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Former owner of Wonder Lake grocery store wanted for child sexual abuse in McHenry County arrested in Florida

Sheriff’s deputies in Florida have arrested the former owner of a Wonder Lake grocery store who was wanted for allegedly sexually abusing a child in McHenry County. The Lee County, Florida Sheriff’s Office responded around 3:58 p.m. Monday to a residence in the 100 block of Orange Harbor Drive in Fort Myers. Deputies were notified […]

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Search warrant results in arrest of Crystal Lake man accused of distributing graphic child sexual abuse videos

A judge released a Crystal Lake man from custody after investigators found he distributed child pornography, including a video of a child crying while being assaulted. The Crystal Lake Police Department and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office executed a search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of Wallace Avenue on Tuesday. Crystal Lake […]

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Former State Rep. Nick Sauer from Lake Barrington sentenced to 90 days in jail for posting private sexual photos online

Former Illinois Rep. Nick Sauer has been sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty over four years after being charged with posting nude photos of women online. Nick Sauer, 40, of Lake Barrington, was indicted by a grand jury in January 2019 on 12 charges. The indictment charged Sauer with non-consensual dissemination of […]

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25 years in prison for Island Lake man who sexually assaulted young girls after befriending them online

An Island Lake man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for befriending two children on social media, soliciting explicit photos from them and then sexually assaulting them. Ernesto Reynosa-Vasayez, 35, of Island Lake, was charged in June 2022 with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, three counts of criminal sexual assault, traveling […]

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Lake in the Hills taekwondo instructor denied pre-trial release after being charged with child pornography

A judge denied pre-trial release for a Lake in the Hills taekwondo instructor who was arrested after detectives found him in possession of child pornography in Huntley. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) notified the Huntley Police Department in June about information that was obtained from the Internet Crimes Against Children data […]

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Huntley man arrested after detectives find him in possession of child pornography

A several months-long investigation resulted in the arrest of a Huntley man after detectives executed a warrant and found him in possession of child pornography, police said. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) notified the Huntley Police Department in June about information that was obtained from the Internet Crimes Against Children data […]