Lake County Man Arrested On Child Porn Charges

LAKE COUNTY, IL — A Zion man faces charges after authorities found several video of child pornography — some of which involved children as young as infants — in his possession, police said.

Michael J. Guerra, 55, of the 3200 block of Enoch Avenue in Zion, has been charged with two counts of possession of child pornography, which is a Class 2 felony.

Authorities launched an investigation into Guerra after they received a tip from an online cloud storage website indicating a device in Lake County uploaded child pornography to their platform, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff’s detective began an investigation and based on that investigation, determined the likely source was coming from a residence in the 3200 block of Enoch Avenue in Zion, police said.

Sheriff’s detectives obtained a search warrant for the residence and conducted that search warrant with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office Cybercrime Unit on Friday, police said.

During their search, detectives seized electronics that contained child pornography, which belonged to Guerra.

“This is yet another successful investigation and arrest of a child predator by our detectives,” said Sheriff John D. Idleburg. “We will stop at nothing to protect the most vulnerable in our community. I’m grateful for the incredible collaboration between our office, the Attorney General’s Office, and the State’s Attorney’s Office to investigate these crimes and hold these individuals accountable.”

Guerra’s numerous electronic devices continue to be forensically analyzed, and additional charges are likely, police said.