Former Palatine man charged with child pornography

An 18-year-old former Palatine resident has been arrested in Kentucky and charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault and child pornography involving an 8-year-old boy from the Palatine area, the Cook County Sheriff's office announced Friday in a news release.

Edward Vaughan was returned to Cook County on Wednesday. He is being held in Cook County Jail, with bond set at $2.5 million. His next court date is scheduled for Nov. 4.

The news release gave this account:

On Aug. 19, 2015, an undercover officer in Washington, D.C., made contact with an individual on an online messaging application. In their correspondence, the officer learned that the individual, who was in Kentucky at the time, had sexually assaulted an 8-year-old boy in Cook County. The individual also sent the undercover officer pictures of the assault.

Working with Washington, D.C., police and Kentucky authorities, Cook County Sheriff's Police learned that the assaults had occurred in the Palatine and Hoffman Estates areas. The offender was identified as Vaughan.

A Cook County arrest warrant was issued for Vaughan on Oct. 5 and he was arrested by Kentucky authorities on Oct. 7.