Elgin [IL] officials shocked by child porn investigation of ex-Rep. Farnham

[alp227]

Reports that federal agents were looking for evidence of child pornography when they seized computers from the Elgin district office of former state Rep. Keith Farnham shocked local officials who said the lawmaker was well-liked and active in the community.

"I couldn't even fathom it. I was stunned," said former Elgin Mayor Ed Schock, adding that Farnham always worked on the city's behalf.

Farnham has not been accused of any crime.

Federal agents were searching for documents "pertaining to the possession, receipt or distribution of child pornography" as well as computer files, copies and negatives of child pornography or any documents that depicted minors "engaged in sexually explicit conduct," according to a search warrant released Friday.

full: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-03-24/news/ct-farnham-resignation-met-20140325_1_south-elgin-elgin-dairy-explicit-conduct

I assumed this story was typical Chicago corruption when I first read about it, but it turns out Farnham could be a sicko freak.

[Tsiyu]

2. Dude, please delete your insensitive post

The man has been accused of no crime yet, and your euphemism is just plain SICKO

[Loudly]

3. Here. This is for you. To help you chill.

Actual child endangerment story also from Elgin Illinois.

Take away the gun. Take away the porn. Stop the incarcerating.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9358250

[Tsiyu]

4. I don't need anything to help me chill

I need you to delete or edit your first post.

[Sherman A1]

5. not to worry

I believe the jury took care of that.

[Tsiyu]

6. Thanks for letting me know

real creepy, IYAM

[Sherman A1]

7. Went down 5-1

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Mar 27, 2014, 06:05 AM, and the Jury voted 5-1 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Sick.
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Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I find this post to be completely insensitive and adds nothing to the conversation beyond snark.
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Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[Tsiyu]

8. I wanted to alert, but

I alerted earlier on a post that was offensive to me and it just vanished in thin air, so I figured I'd leave it up to fellow DUers

Thanks to all of you who got rid of that

[Sherman A1]

10. This one was

an easy decision.....

[HereSince1628]

9. Apparently, some things have changed in Elgin since I left there ~45 years ago

No, not porn on a computer, but realizing the Elgin area has had a democratic legislator...
When I was a kid, Elgin as I saw it was reliably red almost like Waukesha WI.

[LuvNewcastle]

11. Did investigators have to reveal why he was being investigated?

That doesn't seem right to me; he hasn't even been accused. Even if the guy is innocent, this is going to ruin his reputation. A lot of people will think he's a pedophile even if they don't find anything. They really shouldn't say things like that unless they're formally accusing someone. Investigators should reveal as little as possible to the public while they're doing things like that.

I'm always skeptical about charges involving computer crimes. All sorts of content can be on your computer without you realizing it. I try not to download anything at all, but I'm always scared that there might be something terrible on mine that I'm not aware of.

[snooper2]

12. Don't worry your PC are fine...

they were gone through in phase 3 back in January

[LuvNewcastle]

13. Oh, well that's a relief!