From the State’s Attorney:
MICHAEL A. BUFFANO SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that Michael A. Buffano, 33, of Fox Lake, IL, was sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections upon pleading guilty to one count of Child Pornography, a Class X felony.
The sentence was handed down, as part of a negotiated plea, by the Honorable Judge Mark R. Gerhardt on November 8, 2024.
On July 30, 2022, Fox Lake Police Department officers were dispatched to a home where a 911 caller had reported observing a lewd video of an underaged girl on a cell phone belonging to another resident.
Responding officers seized a cell phone identified as Buffano’s, and upon obtaining and executing a search warrant, located multiple pornographic videos depicting a child.
Further investigation of the files determined that Buffano had recorded the videos earlier that month, which ultimately led to his arrest.
Upon release from custody, Buffano must serve a term of three years to natural life on mandatory supervised release. He must also register as a Sex Offender for the rest of his natural life.
McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally thanks the Fox Lake Police Department and Assistant State’s Attorney Maria Marek for their exceptional work on this case. The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office is committed to aggressively prosecuting those who dare to exploit children.
