Overview

• James Napravnik, a 19-year-old from Itasca, Illinois, has been charged with six counts of dissemination and five counts of possession of child pornography.
• Authorities uncovered 74 videos of child pornography on Napravnik’s phone during a May 2 search warrant execution at his residence.
• The investigation began after cybertips from the Internet Crimes Against Children Data System and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in late 2024.
• DuPage County Judge Panoushis denied Napravnik’s pre-trial release on May 13, citing the county’s zero-tolerance policy for child exploitation offenses.
• State’s Attorney Robert Berlin emphasized the victim impact of child pornography and pledged aggressive prosecution in cases like this.