COOK COUNTY, IL – A 24-year-old Des Plaines man has been charged after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found he had child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his cell phone, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.
Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC) and Cyber Trafficking Unit (CTU) investigators received information on Feb. 18 that a cell phone belonging to Matthew Feeney had multiple CSAM images on it, including images of children under 13 years old.
On Feb. 19, investigators located Feeney near his residence in the 9000 block of Capitol Drive in unincorporated Des Plaines and took him into custody and took possession of his cell phone. Investigators obtained a search warrant for the phone, where they found more than 100 images of CSAM on the device.
On Feb. 20, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved possession of child sexual abuse material, a class 2 felony, against him. Feeney was ordered to Cook County Jail custody on Feb. 21 following his initial court appearance at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse.
The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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