Fugitive Teacher Held In Bosnia On Charges He Assaulted Student In Lake County
(STMW) -- A northwest suburban grade school teacher who allegedly sexually assaulted a girl two years ago has been arrested in Bosnia.
An arrest warrant issued in August charged Michael R. Vucic, 41, with five counts of predatory sexual assault and five counts of sexual assault, the Lake County Sheriff's office said previously.
He was charged after a girl under the age of 13 told her grandparents that Vucic had inappropriate sexual contact with her multiple times in 2012, police said.
Vucic is currently in custody in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lake County Undersheriff Ray Rose said in an email to the Lake County News-Sun.
"We are currently working on extradition to bring him back to the United States," Rose said in the email. He declined to comment further because of the sensitivity of the investigation.
Vucic, of the 100 block of East Laurel Avenue in Lake Forest, was a teacher at Gavin School District in Ingleside. The district could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Authorities had previously said they believed Vucic fled to Germany.
His arrest warrant carries a $1 million bond, authorities said.
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