Overview

• Aaron Latham pleaded guilty on July 31 to a Class X felony for sharing child pornography involving a minor under 13 and received an 11-year prison term.
• He is credited with 322 days already served in the Kane County Jail under the state’s day-for-day sentencing policy.
• Latham must register as a sexual offender for life under the Illinois Sexual Offender Registration Act.
• Special Investigator Andrew Uhlir and the Kane County Child Exploitation Unit, created in 2022, led the probe into his online dissemination of illicit material.
• The plea agreement secured a conviction without trial and underscores Illinois’s focus on prosecuting online sexual crimes against children.