Wife Says Homeland Security Searched House For Child Porn, Hubby Gets Charged 7 Months Later

JOLIET, IL — Seven months after a Joliet woman said the Department of Homeland Security scoured her home for child pornography, her husband was charged with possessing it.

Michael Young, 30, faces four felony counts of possessing child pornography. The case was filed Thursday and Young’s bond was set at $150,000.

Young, who was identified in court papers as a security officer, remains at large.

In November, Young’s 28-year-old wife made the Homeland Security claim when she filed for a protective order against her husband.

“Homeland Security was at my home to search computers and the entire house for child porn,” the wife said. “Michael’s phone was taken and his brother’s computer who was visiting this day. DCFS also contacted me telling me to make sure Michael is not around the children.”

The wife said Young’s child pornography possession “has been going on since the beginning of October 2015 if not longer.”

Young and his wife have one child together, a 21-month-old son, and she also has an older son, according to court papers.

The wife filed for divorce three days after accusing Young of possessing child pornography and telling of the Homeland Security search. She gave as her grounds for the divorce an “ongoing investigation of child pornography.”