Man gets 8 years in prison for sharing child sex abuse material
Posted February 20, 2025 1:36 pm
An Algonquin man has agreed to an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to disseminating child pornography.
Jacob M. Baker, 23, of the 1300 block of Greenridge Avenue, entered his plea on Wednesday.
According to Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Ken Hudson, between March 7 and March 30, 2024, Baker used torrent file-sharing software to upload and share a video that depicted a child, who he knew was younger than 13, engaged in a sexual act.
Baker has to serve at least 50% of the sentence before being eligible for parole; he received credit for the eight-and-a-half months in the Kane County jail awaiting trial.
Algonquin police investigated the case.
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