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Prosecutors say non-US citizen admitted to traveling to Lake County, picking up child he was in ‘romantic relationship’ with

Prosecutors say a non-US citizen admitted to traveling from Georgia to Lake County where he picked up a child, whom he had been soliciting explicit material from online, before detectives rescued the girl near Libertyville. Jordy Alexis Fuerte Perez, 24, of Norcross, Georgia, was charged with two counts of solicitation of child pornography, a Class […]

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‘A parent’s worst nightmare’: Detectives rescue Gurnee child after Georgia man drives to Lake County to meet her

Detectives rescued a Gurnee-area child who went missing and was found Saturday in the car of a man who traveled from Georgia to Lake County to meet her, with the sheriff saying it is a “parent’s worst nightmare.” The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 4:40 a.m. Saturday to a home in unincorporated Gurnee for […]