Crime & Safety

Local Man Sentenced to 50 Years for Molesting 11 Children of Friends, Relatives

A Des Plaines truck driver accused of molesting 11 children of relatives, friends and co-workers—and photographing the sexual acts—will now spend 50 years in prison, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. 

Bobby Cruz, 34, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Dow who called the sexual abuse “the most disturbing I’ve ever come across," according to the article.

Cruz molested the children, ages 2 to 11 years old, on several occasions over a five-year span, including once at a friend's busy house party and during trips to a pumpkin patch and Great America, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. 

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