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Plano man receives 7 years in prison for possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse images · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Planoman received seven years in prison for possessing and disseminating
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  child sexual abuse images. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. A twenty
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  five year old Plano man charged with possessing and disseminating
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  child sexual abuse images has been sentenced to seven years
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  in prison as part of a plea agreement. The Kendall
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  County State's Attorney said. Joshua French was charged in March
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  twenty twenty five following a multi jurisdictional investigation involving both
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  the Kendall County Sheriff's Office, the Illinois Attorney General's Office,
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  and the Lyle Police Department. Detectives were able to track
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  the CYBERTIP that was received from the Internet Crimes Against
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  Children Task Force to a ex account that had shared
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  images of child pornography. According to the Kendall County State's
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  Attorney's Office, messages were traced back to French and a
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  search of his house was conducted November twenty twenty. Charges
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  were later filed after a thorough search of all the
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  electronic devices located in the house. Kendall County State's Attorney
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  Eric Weiss said that while French did not have any
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  prior criminal history. His prison sentence was warranted based upon
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  the nature of the charges. Some people out there lose
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  sight that each of these videos that investigators find contained
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  a child who had been victimized, and individuals who disseminate
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  and share this material are just perpetuating the cycle, Wise
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  said in a news release. French will have to register
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  as a sex offender for the remainder of his life
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  based upon the conviction, and will serve three years to
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  life on mandatory supervised release formerly known as parole. The
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  case was prosecuted by Criminal Division Chief Frank Goup. French
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  was represented by the Public Defender's Office.