‘Threat to all children’: Algonquin man accused of soliciting children, sending them explicit …

Thomas E. Jackson, 27, of Algonquin. A judge called an Algonquin man a “threat to all children” after he was arrested for allegedly soliciting children on Snapchat and sending them sexually explicit videos of himself. Thomas E. Jackson, 27, of Algonquin, was charged with child pornography, grooming and four counts of distributing explicit material to a minor. A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court alleges Jackson was found in possession of a video containing child sexual abuse material. The complaint said the video depicted two young children, ages 10-13, engaged in sexual conduct. The video was found on Jackson’s Snapchat account, the complaint said. The complaint said Jackson used Snapchat, an online social media app, to attempt to solicit or lure a 15-year-old child to engage in sexual conduct at Jackson’s home in the 600 block of Brookside Avenue in Algonquin. Jackson also allegedly sent an explicit photo and videos of himself to three other children through Snapchat. The complaint said the videos sent by Jackson were of him exposing himself and performing a lewd act on himself. The videos were sent to a 13-year-old child, a 14-year-old child and a 16-year-old child. Court documents said Jackson engaged
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