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Huntley man sentenced to 20 years in prison for child porn possession

A Huntley man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for possessing child pornography.

Jeffrey L. Gwin, 59, will also have to register as a sex offender, according to a news release from the Illinois attorney general's office.

Kane County Judge John Barsanti sentenced him.

Gwin pleaded guilty in February to five felony counts of possession of child pornography depicting a child under the age of 13. Authorities say he uploaded images to the internet.

The news release said authorities received a tip about Gwin from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. He was arrested on June 25, 2019.

He also pleaded guilty, on Oct. 14, to a charge of financial exploitation of an elderly person, in a case prosecuted by the Kane County state's attorney's office. He was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $51,206.

Gwin will serve the sentences consecutively.

Gwin was convicted in 1992 in DuPage County of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13. The victim was someone he knew. Gwin was sentenced to 30 days in jail, two years of probation and counseling.

Huntley man with 1990s sex crime conviction faces child pornography charges

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