A Chicago Heights teen, 17, is facing four years probation in a Griffith rape case.
He pleaded guilty Friday to strangulation and domestic battery resulting in moderate bodily injury, both Level 6 felonies. A judge would have to review and accept the plea deal.
His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Feb. 7.
The Post-Tribune is not naming him because he is a minor.
He was originally charged with raping a girl inside an apartment complex’s fitness room’s bathroom.
Police responded on March 9.
The girl said the teen asked her to work out with him. They met outside a nearby restaurant and walked to the apartment gym room.
The teen touched her while working out. He started to choke her, forced her to the nearby bathroom and raped her, the affidavit alleges.
The girl repeatedly told him no and said she could barely breathe. She went to the hospital for a rape exam.
Video footage appeared to show the teen getting “aggressive” and trying to “wrestle” the girl, then take her toward the bathroom. He left the bathroom after ten minutes. The girl is seen crying on camera afterward.
The teen told police he believed he was “flirting” and “wrestling” and had consensual sex.
mcolias@post-trib.com
