Man arrested in Tuscola for child pornography after cyber tip

TUSCOLA, Ill. (WAND) — A Tuscola man was arrested for possession and dissemination of child pornography on Wednesday.

Jeremy D. Schrock was arrested during a search warrant at a residence in Tuscola.

According to the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 5, a CyberTip was submitted to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding child pornography. The search warrant was based on information in the tip.

Schrock was taken into custody and transported to the Douglas County Jail. He has been arrested for two counts of possession of child pornography, a class 2 felony, and two counts of dissemination of child pornography, a class X felony.

The investigation was a collaborative effort between the Illinois Attorney General’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Douglas County State’s Attorney’s Office, and ISP.

The Illinois State Police provide the following resource for parents, for the public to report crimes against children, and victims to start their path towards healing and recovery. Anonymous tips of child pornography can also be reported through the NCMEC CyberTipline at www.cybertipline.com. To keep kids safe online, learn more at: https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/onlinesafe/ ; www.cybertipline.org ; For resources for survivors of sexual abuse visit: https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/csam-resources.