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  "path": "/crime/2026/05/31/john-lang-assault-labagh-woods-forest-preserve",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T14:10:43.873Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>A man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting and strangling a woman in the LaBagh Woods on the Northwest Side last week.</p><p>Detectives with the Forest Preserves of Cook County Police arrested John G. Lang, 45, for the assault. A Cook County judge on Saturday ordered detained until trial. Police said he had no home address on file.</p><div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center> <div class=\"Enhancement-item\" data-crop=\"\"> <figure class=\"Figure\"><a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"image-310000\" name=\"image-310000\"></a> <picture data-crop=\"medium\"> <source type=\"image/webp\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4e58240/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1816x1019+0+700/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F24%2F07%2F82499971490b8efb9dce817152c1%2Fjohn-g-lang-booking-photo.jpeg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/acaf133/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1816x1019+0+700/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F24%2F07%2F82499971490b8efb9dce817152c1%2Fjohn-g-lang-booking-photo.jpeg 2x\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" /> <source width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1a34819/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1816x1019+0+700/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F24%2F07%2F82499971490b8efb9dce817152c1%2Fjohn-g-lang-booking-photo.jpeg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" srcset=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" /> <img class=\"Image\" alt=\"John G Lang booking photo.jpeg\" srcset=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1a34819/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1816x1019+0+700/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F24%2F07%2F82499971490b8efb9dce817152c1%2Fjohn-g-lang-booking-photo.jpeg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c486e7b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1816x1019+0+700/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F24%2F07%2F82499971490b8efb9dce817152c1%2Fjohn-g-lang-booking-photo.jpeg 2x\" width=\"490\" height=\"275\" data-src=\"https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1a34819/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1816x1019+0+700/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F24%2F07%2F82499971490b8efb9dce817152c1%2Fjohn-g-lang-booking-photo.jpeg\" data-lazy-load=\"true\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" > </picture> <div class=\"Figure-content\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\"><p>John G. Lang was arrested and charged for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in LaBagh Woods last week. </p></figcaption><span class=\"line\"></span><div class=\"Figure-credit\"><p>Forest Preserves of Cook County</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p>The attack happened around 12:30 p.m. on May 23 in a heavily wooded area off-trail on the eastern side of LaBagh Woods, about 500 feet from the parking lot, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/05/25/man-sought-in-labagh-woods-sexual-assault\" target=\"_blank\" >according to forest preserves police</a>.</p><p>The victim, a 29-year-old woman, was taken to Swedish Hospital and has since been released, police said.</p><p>\"This was a shocking incident,\" Adam Bianchi, superintendent of the forest preserve, said in a statement, \"even more so because of the relative rarity of such attacks in the Forest Preserves.\" </p><p>Lang faces counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated battery with strangulation.</p>",
  "title": "Charges filed in sex assault in forest preserve in Chicago",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-31T14:10:43.873Z"
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