Probation for sex offender arrested at Carol Stream school
A registered sex offender was sentenced Friday to two years of probation for attending a children’s cheerleading program at a Carol Stream elementary school.
Michael Infelise, 30, of the 1300 block of Terry Road in Glendale Heights, pleaded guilty in June to a charge of being a child sex offender within a school zone. In addition to probation, he was sentenced to jail time served since his February arrest at Heritage Lakes Elementary School.
Infelise was charged after the parents of a 9-year-old girl reported his presence at an after-school cheerleading program sponsored by the Carol Stream Park District. Assistant State’s Attorney Mike Fisher said Infelise’s then-girlfriend was a coach and her daughter a participant.
Police arrested Infelise, who is barred from schools as a registered sex offender, when he returned Feb. 13.
Prosecutors sought 3½ years in prison for Infelise, who became a registered sex offender after a 2003 case in which he was convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. He served four years in that case, plus four years for a burglary-related arson that same year, authorities said.
In court Friday, Judge George Bakalis, who imposed the sentence, warned Infelise not to “mess up again.”
“I promise,” Infelise said.
He had been jailed on $150,000 bail.