More Charges Filed in Child Sex Abuse Case

CRYSTAL LAKE, IL — A 23-year-old Crystal Lake man is in custody in a sex abuse case involving three minors, authorities said. An arrest warrant was issued in May for Joshua G. Dancy on aggravated sex abuse charges for allegations he had sex with two minor girls he met over Snapchat, according to a news release from the Crystal Lake Police Department.

Dancy was arrested on several warrants on Friday while at a home in McHenry and now faces additional charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a third minor, police said. Authorities said the investigation remains active as more victims are being identified.

The initial victims to come forward reported their relationship with Dancy began in or around November 2018 when he started communicating with the two minor girls over Snapchat, police said. He gained their trust and allegedly got them to send him several sexually-oriented nude images of themselves.

He was arrested on four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony, on May 29.

Additional charges of criminal sexual abuse, indecent solicitation of a child and child pornography were filed in recent days after another victim came forward, police said. He is being held at the McHenry County Jail on a $500,000 bail.

Dancy is next expected in court on Tuesday.