While anti-ICE protestors assault federal agents in Chicago, criminal migrants are sexually assaulting women in the streets and homes across the Windy City.
In a recent case, a Venezuelan migrant was accused of attacking two women on the same night.
Yeison Diaz Gomez, 21, was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman during a North Side home invasion on Oct. 10. Diaz Gomez was recently in court for a detention hearing in that case.
Judge Ankur Srivastava ordered Diaz Gomez detained on charges of committing a sex offense during a home invasion, criminal sexual abuse and residential burglary, CWB Chicago reported.
Local reports indicate he tried to attack two women and broke into multiple homes that evening, and it was his fifth arrest since June. He is now facing charges for committing another sexual assault in nearby Evanston earlier the same night.
In that incident, he allegedly strangled a woman and tried to silence her by covering her mouth and shoving dirt, leaves and gravel into it. Prosecutors allege Diaz Gomez also tried to pull down the woman’s underwear, according to court records.
During the Evanston detention hearing, Judge Anthony Calabrese ordered Diaz Gomez detained, saying “the evidence is extraordinary of the defendant’s guilt.”
Police records indicate Diaz Gomez has been arrested 10 times since November 2024, including multiple shoplifting and narcotics cases filed while he was on pretrial release earlier this year.
Prosecutors presented evidence tying Diaz Gomez to both assaults. He was initially charged with the Oct. 10 break-in and attack in the 2100 block of West Lunt Avenue in Chicago, CWB Reported.
According to Assistant State’s Attorney Mike Pekara, the victim is a 32-year-old woman who lives in the Rogers Park neighborhood. She reported using her basement bathroom around 2 a.m., when Diaz Gomez reportedly entered the restroom wearing only a towel he found inside her home.
The woman screamed as Gomez allegedly grabbed her arm and groped her over her clothing, Pekara told the judge.
She attempted to fight him off and shouted for her roommates upstairs. Diaz Gomez then fled through a first-floor window. The woman later discovered her cellphone missing and called the police using a roommate’s phone.
Officers found a broken basement window, a blanket and a pair of shoes outside the home. Nearby, they discovered a black backpack that did not belong to anyone in the house.
During the investigation, a next-door neighbor alerted police to a break-in as well, CWB Chicago reported in another article on the crimes. The neighbor told officers that her rear door and basement window were open.
Several items, including a Timex watch, an iPad, and cash, were missing, Pekara said. Investigators also found the sexual assault victim’s phone in her neighbor’s kitchen.
Investigators obtained surveillance footage from the alley, which showed Diaz Gomez hiding from officers shortly after the attack, according to Pekara. He was also carrying an iPad resembling the one stolen from the neighbor’s home.
Diaz Gomez also allegedly admitted to breaking into the woman’s home in Rogers Park, entering the bathroom while she was inside, and taking her phone before fleeing into the neighbor’s residence, CWB reported.
During that detention hearing, prosecutors said more charges were coming in connection with another assault in Evanston. Diaz Gomez is now detained on those charges as well.
In the second case, which involved a separate detention hearing in Skokie, prosecutors said Diaz Gomez strangled and groped a woman on a sidewalk in Evanston around 11:30 p.m. on October 10, just hours before the Rogers Park home invasion.
The Evanston victim reported walking to her apartment when Diaz Gomez crossed the street to speak with her in the 1000 block of Dobson Street. Although the two were strangers, he started talking about having a relationship, Assistant State’s Attorney Brett Vail said.
Diaz Gomez allegedly followed the woman after she walked away, placed a condom and a pack of razors on the ground, and dragged her into a nearby yard, according to Vail. He then tried to strangle her, covered her mouth and shoved dirt, leaves, and gravel into it. Vail said he also tried to take off her clothes.
According to court records, the victim resisted by scratching and pulling his hair. A witness heard her screaming and came out outside, when Diaz Gomez ran away, Vail stated. The woman had cuts, bruises and red marks on her face and neck.
More surveillance video captured a man matching Diaz Gomez’s description riding a bicycle near the scene before and after the attack.
CWB Chicago issued an alert about the reported Rogers Park break-ins and information on the suspect around 4 a.m. Oct. 11.
A Chicago police officer recognized Diaz Gomez from a “seeking to identify” bulletin based on prior arrest on Aug. 22. Detectives had issued the bulletin within the department and shared it with the media after the break-ins were reported.
The Evanston victim identified him in a photo array four days later. During questioning, Diaz Gomez admitted that he fought with the woman, Vail said.
During the hearing for Evanston assault, Diaz Gomez’s public defender said Diaz Gomez emigrated from Venezuela three years ago and has no prior violent convictions. He added that Diaz Gomez helps care for his 18-year-old brother, who came to the United States with him.
Since June, he has been arrested six times, Judge Srivastava said, including a June 9 arrest for allegedly breaking into a vehicle on the South Side, shoplifting cases on July 9, July 23, and August 1, and a narcotics charge on August 22. He was ultimately released under the state’s cashless bail system.
