Man sentenced to 83 years for sexual assault of 10-year-old Addison girl

A former Addison resident was sentenced Nov. 13 to 83 years in prison for a 2022 home invasion and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, prosecutors said.

On Aug. 30, a jury found Teodoro Garcia-Lopez, 32, guilty of three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault-victim under 13, two counts of home invasion, two counts of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, according to a DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office news release.

Garcia-Lopez has been in custody at the DuPage County jail since bond was set at $1 million in February 2022.

Judge Joseph Bugos presided over Garcia-Lopez’s trial and handed down the sentence.

About 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23, 2022, Garcia-Lopez entered the victim’s residence and found her and her brother alone in the house. The victim was playing in her bedroom with her brother when Garcia-Lopez entered the room and ordered her brother to leave, according to the release.

Garcia-Lopez ordered the victim to remove her clothes. She refused and fought back at which time Garcia-Lopez punched her in the face and strangled her. Garcia-Lopez removed the victim’s clothes and sexually assaulted her, authorities said.

After the assault, the victim’s parents returned home at which time Garcia-Lopez hid in a bathroom. Another family member discovered Garcia-Lopez and alerted the girl’s father. When the father confronted Garcia-Lopez, Garcia-Lopez swung at the father with a knife before fleeing, according to the release.

One week later, on Jan. 30, the victim and her parents saw Garcia-Lopez walking on the street and contacted Addison police. The victim’s father detained Garcia-Lopez until police arrived at which time Garcia-Lopez was arrested.

“Each and every one of us have the right to feel safe in our home,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in the release. “Mr. Garcia-Lopez’s violent sexual attack on an innocent 10-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.”

Sentencing guidelines require that Garcia-Lopez serve about 63.5 years in prison before being eligible for parole.