Officials say a man who was residing at a home in Grayslake where an in-house daycare was being operated was caught possessing over 1,000 videos and photos of child pornography. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said sheriff’s detectives conducted an investigation after learning videos containing child pornography were being downloaded and shared […]
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Pre-trial release denied for man accused of sexually abusing missing child at Green Oaks home
Pre-trial release was denied for a man, who was out on bond in a shooting case, accused of sexually abusing a missing child from North Carolina and keeping her at his Green Oaks home for weeks. The United States Marshals Service received information on Tuesday about the location of a missing 15-year-old girl from Kannapolis, […]
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Missing child from North Carolina rescued after being sexually abused at man’s home in Green Oaks
Federal and local investigators rescued a missing child and arrested a man who allegedly sexually abused her at his home in Green Oaks where she had been kept for weeks. The United States Marshals Service received information on Tuesday about the location of a missing 15-year-old girl from Kannapolis, North Carolina. The U.S. Marshals learned […]
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Lake County Health Department employee arrested after allegedly selling child pornography
A Lake County Health Department employee has been arrested after the FBI found he took over a child’s social media account and solicited nude photographs, which he allegedly sold to others. Frankie W. Rosa, 32, of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, was charged in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, with three counts of possession of child pornography. A probable […]
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Crystal Lake man convicted of distributing private sexual images of woman without consent
A Crystal Lake man has been convicted at trial after prosecutors say he distributed private sexual images of a woman without her permission. William Mitchell, 40, of Crystal Lake, was charged in October with one count of nonconsensual dissemination of a sexual image, a Class 4 felony. A grand jury indictment said Mitchell intentionally disseminated […]
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Former Lake in the Hills taekwondo instructor sentenced to 18 years in prison for distributing child pornography
A former Lake in the Hills taekwondo instructor, who is a Huntley resident, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for possessing and distributing thousands of images of child pornography. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) notified the Huntley Police Department in June 2023 about information that was obtained from the […]
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Zion man arrested after investigators find dozens of child sexual abuse videos in his possession
Detectives arrested a Zion man after they conducted a search warrant and found he was in possession of dozens of child sexual abuse videos, with some victims being infants. Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said sheriff’s detectives and members of the Illinois Attorney General’s Cybercrime Unit conducted a search warrant in the […]
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Neighbors come to aid of woman after stranger restrains her, tries to rape her in Waukegan
Neighbors came to the aid of a woman after a stranger approached her home, shoved her to the ground and tried to rape her in Waukegan Tuesday evening. The Waukegan Police Department responded around 10 p.m. Tuesday to the 1000 block of North Sheridan Road in Waukegan for an unknown problem call. Lake County Assistant […]
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12 years in prison for McHenry man convicted of disseminating child pornography online
A McHenry man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after investigators served a search warrant last year and found he had disseminated child pornography online. The National Center of Missing and Exploited Children in August 2022 notified the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office after receiving information from the Internet Crimes Against Children data system. […]