Violence prevention founder, CPS employee charged with sexually assaulting and grooming girls

The founder of a violence prevention program on Chicago’s South Side has been accused of sexually assaulting and grooming two teenage girls over the course of more than seven years. Charles McKenzie, 37, was charged with the two felony counts on Aug. 7 and was ordered held at the Cook County Jail, court records show. McKenzie is the founder of Englewood First Responders, a nonprofit focused on violence prevention that has partnered with the city and has earned lucrative contracts from the…