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 […]
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 […]
Woodstock man faces up to 90 years in prison after jury convicts him of sexually assaulting children
A Woodstock man faces up to 90 years in prison after a jury convicted him of sexually abusing and assaulting two children in Kane County over the span of nearly two years. Steven T. Grimmitt, 57, of Woodstock, was charged in February 2021 with six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and 19 counts of […]
2 years in prison for sexual predator who was caught at elementary school during dismissal in Huntley
A registered sexual predator has been sentenced to two years in prison after he was caught at an elementary school in Huntley while students were being dismissed for the day. Felipe E. Wahlstedt, 30, of 11860 Cape Cod Lane in Huntley, was charged in September 2022 with child sex offender present in a school zone, […]
10 years in prison for McHenry man convicted of sexually assaulting child younger than 13
A McHenry man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a girl, who was under the age of 13, in McHenry County. Gerald L. Dominick Jr., 59, of McHenry, was charged in June 2021 with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, a Class […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]