CHICAGO — Prosecutors have charged a man with trying to abduct a random 13-year-old boy from a Humboldt Park street last week, just one week after being put on electronic monitoring for allegedly selling drugs about a block away.
Officials said Devontay Kenny, 32, asked if he could walk the boy to school, saying something to the effect of “I like little boys and girls” after approaching him in the 3800 block of West Thomas on February 24.
The boy refused, but Kenny pinned him against the brick wall of a nearby house, officials said. After struggling with Kenny, the child broke free and ran to a nearby convenience store for help, according to a detention petition filed by prosecutors.
Judge Shauna Boliker granted the petition, noting that Kenny had allegedly followed the child for several blocks and, when witnesses intervened, he tried to convince them that he was the boy’s uncle.
Prosecutors charged Kenny with attempted kidnapping, unlawful restraint, and aggravated battery in a public place.
Exactly one week before he allegedly tried to abduct the boy, Judge Susana Ortiz put Kenny on a nighttime curfew with an electronic monitoring bracelet after cops accused him of distributing heroin and cocaine in the 3100 block of West Harrison and the 1100 block of North Pulaski, according to court records.
Kenny has several felony convictions for narcotics-related charges and a 2017 conviction for aggravated robbery.
