A 23-year-old Carpentersville man has been arrested on charges he took photos of himself sexually assaulting a sleeping child, according to law enforcement officials.
Federico A. Vega Jr., of the 1800 block of Papoose Road, faces three counts of manufacturing child pornography, one count of criminal sexual assault and eight counts of possessing child pornography, all felonies, and three counts of misdemeanor criminal sexual abuse, a joint news release from the Kane County state’s attorney’s and sheriff’s offices said.
According to prosecutors, Vega allegedly sexually assault a child under the age of 13 while they were asleep on May 28, 2017, reportedly taking photographs of the crime while it was committed, the report said. Vega was under the age of 17 at the time, officials said.
The charges also allege Vega possessed multiple images and videos of child sexual abuse between March 8, 2024, and April 23 of this year, officials said.
Vega was arrested about 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, in North Carolina, where he is being held in the Craven County Sheriff’s Office in New Bern pending extradition to Illinois, the release said.
The investigation was conducted by the Kane County Child Exploitation Unit with assistance from the Carpentersville Police Department and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
