A judge sentenced a man to four years in prison after court documents say he left a voicemail for a woman in Crystal Lake offering to pay $2,000 to have sex with her juvenile daughter.
Alexander W. Maegdlin, 29, of West Dundee, was charged in December 2024 with indecent solicitation of criminal sexual assault, grooming, cyberstalking, sexual exploitation of a child, exploitation and distributing explicit material to a minor.
A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court alleges Maegdlin solicited a child to perform a sex act between September 22, 2024, and September 30, 2024, in Fox River Grove.
He solicited the child through Facebook Messenger, the complaint said, adding that the man committed cyberstalking in the process by knowing the child would suffer emotional distress.
The complaint also said Maegdlin distributed harmful material of sexual conduct to the child.
Maegdlin was charged in a second case in Crystal Lake with obscene message enhanced, two counts of phone harassment and transmitting an obscene message.
A grand jury indictment alleged Maegdlin left a voicemail for a Crystal Lake woman on September 14, 2024.
The indictment said Maegdlin offered the woman $2,000 to allow him to have sex with her daughter, who is a child.
The message occurred while Maegdlin was on probation and he was also prohibited by the court from having contact with the woman, the indictment said.
Court records show Maegdlin was on probation for retail theft, a Class 3 felony, after he pleaded guilty to the offense, which occurred in Algonquin, on February 27, 2024.
As part of the plea deal, Maegdlin was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay $1,817 in restitution and $1,236 in court fines and fees.
Maegdlin was also facing charges at that time for stalking in Crystal Lake that occurred in April 2023.
A criminal complaint said Maegdlin communicated with the same Crystal Lake woman obscene voicemails and communicated about her juvenile daughter that he wanted to commit sexual acts with her.
That stalking case was dismissed as part of Maegdlin’s guilty plea in the retail theft case.
Maegdlin was ordered to have no contact with the woman as part of his probation.
Maegdlin was arrested in January 2025 following the Fox River Grove case and was ordered detained in the McHenry County Jail pending trial.
Court records show Maegdlin entered into a negotiated plea deal with the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office this month.
He pleaded guilty to one count of indecent solicitation of criminal sexual assault, a Class 2 felony, in exchange for the rest of his charges in both cases being dismissed.
McHenry County Judge Tiffany Davis approved the plea and sentenced Maegdlin to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections pursuant to the agreement.