June 04--A Yorkville man has been charged with possessing child pornography.
Marco Hernandez, 47, of Yorkville, was charged in Kendall County Circuit Court with five counts of possession of child pornography, Class 2 felonies punishable by up to three to seven years in prison; and three Class 3 felony counts of possession of child pornography, which are punishable by up to two to five years in prison.
Bond for Hernandez was set at $50,000, and his next court date is scheduled for June 7.
"Each time these horrific images are downloaded or traded, children and their families are victimized all over again," Attorney General Lisa Madigan said. "We will continue to be relentless in our pursuit of the offenders who perpetuate these appalling crimes."
Madigan's investigators, with the assistance of the Yorkville Police Department, the DuPage County Sheriff's Department and the Kendall County State's Attorney's Office, conducted a search of a residence in the 1400 block of Ruby Drive in Yorkville Thursday and arrested Hernandez after evidence of alleged child pornography was discovered, Madigan's office said in a press release.
Kendall County State's Attorney Eric Weis' office will prosecute the case.
This is the 80th arrest since Madigan launched "Operation Glass House" in August 2010 to investigate the most active child pornography traders in Illinois.
