(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A 42-year-old convicted sex offender from unincorporated Glenview is charged with multiple felonies after a child reported missing in Boston was found in his home.
Weston Opas, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, met the juvenile on an online gaming app last year and the two exchanged text messages. He allegedly went to Boston several times to engage in sex acts with the child.
Boston police contacted the Sheriff’s Office after the child was reported missing. An analysis of the child’s phone led to a search of Opas’ home in unincorporated Glenview where the child was found.
Opas is currently charged with traveling to meet a child, grooming and failure to report to the sex offender registry as well as unlawful possession of firearm by a felon.
He was ordered held until his next court appearance in two weeks.
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