FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Millbrook Man Charged with Possession and Dissemination of Child Pornography

Kendall County, IL (November 5, 2021, 8:00 PM)

On March 29, 2021, Kendall County Sheriff’s Office Detectives received information based on a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that an online user was disseminating child pornography. Detectives initiated a criminal investigation into the NCMEC tip.  During the investigation, numerous subpoenas were obtained to determine the identity of the user.  

On November 4, 2021, detectives from the Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant pursuant to the investigation. 

As a result of this investigation, the Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office approved charges against Jeremiah Mize, a 38-year-old male from the 8100 block of Whitfield Rd in Millbrook.  He has been charged with seven counts of Child Pornography.  Three of the charges are Class X felonies for dissemination of child pornography and the other four are Class 2 felonies for possession of child pornography.

Mize was taken into custody without incident and is currently being held at the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office awaiting a bond hearing on November 6, 2021.

**The Sheriff's Office would like to remind the public that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.**

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Contact:          Deputy Dan Briars #95

Phone:             (630) 465-2067

Email:             dbriars@co.kendall.il.us