WINFIELD, Ill. (WBBM Newsradio 780/STNG) -- The Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children task force and Winfield police apprehended a Schaumburg man for allegedly traveling to Winfield to have sex with a minor, according to a release.
Winfield police on Wednesday arrested William F. Murphy, 32, of Schaumburg, when he attempted to meet with a child at a park in Winfield with the intent of having sex with the child, whom he met in an Internet chat room, according to a release from the attorney general’s office.
The Daily Herald reports Murphy, a Geneva attorney, is the son of longtime Woodridge Mayor William Murphy.
"If anything, this shows that individuals who do these types of crimes come from all walks of life," Winfield Police Chief James Kruger told the Daily Herald. "There is no set profile. ... It's a significant social problem that we need to continually be vigilant on."
Murphy was charged with one felony count of indecent solicitation of a child, and following the arrest, police and the task force executed a search warrant at his residence, where a computer was seized, the release said. A forensic search of the computer will be conducted.
In the 20 months since its creation, the Illinois ICAC task force has arrested more than 250 individuals on charges related to the exploitation
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