Ex-mayor enters plea on child porn charges

[Chicago Tribune] - The former mayor of Green Oaks pleaded not guilty today in Lake County Circuit Court to possessing and distributing child pornography.

Tom Adams, 68, is charged with 16 counts of distribution of child porn and 17 counts of possession of child porn. He was arrested in July at his home after a search warrant was executed.

Adams is accused of sending pornographic images of children over the Internet from his home, said Assistant State's Atty. Patricia Fix. Child porn also was found on his home computer, she said.

Adams, who once served as chairman of the Lake County Republican Party, resigned earlier this month as mayor and was replaced by senior Trustee Bernard Wysocki. Adams is free on $100,000 bail.

Judge Victoria Rossetti set Adams' next court date for Oct. 17 and scheduled his trial for Nov. 6.