Teh One Who Knocks
11-30-2011, 12:17 PM
By Kurt Allemeier - The Quad City Times
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan called a Rock Island man's arrest on child pornography charges the "most horrific" case investigated since a statewide initiative to combat the crime began a year ago.
Madigan announced Tuesday that Randy Bazer, 25, is charged with six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and six counts of aggravated child pornography. Each count is a Class X felony, punishable by six to 30 years in prison upon conviction.
Bazer was arrested Nov. 22 after a search of his home on 5ƒ Avenue. No exact address was available. He was being held Tuesday in the Rock Island County Jail on
$1 million bond and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Dec. 6. A condition of bond prohibits Bazer from any contact with the victim or any minors.
Rock Island police and investigators from the Illinois Attorney General's Office executed the search warrant.
The arrest is part of the attorney general's Operation Glass House, aimed at cracking down on prolific child pornography offenders. The Rock Island case is the operation's first arrest for sexual assault and production of child pornography. It is the 28th arrest in Operation Glass House.
Bazer is accused of assaulting a 5-year-old girl and recording it, according to court documents. The charges date as far back as October 2009, when the girl was 3.
"It is rare for one of our investigations to lead to the manufacture of child pornography," Madigan said. "This arrest reinforces what we know about child pornography, that it leads to the sexual assault of children."
Police had been investigating the case since September. A forensic analysis of a computer found during the search is under way, but at this point no evidence that the images were distributed has been found, Rock Island County State's Attorney Mark Senko said.
If images were found to be distributed, federal charges could result.
Investigators track child pornographers online by following an Internet protocol, or IP, address. In the past 60 days, 3,154 Illinois IP addresses were tracked trading child pornography images and videos across the state by the attorney general's office.
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan called a Rock Island man's arrest on child pornography charges the "most horrific" case investigated since a statewide initiative to combat the crime began a year ago.
Madigan announced Tuesday that Randy Bazer, 25, is charged with six counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and six counts of aggravated child pornography. Each count is a Class X felony, punishable by six to 30 years in prison upon conviction.
Bazer was arrested Nov. 22 after a search of his home on 5ƒ Avenue. No exact address was available. He was being held Tuesday in the Rock Island County Jail on
$1 million bond and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Dec. 6. A condition of bond prohibits Bazer from any contact with the victim or any minors.
Rock Island police and investigators from the Illinois Attorney General's Office executed the search warrant.
The arrest is part of the attorney general's Operation Glass House, aimed at cracking down on prolific child pornography offenders. The Rock Island case is the operation's first arrest for sexual assault and production of child pornography. It is the 28th arrest in Operation Glass House.
Bazer is accused of assaulting a 5-year-old girl and recording it, according to court documents. The charges date as far back as October 2009, when the girl was 3.
"It is rare for one of our investigations to lead to the manufacture of child pornography," Madigan said. "This arrest reinforces what we know about child pornography, that it leads to the sexual assault of children."
Police had been investigating the case since September. A forensic analysis of a computer found during the search is under way, but at this point no evidence that the images were distributed has been found, Rock Island County State's Attorney Mark Senko said.
If images were found to be distributed, federal charges could result.
Investigators track child pornographers online by following an Internet protocol, or IP, address. In the past 60 days, 3,154 Illinois IP addresses were tracked trading child pornography images and videos across the state by the attorney general's office.