Suspect In 'Sexually Inappropriate Images' Case Is Doctor

WILMINGTON, IL — A man arrested last week, accused of showing young girls sexually inappropriate pictures, is a doctor. Nicholas Cox, 29, was arrested Monday, July 8.

Police were dispatched around 8:20 p.m. that night to Lakewood Drive in Wilmington on a suspicious vehicle call.

Deputies arrived and spoke with the mother of a girl who said she and a neighbor's daughter were riding bikes on the driveway. The mother was watching from inside and noticed a dark-colored sedan parked on the road.

The neighbor's daughter later said the man, believed to be Cox, took off his seat belt and showed the girls "sexually inappropriate photos" on his phone, police say.

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Before the sedan sped off, police say, one parent had remembered the license plate. They tracked down the vehicle to Cox's Wilmington home.

He appeared in bond court and received a bail of $40,000. He posted bond July 10, court records say.

A condition of his bond is that he is to have no contact with the two minors and stay away from two Wilmington homes.

He is allowed to travel to Vermont for work purposes.

The University of Missouri hospital's website has Cox listed as third-year resident, adding he's a graduate of the University of Illinois and got his medical degree from Southern Illinois University.

His Facebook page lists him as an emergency medicine resident physician at University of Missouri Hospital and according to his LinkedIn profile, he was formerly an intern at Argonne National Laboratory.

Patch reached out to University of Missouri hospital regarding Cox, but has not received a reply.