PAROLEE CHARGED IN RAPE OF 13 YEAR OLD WALKING ON TRAIL

Andre Epps, a 29 year old Carol Stream man, approached a 13 year old girl on the Great Western Trail near Carol Stream and asked her to help him look for a friend of his.  After the girl agreed to help, he led her to a wooded area off the trail and sexually assaulted and beat her.  Epps has a long criminal history and was just paroled this month after serving time in the Menard State Correctional Center on a burglary charge.  He has been arrested 21 times in his