A man with a history of violent crimes and sexual assault allegations is now accused of following a 54-year-old woman home from a restaurant and attacking her inside the stairwell of her Gold Coast apartment building.
John Mays Jr., 31, was detained by Judge Rivanda Doss Beal after being charged with robbery, aggravated battery by strangulation, and unlawful restraint for the July 7 attack. The judge noted Mays was recently released from parole and also had a recent arrest in Kankakee County for attempted criminal sexual assault, though that case was later dismissed.
According to a detention petition, the victim had an early dinner in the 1100 block of North Clark Street and then walked to a nail salon near her apartment building. Mays allegedly started tailing her as she left the restaurant. After getting her nails done, she used an interior door from the salon to enter her building’s lobby…