Aurora sex offender back in prison after search of home yields child porn

An Aurora sex offender was sentenced on Monday to 13 years in prison for possession of sexually explicit images of children, which parole officers found in his refrigerator and bedroom.

Steven J. Ruby, 44, must serve about half his sentence before he is eligible for parole again, and also receives credit for 1,094 days in the Kane County jail, prosecutors said.

Ruby, formerly of the 200 block of South LaSalle Street, was convicted Feb. 22 of two counts of possession of child pornography.

On April 27, 2005, parole officers on a check at Ruby's home found several sexually explicit photos of children in his bedroom and inside aluminum cooking trays in the refrigerator, prosecutors said.

A search of Ruby's computer and compact discs also revealed about 3,500 additional images and more than 100 movies, several of children and infants engaged in sex acts, prosecutors said.

Ruby, who had a bench trial in late January, has a 1989 conviction for aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Kendall County, and was convicted in 1998 in Kane County for failure to register as a sex offender, prosecutors said.

In 2001, Ruby also was found guilty in Kane County of a child pornography offense, prosecutors said.