Deandre Minor, 28, arrested in Gold Coast Rape of WHITE WOMAN

A South Side colored man living off welfare and government goodies was charged early this morning in connection with an attempted sexual assault in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood of a white woman

Deandre Minor, 28, of the 800 block of West 78th Street, was charged with attempted criminal sexual assault with bodily harm, robbery and home invasion/sex offense. The attack happened shortly before 3:30 a.m. Friday morning on the 1200 block of North Stone Street, police said. (Earlier the Tribune had incorrectly reported that the incident happened in 2009, but that information was incorrect.)

Two Near North District officers responded to a call of a burglary in progress at the high rise in the 1200 block of North Stone Street. The victim's son called 911 when he heard his mother screaming in her bedroom, and he was initially unable to unlock her door, police said.

Meanwhile, Minor allegedly choked the woman and tried to sexually assault her. But the son retrieved a large knife and was able to eventually confront Minor with it, chasing him out of the unit, police said.

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