Yesterday, Kane County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Team Detectives executed a search warrant at a residence in the 200 block of Larchwood Ln. in North Aurora after receiving a child pornography cyber-tip from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office Crimes Against Children Division. As a result of the search warrant, numerous photographs and videos containing child pornography were discovered in the residence. A 70-year-old male suspect was taken into custody.
The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office approved seven counts of Reproduction Of Child Pornography, victim under the age of 13, a class X Felony and seven counts of Possession Of Child Pornography, victim under the age of 13, a Class 2 Felony. Digital Forensic Examiners from the Attorney General’s Office and North Aurora Detectives assisted in the search warrant.
In 2019, Sheriff Ron Hain made child pornography investigations a top priority, knowing that national statistics show that over ninety percent of those who possess and disseminate the pornography also physically offend against children at some point. In the same year, Sheriff Hain also assigned a detective to the State Attorney’s Child Advocacy Center which investigates reports of all sexual assaults and abuse against children. Since that assignment, the detective has made over twenty arrests for criminal sexual assault or abuse against children.
“Proactive investigations like the arrest of [the accused] and supporting immediate follow-up investigations on complaints of crimes against children are essential to safeguarding our youth and bringing these egregious offenders to swift justice” Hain said after the arrest.
