Bolingbrook Man Found Guilty Of Child Pornography

BOLINGBROOK, IL —Jose Ramon Cervantes-Diaz, 52, of Bolingbrook, was found guilty Wednesday of three counts of child pornography, after a bench trial before Circuit Judge Carmen Goodman, the Will County State’s Attorney said.

Sentencing is now scheduled for July 17.

In July 2021, Homeland Security Investigations Chicago received information concerning an individual in the Chicago area who had accessed a secure messaging platform involved in the sharing of child pornography, according to the state's attorney's office.

The investigation revealed that one of the users in the group chat had a username of “Jose” and that the subscriber with that telephone number was Jose Cervantes-Diaz. On Sept. 15, 2021, HSI agents met with Cervantes-Diaz at his residence in Bolingbrook, the State's Attorney's office said.

Cervantes-Diaz admitted that he had been in chat rooms where child pornography files were shared but told investigators he had only viewed them. A forensic analysis of his phone recovered child pornography involving children under age 13 along with adults and animals, the State's Attorney's Office said.

Cervantes-Diaz is eligible for a sentence of probation or between 3 and 7 years to be served at 50
percent.