grooming

Juan Adame, held in Cook County Jail in Chicago (SOURCE: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Cook County Sheriff: Suspect Wanted in McClean County for Sex Crime Arrested, Lived in Arlington Heights on Miner Street

Sun May 24, 2026 12:00 pm Cardinal News

A 59-year-old male suspect, wanted in McLean County Illinois, for allegedly soliciting a minor for sexually explicit pictures is in custody following an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the US […]

Brian Rafferty, charged with Indecent Solicitation/Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse and Grooming (SOURCE: Woodford County Sheriff' Office)

Woodford County Sex Sting: Male from Schaumburg Attempted to Meet Teen Girl in Germantown Hills Near Peoria

Fri Apr 17, 2026 05:55 pm Cardinal News

A male defendant allegedly traveled from Schaumburg to Central Illinois to try to meet a fifteen year-old girl in Germantown Hills (pop. 3,500), but actually he wasn’t communicating with a teen girl before he left; […]

Derrick Willman, charged with Indecent Solicitation of a Child - Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, and other charges (SOURCE: DuPage County Sheriff's Office)

Sex Offender of Chicago, on Probation for Sex Crime, Arrested in Downers Grove After Interacting with “13 Yr-Old Girl” Police Actor

Mon Jan 6, 2025 03:28 pm Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Michael DeVries announced that Judge Joshua Dieden granted the State’s motion to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago registered sex offender accused of […]

Zachary Clemens, of Ohio, accused of driving to Lake County, Illinois intending to engage in a sexual relationship with an underage girl, who was actually a detective (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives Arrest Ohio Sex Criminal After He Drove from Ohio to Meet ‘Child’ for Sexual Purposes

Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:04 am Cardinal News

A male Ohio resident is in custody after he drove from his home in Ohio to Lake County, Illinois intending to engage in a sexual relationship with a girl who he thought was underage. On […]

Philip S. Bromley, charged with Indecent Solicitation of a Minor (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Former McHenry Area Youth Volleyball Coach Charged with Indecent Solicitation of a Child by Lake County Sheriff’s SIG

Thu Jul 20, 2023 09:23 am Cardinal News

On July 19, 2023, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) concluded an investigation which resulted in the arrest of a man for the offense […]

Mark Brusilovsky, charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse and other sexual-related offenses with a minor (SOURCE: Arlington Heights Police Department)

Arlington Heights Resident Arrested After Criminal Sexual Assault Investigation Involving a Minor

Wed May 31, 2023 07:54 pm Cardinal News

Arlington Heights police officers have arrested a twenty-nine-year-old Arlington Heights resident living in the block of 2000 North Evergreen Avenue for sexual crimes against a juvenile victim. Arlington Heights Police Department detectives conducted an extensive […]

Indecent Exposure to a Minor, Grooming Reported Near Waukegan Restaurant

Thu Feb 9, 2023 09:45 pm Cardinal News

Waukegan police responded about 9:10 p.m. Thursday, February 9, 2023 to a report of indecent exposure to a minor, and grooming at or near the Raising Cane’s restaurant, 800 South Waukegan Road in Waukegan. Fleeing […]

Thomas Edwards, traveling to meet a minor, grooming (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Grayslake Resident Charged with Solicitation to Meet a Child, Grooming

Wed Jan 18, 2023 10:50 am Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, concluded an investigation which resulted in the arrest of a man for the […]

Eddie R. Murillo, charged with one count of grooming (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Gurnee Resident Charged After Traveling to Meet a Child Who Was Actually Undercover Detective

Thu Dec 15, 2022 09:16 am Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division and Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group, in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, concluded an investigation which resulted in the arrest […]

James R. Wood charged with three counts of grooming (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Darien Resident Charged with Grooming After Engaging Investigator Posing as ‘Young Girl’ on Social Media

Fri Jul 1, 2022 11:38 am Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group on June 30, 2022, in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), concluded an investigation which resulted in the arrest of a male suspect for the offense […]

Jose Sanchez-Vargas, suspect in indecent solicitation of a child on the Internet (SOURCE: McHenry County Sheriff's Office)

Private Citizen Detective Organization Sets Up Arlington Heights Resident for Underage Sex Sting by Police

Sat Feb 5, 2022 09:48 pm Cardinal News

Usually police might enlist a citizen or a police officer as a decoy to play the role of a victim to catch a criminal, but in a case last January, it was a citizens group […]

Bruce Chamberlin, grooming Class 4 Felony suspect (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Unincorporated Mundelein Child Sexual Offender Arrested After Seeking Nude Photo from ‘Child’

Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:20 am Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested a registered child sexual offender after he requested a nude photo from who he thought was an underage boy. Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives received a tip that Bruce L. Chamberlin, […]

Joshua S. Hoffman, child pornography suspect (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Ingleside Male Sexual Predator Again Charged with Child Pornography

Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:01 am Cardinal News

On Friday, November 20, 2020, Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives and the Sheriff’s Warrants Team served an arrest warrant on Joshua S. Hoffman, 29, of the 35700 block of North Ash Street, Ingleside. Hoffman is a […]

Ghislaine Maxwell Charged in Manhattan Federal Court with Conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to Sexually Abuse Minors

Thu Jul 2, 2020 02:31 pm Cardinal News

Ghislaine Maxwell is Alleged to Have Facilitated, Participated in Acts of Abuse and is Additionally Charged With Perjury in Connection Depositions in 2016 Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend and confidant to Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested Thursday […]

Male Suspect from Chicago Charged with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse After Using a Dating App to Meet Undercover Police Officer Posing as 15 Yr-Old Boy

Fri Feb 28, 2020 07:10 pm Cardinal News

A 40-year-old male Chicago resident has been charged with multiple felonies after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found he solicited an undercover officer posing as a teenage boy on a dating app, Sheriff Thomas […]

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