Man sexually abused 6-year-old at thrift shop

A Buena Park man charged with sexually abusing a 6-year-old boy in a resale shop this week had been arrested in July for public indecency at another store but the charge was dropped.
In the latest incident, Milton Contreras, 40, is accused of forcing the boy to inappropriately touch him while the boy was shopping with his grandparents at a Salvation Army thrift store in the Albany Park neighborhood.
The boy and his grandparents were shopping at the store at 3301 W. Montrose Avenue about 7:20 p.m. Monday when the boy walked away to return something he wasn’t going to buy. The boy tried to get around Contreras in an aisle, but Contreras would not let the boy by unless he touched him.
When the boy refused , Contreras exposed himself and grabbed the boy’s hand and forced him.
The boy ran to his grandmother and told her what happened. A store clerk found out what had happened, and the boy pointed Contreras out to the clerk.
Contreras fled but the clerk took a photograph of his vehicle, including its license plate, and Chicago police found that the vehicle was registered to Contreras. Contreras was arrested on Wednesday.
The boy and the clerk identified Contreras, both in photographic lineups and a physical lineup.
On July 20, Contreras was arrested on a public indecency charge after he allegedly performed a sexual act at a store in the 7600 block of South Cicero Avenue. The charge was dropped in August