A registered sex offender has been remanded in custody awaiting trial after he was reportedly discovered viewing child pornography on a tablet at a public library in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood, as per recent court documents.
David Rideout, aged 50, was apprehended around 6 PM on September 15, following a 911 call from a concerned citizen who reported that a man was watching explicit material involving minors within the Bucktown-Wicker Park Branch located at 1701 North Milwaukee Avenue.
Upon arrival, police officers found Rideout seated with a black tablet that reportedly featured a screensaver image of a “completely naked underage female” posed in a graphic sexual manner, according to the police report from the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Additionally, a library staff member informed investigators that surveillance footage confirmed Rideout was holding the tablet while viewing images of naked underage girls, as outlined in the report.
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