Florida Man Sentenced To Prison For Sexually Abusing Aurora Teen

AURORA, IL — A Florida man was sentenced Friday to serve four and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing an Aurora teen he met on Facebook, according to prosecutors.

Tony DiMaio, 34, of Marathon, Florida, pleaded guilty in May to aggravated criminal sexual abuse and indecent solicitation of a child, prosecutors said in a news release.

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DiMaio became friends with a minor from Aurora through social media, claiming he was 17 years old, prosecutors said. He drove from his south Florida home in November 2017 to sexually abuse the minor, who between 13 and 16 at the time, according to prosecutors.

The victim's parents called police the next day after seeing DiMaio on surveillance video, the release states.

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Prosecutors dropped several charges, including criminal sexual assault of a victim unable to consent, in exchange for DiMaio’s guilty plea in May, according to a report by the Daily Herald.

"Mr. DiMaio preyed on this child, convincing the child that he was a teenager when in truth he was a 31-year-old, married child predator," Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said in the release. "It is difficult to fathom the effort he went to to have sex with a child, grooming the child online and driving to the Chicago area from south Florida."

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DiMaio served two years and three months — half of his sentence — at the Kane County Adult Justice Center before his sentencing Friday. He could soon be released as he can reduce his sentence by half for good behavior under state law. DiMaio must register as a sexual offender for the rest of his life, prosecutors said.