A Streamwood man was arrested today and charged with stalking a 9-year-old girl who attends the school where he worked.

Authorities alleged that the man, who worked as a lunchtime monitor at Oakhill School in Streamwood, wrote notes and poems to the girl, looked in her bedroom window and set up a Facebook account for her.

Peter Surges, 53, of the 0-100 block of east Pine Street, was charged with aggravated stalking, authorities said. A Cook County judge set Surges’s bond at $300,000, prosecutor Maria McCarthy said.

Elgin-based School District U-46 spokesman Patrick Mogge said Surges was fired on Wednesday. Mogge said Surges had been hired in March 2010 as a substitute noon hour supervisor after undergoing a background check. The job involved monitoring students during lunch and recess, along with several other supervisors, for about two hours per day. Surges had worked at several other schools in the district, Mogge said.

McCarthy said Surges is alleged to have written the girl dozens of notes over the past two years, telling her that he loved her and that she was sexy.

The defendant told the girl not to tell anyone about the notes, frequently met up with her near the school and would hug her and kiss her on the head, said McCarthy. The defendant admitted going to the girl’s house during the week and giving her numerous presents and money, she said.

The prosecutor said also Surges admitted to authorities that had opened a Facebook account for the victim without her knowledge or her parents’ consent. He created a username and password for her and posted a childhood photo of himself, she said.

Surges told police that he recently knocked on her bedroom window to scare her, and that he told her the following day to close her blinds when she changes clothes, said McCarthy.

The judge ordered special bond conditions should Surges post the $30,000 needed to get out of jail, including GPS monitoring, no contact with the girl or her family and no unsupervised contact with anyone under 18.

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