A press release from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office:
MADIGAN: TWO McHENRY COUNTY ARRESTS IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CRACKDOWN
Attorney General’s “Operation Glass House” Nets State’s Top Trader of Child Pornography
Chicago — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced the arrests of two McHenry County men for felony possession of child pornography, including the state’s top trader of child pornography, following raids this week in Woodstock and Algonquin.
The arrests bring the total to 54 arrests in “Operation Glass House,” Madigan’s statewide initiative to apprehend the most active offenders who download and trade child pornography online.
“Online child pornography is a horrific crime that victimizes children each time an image is downloaded or traded,” Madigan said. “My office has been—and will continue to be—relentless in tracking down and apprehending offenders who trade these gruesome videos.”
David M. Wolters, 58, of Woodstock, was charged Wednesday with five counts of possession of child pornography, a Class 2 felony punishable by three to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). Wolters is being held in the McHenry County Jail with bond set at $50,000.
Madigan’s investigators, with the assistance of the Woodstock Police Department and the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s office, executed a search warrant early Wednesday at Wolters’ residence in the 1400 block of Walnut Drive, where evidence of alleged child pornography was located.
“We are appreciative of the cooperation of Attorney General Madigan’s office in helping us make this arrest and to address such a serious situation in our community,” said Woodstock Police Chief Robert Lowen.
Robert Huggins
Robert A. Huggins, 63, of Algonquin, was identified as the state’s highest volume trader of child pornography at the time of his arrest. He was charged with five counts of Class X reproduction of child pornography, punishable by six to 30 years in IDOC, and five counts of Class 2 child pornography. Huggins was transported to the McHenry County Jail Thursday pending a bond hearing Friday. Algonquin Police assisted Madigan’s investigators in a search early today at Huggins’ residence in the 2100 block of Honey Locus Drive, where evidence of child pornography was found.
“Cooperation among agencies is critical to the safety of our communities,” Algonquin Police Chief Russell Laine said. “The technical expertise of the Attorney General’s staff was instrumental to a successful operation.”
The office of McHenry County State’s Attorney will prosecute the cases. The public is reminded that the defendants in these cases are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Madigan’s office, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, runs the Illinois Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC)Task Force, which investigates child exploitation crimes and trains law enforcement agencies. Since 2006, Madigan’s ICAC Task Force has been involved in 641 arrests of sexual predators. The Task Force has also provided Internet safety training and education to more than 313,000 parents, teachers and students and nearly 17,000 law enforcement professionals. Currently 189 agencies are affiliated with the Illinois ICAC.
Friends of Sgt. Pyle ?
The first one is a consistent Democrat voter and the other did pull at least one Republican ballot.
Perverts do vote.
I wonder why the Herald isn’t allowing comments on the story. Don’t want any Pyle comparisons so close to the primary maybe?
I am sure these images were shared across State Lines, maybe the Feds will step in too. How many more in McHenry County and who profited from this?
I will never understand what complies an individual to contribute in the destruction of a child.
Thumbs up to Attorney General Lisa Madigan and “Operation Glass House.”
How about responding to my reply Fukoku?
You remember you called me out.
You said “You are not kidding AZsupporter, back to that book again and again.This was not a mob-related mafia hit, but simply a killing by an angry jealous ex-husband.Paul Scharff is nothing more than a Mafia groupie trying to sell a fictional book by twisting the facts.I could shoot holes in this book in my sleep.”
You slandered me and called me a liar, right?
How about you start poking holes in my book Fukoku? Or are you in a habit of making slanderous comments with backing them?
Fukoku, this is odd for you to come up with this comment.
When Andy gave the crowd the bird and Kim Zinke yelled out the F word to the people on the float at the parade, is just and indication on what they are teaching their children.
It is called grooming at a young age on acceptable behavior . . .
Paul…. “Fukoku” = Kim Zinke returned to the cuckoos nest where she belongs…
WHY? WHY? WHY? Why do some of you keep bringing Pyle up????
Do you NOT realize this is a public forum and there is a family still trying to cope with the damage he caused????
And you rekindle old scars???
Ohhh, it is all about you and YOUR selfish views….that is all!!!!
Brian, too bad.
I did not cause the scars, Sgt. Pyle did.
That scumbag was buddies with Stinky.
Pyle was personally brought into the jail by Stinky and given the white glove treatment, no contact with anyone, quickly processed and bonded out.
But when the states attorney was charged with BS, he told the jailers “no special treatment”, and made the SA wait hours while they processed illegals first.
The SA’s case was dropped by the judge.
Pyle is reportedly pleading guilty.
Big difference in the type of crimes and evidence.
In my opinion he should be given the death penalty.
Stinky called it a “domestic issue”.
Travelling across state lines to make kiddy porn doesn’t seem like a domestic issue.
Stinky continued to pay the pedophile for almost a year after his arrest.
Other deputies get fired over paperwork. Stinky put Pyle in charge of the evidence division and child porn investigations.
Apparently he took his work home with him.
“RegimeOver” WOW!
That story says it all…
What a horrible horrific way to treat an innocent and railroaded individual such as Lou Bianchi…..
They truly should be so ashamed of themselves….
How is it that those people can wake up in the morning and still be able to look at themselves in the mirror?
There has been no accountability for those individuals that participated in the shenanigans of false claims and false arrests of Lou Bianchi….
At least, not as of yet!…