Charges filed against man accused of kidnapping, sexually assaulting woman in Madison County

COLLINSVILLE (KMOV) -- A suspect has been arrested and charged after a woman reported to police she was held at knifepoint and sexually assaulted in Collinsville in November.

The Collinsville Police Department said in a press release that a man in his 30s approached the woman on Nov. 11 while she was in her vehicle outside Starbucks near Collinsville Crossing Boulevard around 7 a.m. She told police the man had a large knife and forced her to drive to Troy, Illinois, where he sexually assaulted her.

The man drove back to the area of Collinsville Crossing and parked the car near Wendy’s and fled the area around 7:50 a.m. After the initial report, police began actively searching for the man. Officers later released a sketch of the man and more surveillance photos of a car, a Chevrolet Cruze, which they believed was connected to the crime.

Police said they believed this was a random act of violence.

On March 8, it was announced that Timothy J. Dubois Jr., 39, of Shobonier, Illinois had been arrested and charged in relation to the case. The Madison County State’s Attorney charged him with eight counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and two counts of aggravated kidnapping. He is being held without bond.

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