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Arlington Heights man charged with dissemination, possession of child sexual abuse material

The Cook County Sheriff's Office says felony charges were approved on June 17 after a cybertip investigation that began in December; the case is open.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Jun 19, 2026, 3:00 p.m. ETWritten Aug 15, 2026, 5:26 p.m. ET

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A man from , Illinois, has been charged with felony Dissemination and Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said the Cook County State's Attorney's Office approved the charges on June 17, the same day police took the man into custody. He remains . According to the account given by Sheriff Dart, the Cook County Sheriff's Police Internet Crimes Against Children and Cyber Trafficking units began investigating multiple cybertips regarding uploaded child sexual abuse material files on Dec. 5. Investigators met the man at a North Windsor Drive address in on June 10 and took possession of his cell phone, the sheriff said, and executed a search warrant on the phone on June 16, finding more than 150 files of explicit images and videos of children. On June 18, following a first appearance hearing at the Rolling Meadows Courthouse, the man — identified by Sheriff Dart and the Cook County Sheriff's Office as — was ordered into the custody of the Cook County Jail. The sheriff's office records the incident location at block-level granularity as a Jewel grocery store in the 1800 of South Road in . The office's account does not state how that location relates to the sequence of events it described. The Cook County Sheriff's Police and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office are the responding agencies. The case is at an early stage and the charges have not been tested in court; no further details have been released.

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