A Fox Lake man, who is a sex offender, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a child after she reported the incident to a school worker.
Matthew K. Vodnansky, 41, of Fox Lake, was charged in August 2023 with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, a Class X felony.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office on February 8, 2022, began investigating a report of a delayed criminal sexual abuse.
The victim reported to their school social worker about the incident, which prompted the report, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said the victim reported that Vodnansky sexually abused her three to four years earlier when Vodnansky believed that she was asleep.
Vodnansky was previously convicted of possession of child pornography in 2002 and was a registered sexual offender at the time of the offense.
Court records show Vodnansky entered into a negotiated plea deal with the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office on November 25.
Vodnansky pleaded guilty to one count of predatory criminal sexual assault.
McHenry County Judge Tiffany Davis approved the plea and sentenced Vodnansky to eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC).
Vodnansky will be required to serve 85% of his sentence pursuant to truth-in-sentencing guidelines.
Vodnansky will be on mandatory supervised release for three years to life upon release and will be required to register as a sexual predator for life.
After the sentencing, McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese thanked the victim whose “courage was paramount to seeing that justice” was done in the case.
The state’s attorney also credited the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Child Advocacy Center of McHenry County.