Man Sentenced After Violating Probation For Sexual Misconduct

OSWEGO, IL — A former probation officer from Oswego was sentenced Wednesday to serve two and a half years in prison for violating his probation.

Christian Nunez, 34, previously received a one-year periodic-imprisonment sentence for having inappropriate sexual contact with a female probationer. Judge John Kinsella sentenced the former DuPage County probation officer to prison on Tuesday for falsifying documents related to that previous conviction.

Nunez will begin serving his sentence immediately, according to a news release from DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin.

Nunez was sentenced Nov. 1 to serve one year of periodic imprisonment after pleading guilty in June 2019 to one count of official misconduct and one count of custodial sexual misconduct, both Class 3 felonies, the release states.

Nunez served as the victim’s probation officer after her release from the DuPage County Jail in May 2017. During her probation, Nunez contacted the victim from his personal cell phone. He also sent naked photographs of himself to the woman on several occasions and requested that she send naked photos and videos of herself, according to the release.

Nunez went to the woman’s home on March 11, 2018, and instructed her to perform oral sex on him, which she did. Following the encounter, the woman reported the incident to the Lombard Police Department.

Nunez’s sentence allowed him to leave the DuPage County Jail as part of a work-release program. While participating in the program, Nunez lost his job but never alerted authorities and continued to leave the jail by falsifying documents that verified his employment, Berlin said. The falsified documents claimed Nunez was working from Jan. 22 through Feb. 11 of this year.

"Once again, without a care at all for what is right or wrong, Mr. Nunez did whatever he wanted to do," Berlin said in the release. "Two years ago, he took advantage of his position of authority to satisfy his sexual desires because that's what he wanted to do."

Berlin said because of the "outstanding work of the DuPage County Jail and the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office however, Mr. Nunez’s scheme has come to an end," and he will spend 30 months in prison, where "he will not be able to do whatever he wants to do."

The release also stated that as part of his original sentencing, upon his release, Nunez will be required to register as a sex offender for ten years.