Lawyer admits soliciting child for sex
The son of a longtime Woodridge mayor admitted Wednesday trying to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met on the Internet.
William F. Murphy, 33, of Schaumburg, pleaded guilty to indecent solicitation of a child charges. He'll be sentenced Oct. 29.
The felony charge carries a prison term of up to five years. But in exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors agreed they will not seek more than a 120-day jail term and 30 months' sex-offender probation.
Murphy also must register as a convicted sex offender for 10 years and may lose his law license.
Police arrested the Geneva attorney June 7, 2006, in a Winfield park where an undercover officer posing as the girl on the Internet agreed to meet him for sex. Authorities began talking to Murphy about two months earlier.
Murphy believed the girl to be a 15-year-old Wheaton cheerleader.
Prosecutor Ken Tatarelis said Murphy initiated the graphic conversations, often asking questions about her sexual experience, whether she liked older men and describing sexual acts that they could do together if they met.
Murphy did not have a prior criminal history.