Third grade teacher sexually abused 5 students 'multiple' times in West Chicago, prosecutors allege

A DuPage County judge on Friday ordered a former West Chicago third grade teacher detained after he was accused of sexually abusing five students multiple times over the 2025-2026 school year, county officials announced Friday. Mario Garcia, 54, of Aurora, was charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, five counts of aggravated sexual abuse and four counts of aggravated battery, according to a statement from the DuPage County state's attorney's office. Following a…