COOK COUNTY, IL – A 22-year-old Streamwood man has been charged after a Cook County Sheriff’s Police investigation found he shared child sexual abuse materials (CSAM) via a social media app, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today.
The Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC) launched an investigation in July after receiving tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding a social media user that uploaded and shared CSAM files.
Through search warrants, Sheriff’s Police investigators learned the account’s IP address returned to a residence in the 700 block of Krause Avenue in Streamwood and images of CSAM were confirmed from the social media account.
On Jan. 6, investigators executed a search warrant at that address, where they found Omar Reyes and learned that Reyes had sent and received CSAM via social media.
Investigators took Reyes into custody. On Jan. 7, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved dissemination of child pornography and child pornography possession charges against him.
Reyes was ordered to Cook County Jail custody following his Jan. 8 initial court appearance at the Rolling Meadows Courthouse.
Since 2020, Sheriff’s Police ICAC Unit investigations have led to charges against 59 people for cases involving victimization of children and child pornography.
The public is reminded that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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