Streamwood man accused of assaulting of 1-year old girl, sharing videos

Pretrial release has been denied for a Streamwood man accused of sexually assaulting a 1-year old girl and sharing the videos, authorities said Friday.

Cruz Estanislao, 24, of the 100 block of Nettle Lane, is in DuPage County jail facing felony charges: four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, victim under 13; one count of Class X child pornography; and one count of Class 1 child pornography.

According to the DuPage County state's attorney's office, a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security Cyber Crimes Center Child Exploitation Investigations Unit received information regarding a person manufacturing child sexual abuse materials on Wickr, an end-to-end encrypted messaging app. The unit and Hanover Park police identified Estanislao as a suspect, authorities said.

Authorities say that when Estanislao manufactured the child pornography, he sexually assaulted a female family member who was about 1-year-old at the time and shared the videos between February and April 2023.

Estanislao was taken into custody Thursday after a traffic stop.

At first appearance court Friday, DuPage County Judge Joshua Dieden granted prosecutors' motion to deny pretrial release for Estanislao, authorities said.

In a news release, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin commended the Department of Homeland Security's cyber crimes exploitation unit and Hanover Park police for their work in what he described as an “extremely disturbing case.”

Estanislao's next scheduled court date is Sept. 23.