Former inspector re-hired by state after he was accused of groping Chicago business owners

CHIAGO (CBS) – The Illinois Section of Employment Safety hired a former condition inspector who had been caught on camera groping the proprietor of a doggy daycare heart past yr.

CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has now realized that previous Illinois Department of Agriculture inspector Jose Guillen had been acquiring paid out by the point out considering that February, most lately earning a paycheck very last 7 days.

“Part of me regrets that I did not arrive forward quicker, due to the fact of the actuality that if I had — there are some gals that it experienced took place to later on,” explained Leah Bindig, the operator of the Bucktown doggy daycare Aeslin Pup. Bindig is 1 of at least 5 women of all ages identified as Guillen’s victims in federal charging documents filed on Wednesday.

Guillen was recently billed with five counts linked to groping the victims CBS 2 spoke to in a series of studies that aired last yr.

The alleged sexual touching happened all through required on-internet site inspections of the woman enterprise owners’ facilities. A person incident  involving Bindig was even caught on digicam.

Guillen was also billed for lying during a deposition past 12 months.

“I was retaining my balance to make positive I didn’t drop,” Guillen stated in the course of the deposition.

“And to retain your equilibrium you ended up touching her buttocks?” he was requested.

Guillen responded, “That is appropriate.”

CBS 2 broke the tale in June 2021, and on Friday, we discovered Guillen resigned right before he could be terminated from the Section of Agriculture.

Then, he was hired by the point out governing administration again in January as an “employment security system consultant,” in accordance to point out salary documents.

As of his past paycheck a week ago, he’d been paid $20,000 in taxpayer cash so much this yr.

The victims in his circumstance want to know how that was probable.

On Friday, IDES instructed CBS 2 that Guillen is no for a longer time with the section. 

The company mentioned Guillen was put on administrative leave following his arrest this 7 days. Prior to that, he experienced signed a letter of resignation powerful at the shut of small business on Friday.

In a assertion, the IDES said: “During his time at IDES, the employee experienced minimal conversation with the public and no interactions with the community without a supervisor present. In element, because the personnel resigned before he could be terminated from the Office of Agriculture, his carry out there was not included in his application components.”

The IDES also explained potential employees are subject to a background verify conducted by the Illinois State Law enforcement and all relevant point out selecting legislation and polices were adopted with Guillen.