traveling to meet a minor

Timothy Hanson, arrested in an Illinois State Police human trafficking sting (SOURCE: Illinois State Police)

Illinois State Police in Lincolnshire Capture 4 Males Who Thought They Were Meeting a Minor

Fri Feb 28, 2025 07:17 pm Cardinal News

The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Trafficking Enforcement Bureau arrested four individuals during a two-day human trafficking demand suppression operation in the Lincolnshire area of Lake County on Tuesday and Wednesday, February […]

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 […]

Kyle Conner, charged with indecent solicitation of a child (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Ferndale, Michigan Resident Arrested After Trying to Meet ‘Child’ for Sexual Relationship

Fri Feb 10, 2023 08:48 am Cardinal News

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on February 9, 2023 concluded an investigation which resulted in the arrest of a male suspect for the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Feliciano Morales Diaz, Attempted Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse suspect (SOURCE: Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Cook County Sheriff’s SVU Sting Reveals Sex Crime Suspect Seeking Minor Victim

Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:53 am Cardinal News

A Chicago resident has been charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly solicited sex from an undercover Cook County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit Officer who was posing as a minor on a social media app, […]

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 […]

Lake County Sheriff: Missing Juvenile Located at Motel on Route 45 with Male Offender Suspected of Criminal Sexual Abuse

Thu Mar 21, 2019 06:06 pm Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff’s Office reports that deputies conducted an expeditious investigation and located a missing 14-year-old girl at a motel in the block of 31200 North Route 45, Fremont Township, northwest of Libertyville. Lake County […]

Schaumburg Man Arrested in Police Sting After Will County Sheriff Detectives Posed As Online Juvenile Sex Victims

Fri Jan 27, 2017 02:01 pm Cardinal News

Will County Sheriff’s police say that Jacob Daniel Austin traveled Thursday, January 26, 2017 to a Crest Hill restaurant where he expected to meet a 10-year-old boy and a 13-year-old boy. Detectives began investigating Jacob […]

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