Oak Forest Man Charged With Child Pornography

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — An Oak Forest man faces charges of solicitation of child pornography and production of child pornography of a child under 13, according to Buffalo Grove police.

Jason Akai, 44, of Oak Forest is being held at the Lake County Jail on $1 million bond. The charges are Class X felonies.

Akai has been a committee chairman with a Cub Scouts pack in Oak Forest. Patch has not yet confirmed his current standing with the organization.

Authorities arrested a second suspect in the case, a 43-year-old Buffalo Grove woman who is free on bond after posting the required 10 percent of her $300,000 bail in a predatory criminal sexual assault case.

Kimberly Schubert was arrested May 29 and faces two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old and two counts of possession of child pornography, according to police.

Her bail was initially set at $1 million but was later reduced.

Both defendants are scheduled to appear in court June 27.

Police said the case remains under investigation and more charges could be filed later.

Patch editor Amie Schaenzer contributed to the report.