Nov. 08--A man lured a young woman to Chicago after meeting her on Facebook, then sexually assaulted her at a hotel, but was arrested after a friend she brought with her was able to text a friend who called police, prosecutors said Saturday.
Marco Palmer, 38, was ordered held in lieu of $300,000 bail Saturday in Cook County Bond Court after being charged with unlawful restraint and criminal sexual assault in the attack Friday afternoon.
Palmer invited an 18-year old woman he befriended on Facebook to visit him in Chicago. She took him up on the offer and brought a friend, arriving Friday, according to prosecutors.
Palmer met the two when they came to the city, and when they got into his car, Palmer told them that "he was in charge now" and asked if they had ever had sex for money, prosecutors said.
He then drove to a hotel, where he told the women to undress and ordered the first woman to perform a sex act on him before sexually assaulting her with a champagne bottle, prosecutors said. The second victim was able to grab her phone and go to the bathroom, where she sent a text to a friend asking for help.
Palmer, of the 11900 block of South LaSalle Street, was arrested at the hotel, Chicago Lake Shore Hotel, 4900 S. Lake Shore Drive, about 3:45 p.m. Friday, after police were contacted, according to court records. His car, a 2012 black Chrysler 300, was seized by police.
