Charges: Shorewood woman, Lockport man made threats of sending nude photos

JOLIET – A Shorewood woman and a Lockport man allegedly tried to extort money from another man by threatening to send nude photos of him to his friends on Facebook, according to a criminal complaint.

Kristina D. Gombash, 21, of the 500 block of Sean Drive in Shorewood, and Vaughn S. McNair, 23, of the 2100 block of Luther Avenue in Lockport, were both arrested by Joliet police Monday. Each faces a charge of intimidation, contempt and ridicule.

Gombash and McNair allegedly threatened another man with sending nude photos of him to his friends on Facebook and falsely claiming that the photos had been sent by him to a 12-year-old girl, according to the complaint filed against them.

The two allegedly intended to cause the man to deliver money to them.

Gombash and McNair were arrested by Joliet police at 6:57 a.m. Monday in the 1700 block of McDonough Street.

Their bonds were set at $25,000 each, with 10 percent needed to post bail. As a condition of their bond, they are not to have contact with the victim, as well as no internet or electronic communication use, except to contact an attorney.

They are scheduled for a preliminary hearing Aug. 10.