CHICAGO — An Andersonville business owner was charged with child pornography after police found four computers full of pictures and videos of children engaged in "sadistic" and "masochistic" sex acts, prosecutors said.
Seamus Webb, owner of Salon Shine, 1505 W. Foster Ave., faces five counts of disseminating and possessing child pornography.
Cook County Sheriff's officers searched Webb's apartment in the 1600 block of West Carman Avenue with an FBI warrant and seized computers containing 2,500 videos and pictures of child porn, some with images of 1-year-old children, bestiality or bondage, officials said.
Assistant State's Attorney Michael Rusch said that the computer files contained "numerous images and videos of child pornography depicting children under the age of 13" at Webb's home.
Webb admitted to possessing and disseminating the porn, a statement from the sheriff's office said.
On Friday, when Webb appeared in court, Cook County Judge Isreal Desierto ordered him held on $100,000 bond, and told him to abstain from watching or trading child pornography or from having contact with minors.
"These are only allegations," said attorney Michael Oppenheimer, after asking reporters to keep Webb's name out of the news.
