Swim instructor guilty in sex abuse case

A 21-year-old swim instructor accused of molesting two boys at a Crystal Lake fitness center was found guilty Friday.

A jury found Rock Burman of the 3000 block of Mary Lane in McHenry guilty of two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Authorities say Burman inappropriately touched two boys who were younger than 13 during a swimming lessons at the Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center in March 2010.

One of the boys told his father about the abuse immediately after a lesson, and an investigation led police to a second victim, according to the McHenry County state’s attorney’s office.

Neither of the victims knew each other, but authorities said their accounts of the crimes were “almost identical.”

Burman could now face a sentence ranging from probation to seven years in prison, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

He will also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Burman had been free on bond since posting $10,000 on May 11.