From the State’s Attorney:
ANTHONY JACQUEZ SENTENCED TO TWELVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR SOLICITATION AND DISSEMINATION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on June 10, 2025, Anthony Jacquez, 35, of Lake in the Hills, Illinois, was sentenced to a combined twelve years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the offenses of Solicitation of Child Pornography and Dissemination of Child Pornography.
Jacquez was sentenced by the Honorable Judge Tiffany Davis after entering a negotiated plea of guilty to both charges.
In February of 2023, the Lake in the Hills Police Department began an investigation into Jacquez following a cyber tip received by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Messages sent from Jacquez’s Instagram social media account were used in the solicitation and dissemination of child pornography to a child under the age of eighteen. In the messages, where Jacquez himself was pretending to be a young girl, and on multiple occasions, Jacquez requested and sent both photographs and videos to and from a child he knew to be under eighteen.
Further investigation of his social media accounts found communication between Jacquez and an unknown user on the social media application OnlyFans, where again he solicited, purchased, and disseminated videos and images of child pornography.
A forensic review of Jacquez’s cell phone data revealed he had in his possession over 150 videos and images of child pornography.
Ultimately, Jacquez pleaded guilty, in two separate cases, to one count of Solicitation of Child Pornography and one count of Dissemination of Child Pornography.
Jacquez was sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on each of the charges, terms to be served consecutively.
Jaquez will also be placed on Mandatory Supervised Release for three years to his natural life following his release from custody.
Jacquez also must register as a sex offender for life for both offenses.
“This case exemplifies how law enforcement agencies, when working in collaboration, can stop a child predator.
“Because of the tip received by our friends at ICAC, the investigation led by Detective Destefano of the Lake in the Hills Police Department, and the efforts of Ms. O’Brien from our office, this man will no longer prey on children using social media,” Freese said.
These cases were successfully prosecuted by Deputy Chief Margaret O’Brien.
