Former Addison Man Sentenced to 83 years for Sexually Assaulting Ten-Year-Old Girl
Teodoro Garcia-Lopez, 32 (d.o.b. 4/12/1992), formerly of Addison, has been sentenced to eighty-three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a 2022 home invasion and sexual assault of a ten-year-old girl.
“EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE IN OUR HOME,” BERLIN SAID. “MR. GARCIA-LOPEZ’S VIOLENT SEXUAL ATTACK ON AN INNOCENT TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN HER OWN HOME DESTROYED THE SAFETY AND COMFORT A HOME PROVIDES, NOT JUST FOR THE YOUNG VICTIM, BUT FOR HER FAMILY AND HAD A CHILLING EFFECT ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.”
ADDISON - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today Teodoro Garcia-Lopez, 32 (d.o.b. 4/12/1992), formerly of Addison, has been sentenced to eighty-three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a 2022 home invasion and sexual assault of a ten-year-old girl. On August 30, 2024, a jury found Garcia-Lopez guilty of three counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault - Victim Under Thirteen (Class X Felony), two counts of Home Invasion (Class X Felony), two counts of Aggravated Battery (one Class 2 Felony and one Class 3 Felony) and one count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 2 Felony). On February 3, 2022, Garcia-Lopez appeared in Bond Court where Judge Michael Reidy set bond at $1 million with 10% to apply. He has remained in custody at the DuPage County Jail since that time. Judge Joseph Bugos presided over Garcia-Lopez’s trial and handed down today’s sentence.
On January 23, 2022, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Garcia-Lopez entered the victim’s residence and found her and her brother alone in the home. The victim was playing in her bedroom with her brother when Garcia-Lopez entered the room and ordered her brother to leave the room. After he left the room, Garcia-Lopez ordered the victim to remove her clothes. The victim refused and fought back at which time Garcia punched her in the face and strangled her. Garcia then removed the victim’s clothes and sexually assaulted her. Following the assault, the victim’s parents returned home at which time Garcia hid in a bathroom. Another family member discovered Garcia and alerted the girl’s father. When the father confronted Garcia, Garcia swung at the father with a knife and fled the scene. One week later, on January 30, the victim and her parents saw Garcia-Lopez walking on the street and contacted the Addison Police Department. The father was able to detain Garcia until the police arrived at which time Garcia was taken into custody.
“Each and every one of us have the right to feel safe in our home,” Berlin said. “Mr. Garcia-Lopez’s violent sexual attack on an innocent ten-year-old girl in her own home destroyed the safety and comfort a home provides, not just for the young victim, but for her family and had a chilling effect on the entire community. No one, particularly a young girl, should be subjected to such a horrific assault. I commend the DuPage County Children’s Center and the Addison Police Department for their work on this extremely upsetting case as well as Assistant State’s Attorneys Mike Fisher, Alexandria Levan, Cathy Nusgart and Kathleen Rowe for their efforts in holding Mr. Garcia responsible for his actions.”
Sentencing guidelines will require that Garcia-Lopez will serve approximately sixty-three-and-a-half-years in the Illinois Department of Corrections before being eligible for parole.
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