Prosecutors can't use some statements from DCFS workers in AJ Freund case Former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services supervisor Andrew Polovin, front, leaves court Wednesday after a hearing in Judge Robert Wilbrandt's courtroom in Woodstock. Polovin supervised DCFS caseworker Carlos Acosta, who was assigned to a 20189 DCFS investigation involving AJ Freund's family. Both men face reckless conduct and child endangerment charges in connection with that investigation. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
Updated 1/27/2021 2:03 PM Certain statements made by two former child welfare workers charged after the 2019 death of Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund cannot be used in the men's criminal prosecutions, according to the Illinois attorney general's office.