Oak Forest Man Pleads Guilty To Child Porn, Other Charges Dropped

OAK FOREST, IL — An Oak Forest man arrested in 2019 and indicted on more than 20 felony charges surrounding child pornography and criminal sexual assault of a child pleaded guilty last month, according to court records.

Jason Akai, 47, was charged with 23 criminal felony counts that included predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years of age and child pornography. All but two charges leveled against Akai were dropped prior to the plea, in what is described as a negotiated guilty plea, according to court records.

Charges remaining at the time of his plea included child pornography, victim under 13, and child pornography, moving depiction. Two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child each carried the heaviest sentence, of 6 to 30 years in prison. Those charges were dropped.

Akai was one of two arrested following after the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services received a tip from an out-of-state therapist, according to the state's attorney. A multi-week investigation determined Kimberly Marie Schubert, 46, distributed pornographic images to Akai. Authorities recovered evidence from Akai's home.

Schubert pleaded guilty in 2022 to sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 and producing child pornography, the Daily Herald reports. She was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

Akai was a prominent member of Oak Forest Cub Scout Pack 341, once serving as committee chairman. The charges did not involve any children with the Boy Scouts of America organization, police said at the time.

Akai was taken into custody June 20, 2019, and was initially held in Lake County Jail on $750,000 bond. He was released on bond shortly after his arrest and has remained so.

Akai's sentencing is set for August 29. Patch has reached out to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office for more information.