2 North Aurora Men Charged With Possession Of Child Pornography

AURORA, IL — Two North Aurora men are facing multiple felonies after they were found in possession of child pornography, according to a joint release from Kane County State's Attorney Jamie Mosser and Sheriff Ron Hain.

On May 8, Johnny Cheng and Anthony W. Edens Jr. were found in possession of multiple child pornography videos "with full knowledge of their content and nature," the Tuesday news release stated.

The 32-year-old Cheng and Edens, 34, were charged with four and five counts, respectively, of possession of child pornography. Edens faces additional felony charges — two counts of possession of a firearm without a valid Firearm Owners Identification card and one count of illegal possession of ammunition without a FOID card — after he was found with them on Sept. 24.

Both men reside in the 1000 block of Selwyn Parkway in North Aurora, officials said.

An investigation into the men was conducted by the Kane County Child Exploitation Unit, a collaboration between the state's attorney and sheriff's offices.

Cheng and Edens appeared in court on Oct. 18 and were released as their criminal cases were pending. Stipulations of their release were no unsupervised contact with minors or access to the internet for non-work purposes.

Their next court date is set for Dec. 4 at the Kane County Judicial Center.