flee to a nearby business.
The police responded to the area, searched the basement and discovered a makeshift bed, pre-tied ropes, twist ties, knives and other items indicating that the defendant planned to commit a sexual assault. The defendant was located the following morning after the car that he used to transport the victim was found burning in a field in unincorporated Woodstock. The defendant later confessed that he intended to have sex with the victim and to post the assault on the internet.
This matter was investigated by Det. Houlihan, Det. Ford, Det. Nystarom and Det. Will of the Crystal Lake Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Ryan Blackney.
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