Crime & Safety
Joliet Woman Charged With Teen Sex Romp Waiting on Google
A prosecutor said Google has yet to respond to a subpoena in the case of a woman charged with carrying on sexually with a teenage boy.
By Joseph Hosey
Whatever Internet giant Google knows about a Joliet woman supposedly setting up and indulging in a sex date with a teenage boy, it's not saying.
A prosecutor in the sex case of 33-year-old Margarita Hernandez said during a Thursday morning hearing in Will County court that Google has yet to respond to a subpoena. Judge Edward Burmila set an August date to revisit the issue.
Hernandez was arrested in October after allegedly orchestrating the sexual liaison with the teen. The youth is a friend of the son of one of Hernandez's cousins, officials said.
Hernandez's 77-year-old live-in boyfriend, veteran weekly newspaperman John Gabriel, was home at the time of the alleged sex date, police said.
Gabriel has stood by Hernandez since her arrest. He claimed she is nothing more than a patsy in a frame-up concocted by the numerous enemies he has made over the years in the cutthroat world of community news.
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