A Batavia man has pleaded guilty to possessing and disseminating videos and still images of child pornography.
David P. Winecke, 67, agreed to a sentence of six years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections in exchange for a guilty plea to the offense of child pornography – disseminating, victim younger than 13, Class X felony.
Judge Alice C. Tracy accepted the plea.
“Child pornography is not a victimless crime,” Assistant State’s Attorney Bob Dore, chief of the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Criminal Division, said after the plea agreement. “Children depicted in sexually compromising images and videos are victimized every time someone views them, even decades later.”
According to Illinois law, Winecke is eligible for day-for-day credit. He receives credit for time served in the Kane County jail. Winecke had been free on $10,000 bond.
In addition to the prison term, Winecke must register for life as a sexual offender in accordance with the Illinois Sexual Offender Registration Act.
Winecke was identified and investigated by the Kane County Child Exploitation Unit, an initiative created by State’s Attorney Mosser and Sheriff Ron Hain to investigate tips of individuals possessing or disseminating child pornography.
