Addison man charged with possessing images of child sexual abuse

An Addison man convicted of having child sexual abuse material is again facing charges.

Randall Peters, 75, of the 200 block of North Mill Road, was charged April 5 with nine felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material depicting a person 13 or younger, according to DuPage County court records.

In addition, Peters was charged with felony failure to register as a sex offender as police allege he failed to tell them about an email address, according to the charges.

Judge Michael Riedy denied pretrial release for Peters on April 6.

According to a prosecutor’s petition to detain Peters, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified police in February of an email address allegedly used to receive child sexual abuse material. Addison police searched Peters’ electronic devices in March. They said they found hundreds of items, according to the petition.

Asked about the email address, Peters told police he didn’t give it to them because he didn’t want police “in his business,” according to the petition.

In 2017, Peters pleaded guilty to felony possession of child sexual abuse material and misdemeanor obscenity. He was sentenced to six months in jail and four years of sex offender probation.

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