Crime & Safety
Child Porn with Bestiality, Bondage Found in Ravenswood Home
More than 2,500 videos and images of child porn were found, according to the Cook County Sheriff's office.
A Ravenswood man admitted to possessing more than 2,500 videos and images of child pornography—some with children as young as one. The announcement came Friday afternoon from the Cook County Sheriff’s office.
Seamus Webb, 51, was arrested Thursday and charged with four felonies for disseminating and possessing child pornography. Police said the images included bestiality and bondage of minors.
Cook County Sheriff’s Police Child Exploitation Unit found Webb in his apartment on the 1600 block of West Carmen Ave and arrested him without incident.
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The arrest occurred after police received a search warrant based on information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, police said. Officers confiscated several computers and other items.
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The charges—all class X felonies—include aggravated child pornography, dissemination; aggravated child pornography possession; child pornography, possession of pictures; child pornography possession of movies.
Bond for Webb was set at $100,000. His next court date is scheduled for April 11.
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