Man Accused of Stalking Girls Now Charged With Having Child Pornography

Law enforcement found child pornography on the cell phone of a man arrested in 2011 for stalking two girls, according to police.

The Orland Park Police Department first arrested 57-year-old James M. Shaver on March 18, 2011for stalking two girls ages 9 and 11 at the time, according to a release from the police department. Police said that two days prior, he tried to lure the girls into his car while they were walking home from school in the 15200 block of Orlan Brook Drive, and then offered to take them out for a milkshake the next day.

Police seized some of Shaver’s property during the arrest, including a cell phone that was later searched for data, and authorities found child pornography on the phone, according to the release.

Shaver did not return a phone message left by Patch on Wednesday.

Shaver, of the first block of Brookside, gave himself up to Orland Park police on Tuesday and was charged with one count of child pornography, a Class 3 felony.

His bail was set at $20,000 and his next court date is scheduled for April 11. 

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