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Highland Park man pleads not guilty to 18 child pornography charges Steven E. Habay
Updated 7/15/2021 5:18 PM
A 47-year-old Highland Park man pleaded not guilty this week to 18 counts of child pornography and two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer.
Steven E. Habay, of the 1500 block of Lancelot Avenue, appeared before Lake County Judge Mark L. Levitt at a hearing Tuesday.
He faces one count of reproducing child porn and 17 of possession, according to court documents.
Highland Park police and Lake County state s attorney investigators searched Habay s home on May 26. The police dog Browser, who is specially trained to find computers and other electronics, also aided the search.
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Torrez, who was an acquaintance of the girl s family, is also accused of sexually assaulting the girl at hotels in Grayslake and Libertyville, as well as at his home in Gages Lake, police said. He also took the girl on a trip to Mexico, according to prosecutors.
Authorities learned about the sexual assault after the girl told a trusted family member she had been being assaulted for about three years, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff s Office. The girl has been safe with her family since she disclosed the assaults.
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Man Sexually Assaulted Girl, Took Her On Trip To Mexico: Police - Grayslake, IL - The 50-year-old Gages Lake man is also accused of assaulting the girl, who is under the age of 13, at hotels in Lake County.