Chicago Police Officer Charged with new Child Pornography and Child Sex Felonies
Chicago Police Officer Charged with new Child Pornography and Child Sex Felonies (Cook County, IL) – A Chicago Police officer arrested in March for sexually abusing a minor in Norridge is now facing new charges of child sexual assault, child sexual abuse, and child pornography as a result of an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC), Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. David Deleon, 30, of the 3200 block of North Ozanam Avenue in Chicago, was stripped of his police powers by the Chicago Police Department after he was arrested by Norridge Police and charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor and aggravated battery for an attack on a 17-year-old victim.
Norridge Police seized Deleon’s cell phone following his arrest and forwarded evidence to the Chicago Police Department, which turned over the evidence to the Cook County Sheriff’s Police ICAC Unit after consulting with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.
ICAC investigators reviewed evidence recovered from Deleon’s cell phone showing he sexually assaulted and abused minors and recorded lewd videos of himself with them on multiple occasions. The videos also showed Deleon with the victims in his home, consuming alcohol, smoking tobacco, and handling firearms.
The investigators 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. Victims were offered assistance through the Sheriff’s Police Victim Support Services Unit.
On Thursday, ICAC investigators arrested Deleon and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved felony charges of one count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault, two counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse of a Minor, two counts of Manufacturing Child Pornography/Moving Depiction, two counts of Possession of Child Pornography/Moving
Depiction, and one count of Unauthorized Videotaping
Deleon appeared for a bond hearing today at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse, where a judge ordered him held without bond.
Since 2020, investigations by the Sheriff’s ICAC Unit have led to charges against 39 individuals for cases involving the victimization of children and child pornography.
The public is reminded that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty by the government in a court of law.
Chicago Police Officer Charged with new Child Pornography and Child Sex Felonies
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