Burr Ridge Man Admits To Child Porn

BURR RIDGE, IL – A Burr Ridge man on Tuesday admitted in federal court that he illegally possessed more than 3,000 videos and images depicting children engaged in sexually explicit conduct, authorities said.

Miguel Ascencios, also known as "Allison Wou," 55, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of receipt of child pornography. He faces five to 20 years in prison.

In 2017 and 2018, Ascencios admitted in a plea agreement that he used social media and a file-sharing service to receive and share child pornography, prosecutors said. Among the thousands of files he possessed were videos depicting the sexual exploitation of toddlers, according to the plea agreement.

Two 10-year-olds in the images and videos have been identified as known child victims by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, authorities said.