COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago man now faces child pornography charges after Sheriff’s investigators found he had multiple pornographic videos of children on a media memory card, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.
At the time of his arrest on Oct. 4, Jason Jeffries, 41, of the 5700 block of South Green Street, was on parole for a 2017 child pornography conviction, and he was a registered sex offender. Jeffries was also previously convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in 2001 in Will County.
This most recent investigation of Jeffries was conducted by the Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC) after it received a tip from the Illinois Department of Corrections, which was overseeing his parole. Investigations by ICAC have led to child pornography charges against 27 individuals since 2020.
Jeffries was arrested after ICAC investigators determined he had 12 videos on a media memory card that contained sexually explicit material involving children between the ages of approximately 6 and 8. The investigation revealed the videos were downloaded from the internet.
On Oct. 5, Jeffries appeared at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse where a judge ordered him held on a $1,000,000 D-Bond on charges of possession of child pornography with a prior conviction. He remains in custody as of Oct. 11.
The public is reminded that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the government in a court of law.
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