A suburban DuPage County judge set bond at $150,000 Saturday for a Bellwood police commander who was charged with three counts of possession of child pornography. According to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, John Trevarthen, 45, of Lombard, used a personal IP address as well as an IP address owned by the village of Bellwood to view child pornography… Hinsdale May 14, 2020
A Bellwood man is accused of illegally videotaping three girls in a Hinsdale home where he was hired to do construction work. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin charged Jose Gaspar, 45, of Bellwood, with one count of Unauthorized Videotaping (Class 4 Felony) and two counts of Unauthorized Videotaping a Person Under Eighteen (Class 3 Felony). Berlin said that in…
BELLWOOD, Ill. (WLS) Bond was set Saturday for a Bellwood police commander who has been accused of possessing child pornography, according to DuPage County officials.
John Trevarthen, 45, has been charged with three counts of possession of child pornography, a class 2 felony, according to a statement from the DuPage County State s Attorney s Office. He appeared in bond court Saturday morning and Judge Anthony Coco set bond at $150,000 with 10% to apply.
According to the statement, a Lombard Police detective, who is also a member of the Illinois Attorney General Crimes Against Children Taskforce, received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in January. The tip was regarding suspected child pornography videos and photographs that were allegedly uploaded on a smartphone file-sharing application with an email address that registered to a home in Lombard.
UpdatedWed, Jan 27, 2021 at 5:36 pm CT
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