Office Manager Charged in Plot to Frame Boss
Office manager charged in plot to frame his boss
Child-porn images found on computer
By Carlos Sadovi
Tribune staff reporter
Published August 30, 2006
An office manager at a West Side hospital who was trying to "get back at his boss" downloaded child pornography on his supervisor's computer, then reported the images to police, authorities said.
The would-be whistle-blower, Maurice Vallejo, admitted to investigators that he was upset that his supervisor had spurned his advances and that he retrieved the images off the Internet himself, Assistant State's Atty. Kathleen Muldoon said at Vallejo's bail hearing Tuesday.
Vallejo, 36, of the 6300 block of North Kedvale Avenue, was arrested Monday at his workplace, Advocate Bethany Hospital, and charged with felony possession of child pornography, according to a police report.
Cook County Judge Thomas Hennelly set bail for Vallejo at $75,000 and gave him a Sept. 11 court date.
Vallejo allegedly contacted police May 18 to report finding child pornography on his male boss' machine, Muldoon said.
Police executed a search warrant June 5, seized the computer and found on its hard drive hundreds of images of young boys --infants and other youths under the age of 18--engaged in various sex acts, Muldoon said.
An investigation determined Vallejo had downloaded the images "to get back at his boss because there wasn't, nor would ever be, a sexual relationship with his boss," Muldoon said.
She did not elaborate, nor would she detail how police determined who downloaded the images
A spokesman for Advocate Bethany Hospital could not be reached for comment.
Defense attorney Scott Levy said in court that his client has a master's degree in education.
Outside court, Levy disputed the allegations, saying: "We believe that the defendant will be found not guilty. The charges should be dismissed."
Muldoon said after the hearing that this was not the first time in her experience someone had tried to use the Internet to try to get his or her boss in trouble.
"It's not the first, but it's not a common scenario," she said.
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Copyright © 2006, Chicago Tribune
Child-porn images found on computer
By Carlos Sadovi
Tribune staff reporter
Published August 30, 2006
An office manager at a West Side hospital who was trying to "get back at his boss" downloaded child pornography on his supervisor's computer, then reported the images to police, authorities said.
The would-be whistle-blower, Maurice Vallejo, admitted to investigators that he was upset that his supervisor had spurned his advances and that he retrieved the images off the Internet himself, Assistant State's Atty. Kathleen Muldoon said at Vallejo's bail hearing Tuesday.
Vallejo, 36, of the 6300 block of North Kedvale Avenue, was arrested Monday at his workplace, Advocate Bethany Hospital, and charged with felony possession of child pornography, according to a police report.
Cook County Judge Thomas Hennelly set bail for Vallejo at $75,000 and gave him a Sept. 11 court date.
Vallejo allegedly contacted police May 18 to report finding child pornography on his male boss' machine, Muldoon said.
Police executed a search warrant June 5, seized the computer and found on its hard drive hundreds of images of young boys --infants and other youths under the age of 18--engaged in various sex acts, Muldoon said.
An investigation determined Vallejo had downloaded the images "to get back at his boss because there wasn't, nor would ever be, a sexual relationship with his boss," Muldoon said.
She did not elaborate, nor would she detail how police determined who downloaded the images
A spokesman for Advocate Bethany Hospital could not be reached for comment.
Defense attorney Scott Levy said in court that his client has a master's degree in education.
Outside court, Levy disputed the allegations, saying: "We believe that the defendant will be found not guilty. The charges should be dismissed."
Muldoon said after the hearing that this was not the first time in her experience someone had tried to use the Internet to try to get his or her boss in trouble.
"It's not the first, but it's not a common scenario," she said.
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