Non-Compliant Sex Predator Nabbed In Traffic Stop: Prosecutor

JUSTICE, IL -- A convicted Chicago sex predator was picked up in Justice after police determined he was non-compliant with the Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act, prosecutors said. Kenneth M. Lenon, appeared Tuesday in court on his 68th birthday before Cook County Judge Michael Kane. He was charged with violating the sex offender registry.

According to the charges, a Justice police officer was randomly running vehicle plates around 11:53 a.m. March 26 when he came across Lenon’s vehicle traveling eastbound on 79th Street. The registration came back indicated that Lenon had failed to maintain accurate records, the prosecutor said. He was taken into custody and Justice police notified the Chicago Police Department.

Lenon allegedly told Justice police he thought he had registered last August. The last record of Lenon’s contact with the sex offender registry was in August 2016, the prosecutor said.

The assistant public defender told the judge that Lenon is a former long-time employee of Chicago Public Schools. A family friend also spoke on Lenon’s behalf in court.

Lenon was released on a $10,000 I-bond. His next court date is April 11 in Bridgeview.

The sex offender registry indicates that Lenon was convicted of two felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Lenon was 58 and his victim was 16 at the time of the offense. He was sentenced to concurrent sentences in the Illinois Department of Corrections.