A man has been charged in the thefts last month of laptops possibly containing confidential criminal case information from the Cook County Prosecutor’s Office at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.
Jordan Jose Ocampo, 44, is charged with aggravated burglary and theft after detectives identified him on surveillance video as allegedly rolling a cart out of the main lobby of the courthouse on the night of July 22.
The break-in was discovered the next morning when three laptops, a lunch box and a secretary’s shirt with a Cook County Prosecutor’s Office badge were missing, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office and sources.
To enter a prosecutor’s office, a person usually has to be buzzed inside by a receptionist stationed outside. A source with knowledge of the situation said the burglar is believed to have stacked several chairs together to hold the buzzer button pressed while he opened the door.
Ocampo was arrested on August 14 on unrelated charges of aggravated robbery, kidnapping and attempted criminal sexual assault.
He met with detectives nearly a week later and admitted to taking laptops and other items from the building, according to the sheriff’s office.
Ocampo is scheduled to appear in court on Sunday.