Man charged with breaking into Aurora home, raping woman

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Updated: March 17, 2012 10:20AM

A Bolingbrook man is facing multiple felony charges after being accused of forcing his way into an Aurora apartment and raping a woman.

Aurora police said Wednesday that Erik Smith, 29, of the 1300 block of Wingfield Way, was charged with armed robbery with a firearm, home invasion with a firearm, armed violence, aggravated criminal sexual assault, possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of a controlled substance.

According to police Lt. Pete Inda, Smith forced his way into the apartment of a woman he knew who lived in the 1700 block of Marywood Avenue at 1:40 a.m. Monday. Smith pointed a gun at a man who was in the apartment, Inda said. That man then fled, police said.

Smith then duct-taped the wrists and ankles of the woman and forced her to perform oral sex on him while he held a gun to her head, police said. By then, the man who had fled the apartment had called police who responded to the apartment and convinced Smith to surrender, Inda said. A weapon was found in the apartment, Inda said.

Aurora

An iPod, three gold chains and diamond earrings, worth $3,900, were stolen from a home in the 800 block of Columbia Street between 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday, police said.

Sandwich

Thomas Crothers IV, 22, 1900 block of Laverne Drive, Sandwich was charged with felony defrauding a drug and alcohol test for submitting someone else’s urine to probation officers Tuesday, Sandwich police said. According to police, Crothers got someone else’s urine, heated it in a microwave, hid the fraudulent urine sample on his body and then submitted it as his own, police said.