A former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) worker, Carlos Acosta, has been sentenced to six months in jail and 30 months of probation for child endangerment and neglect in connection with the death of 5-year-old A.J. Freund. Freund, a Crystal Lake boy, was beaten to death in 2019. The case against Acosta centered on events from December 18, 2018, when police called him to investigate potential child abuse involving Freund. The sentencing took place on Thursday morning, with welfare workers using the occasion to protest what they describe as a dangerous workload.
A former child abuse investigator was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday for failing to protect AJ Freund, a 5-year-old boy killed by his mother in Crystal Lake, and welfare workers took the occasion to protest what they say was a dangerous workload. https://t.co/vnpRPXT2LS
A former Illinois DCFS worker will go to jail for his conviction related the mishandling of abuse investigations of 5-year-old boy A.J. Freund before his murder. https://t.co/liuI3nEzDW
A judge sentenced a former Illinois state child welfare worker to six months in jail Thursday in connection with the 2019 death of 5-year-old A.J. Freund. https://t.co/MPF05mjLYP
Judge sentences former Illinois DCFS worker to jail in AJ Freund's death https://t.co/M3HuwJNBxt
The case centered on events that occurred Dec. 18, 2018, four months before AJ’s death, when police called Acosta to investigate AJ’s possible child abuse. https://t.co/tg68kWnzA8
AJ Freund caseworker gets 6 months in jail for child endangerment https://t.co/P00eAsTMTe
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A former state child welfare caseworker on Thursday was sentenced to six month in jail and 30 months of probation for child endangerment in the case of AJ Freund, a 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy who was beaten to death in 2019. https://t.co/panCqxhs71
Former DCFS worker Carlos Acosta sentenced to six months in case of A.J. Freund https://t.co/reMCPZi60a https://t.co/kqggq1CXYA
WATCH LIVE: Former DCFS worker to be sentenced in connection to death of 5-year-old AJ Freund https://t.co/UZ0pHazWUg https://t.co/QpBB3VUDZ6
LIVE: Former DCFS worker to be sentenced in connection to death of 5-year-old AJ Freund https://t.co/7HZWcAqkGT https://t.co/x8LrBEi1iM
The former DCFS worker charged and convicted of neglect in the death of a 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy is expected to be sentenced Thursday morning https://t.co/3SA06aFSVm
A former Illinois DCFS worker will find out if he is going to prison when he is sentenced for charges related to the death of A.J. Freund. https://t.co/9xAhreuVmu
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