Cyber Tipline Leads To Plainfield Child Porn Arrest: Police

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Cyber Tipline Leads To Plainfield Child Porn Arrest: Police A search warrant showed that child porn had been downloaded to a 49-year-old Plainfield man's cellphone, police said.

PLAINFIELD, IL — Four months after receiving a tip through the National Center for Missing and Exploited (NCMEC) Cyber Tipline, Plainfield police arrested a Plainfield man on a child pornography charge after executing a search warrant at his Colonial Parkway home.

In a news release, Cmdr. Anthony Novak said police received the tip on May 24.

"At the conclusion of a lengthy and thorough investigation lasting approximately four months," he said, detectives obtained a warrant to search suspect Steve Hernandez's home in the 14000 block of Colonial Parkway.

Plainfield police executed the search warrant with assistance from the FBI Regional Cyber Forensic Laboratory on Wednesday, and found child pornography images downloaded on a cellphone registered to 49-year-old Hernandez, according to the release.

He was taken to the Plainfield Police Department on a charge of possession of child porn before being transferred to the Will County jail.

According to jail records, Hernandez remained in custody on Friday, with a court hearing set for 9 a.m.

According to Novak, "other items identified in the search warrant capable of containing child pornography were seized and will be analyzed."

Anyone who needs or has additional information pertaining to the investigation is asked to contact Detective Sergeant Ron Mikos at 815-267-7237.