COOK COUNTY, IL – A 32-year-old man who was the subject of a Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit investigation was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.
David Deleon, who is an inactive Chicago Police officer, pled guilty on Oct. 10 to the aggravated criminal sexual abuse and two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse/victim under 18/trust in connection with a Sheriff’s Office investigation. He also pled guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse/bodily harm in connection with a Norridge Police Department investigation.
On Aug. 17, 2023, Sheriff’s Police ICAC investigators arrested Deleon after their investigation found evidence on his cell phone that he assaulted and abused minors and recorded lewd videos with them.
They also learned that Deleon met the victims while he was working in his official capacity as a Chicago Police officer and would invite them to sleep at his residence.
The arrest culminated an investigation that began on July 3, 2023 after receiving evidence from Norridge Police about Deleon, who they had arrested in March for aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a juvenile.
Deleon had been in jail custody without bond since Aug. 18, 2023.
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