Trial Date Set for Sex Offender Accused of Entering School Zone

Evergreen Park, IL -- A trial date has been set for a convicted sex offender accused of breaking the law by attending a parish carnival in 2015.

Donald Leib, 45, of 10320 S. Albany Ave., Chicago, was a was charged with violating his sex offender registration by being in a school zone. He is classified as a sex predator on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry, which forbids sex offenders from being within 500 feet of children in a school zone.

Parents alerted Evergreen Park police when they spotted Leib attending the Queen of Martyrs parish carnival in September 2015.

A trial date has been set for Sept. 27, Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th) said in email to residents. The trial will start around 9:30 a.m. in room 110 at the Fifth Municipal District Courthouse, 10220 S. 76th Ave., Bridgeview.

“My staff attended today's status hearing in the case of Donald Leib, a registered sex offender and sexual predator who was arrested last year for attending a local school carnival …,” O’Shea said. “I intend to go and would invite any concerned residents to join me. We need to make sure all parties involved know how seriously our community takes these matters.”

According to state records, Leib is listed as a sexual predator with past convictions for child abduction/luring, and indecent solicitation of a child in 2008. Leib was 37 and his victim was 12 at the time of the offense.

If convicted, he faces up to three years in prison and ten additional years on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.

Photo: Donald Leib in 2014. | Illinois Sex Offender Registry