A Chicago man faces charges after a woman was sexually assaulted — while another man molested a 12-year-old girl in another room — during a Hammond home invasion, according to an affidavit.

       Garrett “Wick” Whittenburg, 38, of the 6000 block of S. Champlain Avenue, was charged with several felonies.

       The second man has not been identified in court documents. Whittenburg is being held on a $15,000 cash bond.

       The woman told police her relative showed up Nov. 13 looking for something to “drink”, charges state. Five minutes later, two men walked into her house. One had a gun and was wearing a mask and gloves, according to court documents.

       “You don’t have to do this,” the relative said, who appeared to know the man. “Take whatever you want.”

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       The relative later identified the man as Whittenburg, a friend of two decades. A second man walked into the house.

       The relative was ordered to tie up the 12-year-old girl, who had been asleep on a sofa. When he refused, the second man covered the girl’s head and took her to her bedroom, then tied up the relative’s hands behind his back in the kitchen, according to charges.

       The woman told police her face was covered with a ski mask and head in a towel before she was sexually assaulted “repeatedly”. She felt two sets of hands while being assaulted, she said. One of the men patted the woman on her shoulder, saying she wouldn’t get hurt, according to the affidavit.

       The second man molested the girl in her bedroom while she was blindfolded, the child told police.

       The woman said Whittenburg and the other man took her iPhone and debit card before leaving, charges state. The woman and child were later examined at a hospital.

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       The relative managed to escape out a back door, and drove to another house to call 911. He later told police he went inside the house that day, but had left the door unlocked before Whittenburg and the other man went inside, according to documents.

       Whittenburg had been to the woman’s house a few times before with the relative, saying she was “good looking” and asked if she had a boyfriend, according to court documents.

       He was charged with rape, child molesting, armed robbery, three counts of criminal confinement, burglary, possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon and carrying a handgun without a license. Whittenburg has a half-dozen prior drug-related and gun felonies from Illinois, according to court documents.

       His next court appearance is set for Jan. 18 before Judge Natalie Bokota.

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