Overview
- DuPage County prosecutors charged Kevin Niemiec and Jon Clary II with three counts each of criminal sexual assault and charged Zachary Mascolo with two counts, all Class 1 felonies.
- Prosecutors allege each defendant sexually assaulted a female classmate inside a minivan during a Saint Viator High School graduation party in Roselle in mid-June.
- After the incident, the victim sought help at a friend's home, contacted family, received hospital care, and the Roselle Police Department was notified on June 15.
- A judge issued arrest warrants on Dec. 17; Mascolo was arrested Dec. 21 near his home, while Clary and Niemiec turned themselves in the next day, with investigators including the county's digital forensic unit credited in the case.
- Following initial court appearances, Niemiec remains detained, while Mascolo and Clary are on pretrial release under conditions prohibiting alcohol use and contact with the victim, with Niemiec due in court Jan. 12 and the others on Jan. 27.