Category Archive for : ‘ILLINOIS’

April 22, 2021
Isaac Smith
MDJ

CARBONDALE — In a month’s time, federal authorities have arrested 10 suspects for child sex crimes, in which many are accused of trying to rape minors.
Nine men were arrested for various child sex crimes relating to the trafficking or solicitation of persons under the age of 18, according to federal court documents from Illinois’ Southern District.
All nine were apprehended in Massac County. One man was arrested for sending child pornography to an agent in Williamson County.
When asked about the recent surge in child abuse arrests, Nathan

February 2, 2021
WMIX 94

JEFFERSON COUNTY, IL — A 49-year-old Mt. Vernon pleaded guilty Tuesday morning in Jefferson County Court to seven of nine child sex crime charges against him that will likely see him sentenced to prison for the rest of his life. Michael Wheeler was arrested in the case last summer. He’s now scheduled to be sentenced in the case on March 2 following the open plea he filed Tuesday.

According to Jefferson County State’s Attorney Sean Featherstun, Wheeler pleaded open to Counts 3 through 9, which include five Class

January 14, 2021
Gretchen Teske
Central Illinois Proud

PEORIA, Ill. – Gary L. Boyle, 36, of Decatur was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of a child and child pornography. The sentence will be served after Boyle completes a 40-year state sentence for predatory criminal sexual assault.
At a hearing on Thursday, Jan. 14, the government described Boyle as “a manipulative pedophile who consumes young children for his own sexual pleasure,” and as an avid collector of violent child pornography, according to a press release.
The charges are the result of

July 10, 2020
Carolyn P Smith
BND

A 51-year-old Belleville man was charged Sunday with sex crimes and harboring a teenage runaway, who had been reported missing from her Georgia home in February.

The suspect, 51-year-old Larry Hale, was charged by the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s office with one count of child pornography/moving depiction, two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and a misdemeanor count of harboring a runaway.

Hale is currently being held at the St. Clair County jail on $250,000 bail.

According to police, Hale traveled to Georgia to bring the 16-year old girl back to his

Donald W. Rager, 41, from Grayslake, Illinois, was sentenced today to more than 31 years in federal prison for traveling to Iowa to have sex with a 13 year old boy and taping the encounter.  Rager, a part-time police officer who operated a security business, received the prison term after guilty pleas to one count of traveling in interstate commerce to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, one count of producing child pornography, and one count of transporting child pornography across a state line.  Rager met the boy in

NBC5.com

Timothy Aleman, an Oak Lawn man, has been arrested and charged with possession of childpornography. Police tracked him for months on the Internet before raiding his home where theyseized three computers. Aleman is being held on $100,000 bond.

(Oak Lawn, Illinois)