Crime & Safety
Cops Find 122 Grams of Pot in Raid on Sex Predator's Home: Prosecutor
Worth man out on parole had just learned he was going to be a dad before police executed search warrant, public defender said.
A convicted sex predator found his residence being raided by police moments after he learned that his girlfriend was pregnant, attorneys said in court Tuesday.
Joshua Reilly, 22, who is out on parole for aggravated possession of child pornography, appeared before Cook County Judge Peter Felice on charges of felony possession of cannabis with intent to deliver.
Prosecutors said that Worth police executed a search warrant at Reilly’s residence in the 10900 block of South Lloyd Drive on Monday.
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Police recovered 122 grams of cannabis, along with two digital scales, $3,000 cash and numerous baggies, according to the charges, police said.
Reilly admitted in a written statement to selling pot.
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The public defender told the judge that Reilly had learned “literally twenty minutes before the search warrant” that his girlfriend was pregnant, who was also present during the raid.
Bail was set at $100,000. Reilly’s next court date is Dec. 10 in Bridgeview.
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