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1 week ago | fox32chicago.com | Cody King

A suburban man has been charged in the attack on two Jewish students on DePaul University’s campus late last year. Adam Erkan, 20, was charged Thursday with two counts of hate crime and two counts of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, all felonies. Erkan, of Hoffman Estates, has a detention hearing scheduled for Thursday. Police are still looking for the second suspect involved in the attack. Adam Erkan | Chicago police DePaul students attacked The backstory: The attack occurred Nov.

1 week ago | fox32chicago.com | Cody King

A Valparaiso man is facing child exploitation charges after Indiana State Police said he shared explicit images through a social media app. What we know: State police received multiple tips that someone was sharing images of child pornography. Detectives later determined the suspect had used Kik, a social media platform, to obtain and distribute the images. Investigators tracked the suspect to Valparaiso and identified him as Kaiden Aurenz, 20.

1 week ago | fox32chicago.com | Cody King

An Illinois man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually assaulting two underage relatives, authorities said. What we know: Maxwell Jordan, 32, of Montgomery, was sentenced last month to eight years each on one count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated criminal sexual assault, to be served consecutively, the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. Jordan pleaded guilty to both charges earlier this year.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Cody King

The BriefIndiana State Police say Kaiden Aurenz, 20, used the Kik app to share child sexual abuse material. Multiple tips led investigators to identify and track Aurenz to Valparaiso, where he was already in custody on a separate case. He now faces Level 4 and Level 5 felony charges for child exploitation, filed Wednesday by the Porter County Prosecutor’s Office. VALPARAISO, Ind.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Cody King

The BriefMaxwell Jordan, 32, of Montgomery, was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two underage relatives. The abuse began when Jordan was a minor, and he later confessed during a 2022 investigation by the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office. Jordan must serve 85% of his sentence, register as a sex offender for life, and will undergo an evaluation before release to determine if he is a sexually violent or dangerous person. KENDALL COUNTY, Ill.