Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 28, 2007 16:20:48 GMT -5
Officer Marc W. Carder
WOODSTOCK – A 16-year veteran public safety officer the College of Lake County has been arrested in McHenry County for allegedly abusing a 15-year-old girl who was a family friend.
A judge on Saturday set bond for Marc. W. Carder, 46, 4616 Vista Drive, Island Lake, at $75,000 after he was arrested at his home on Friday. Carder is out after posting bail.
Carder is charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a crime punishable by up to seven years in prison.
The two had a sexual relationship for about a year, said Lt. Don Carlson of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.
“This was a consensual relationship between the victim and the offender,” Carlson said. “But she is not at an age that she could give consent.”
Their relationship was exposed, police said, when the victim’s father found pornographic photos of his daughter and Carder on a home computer.
There were “a few” of the photos found on the computer, Carlson said, but he declined to say exactly how many, though he did say there were less than 20.
The abuse appears to have occurred at Carder’s home.
Carder lives at his home with his wife and teenage daughters, police said. Police said that the Department of Children and Family services has investigated and found no reason to believe that Carder's children's safety is at risk.
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