肯塔基州起诉伊利诺伊州性犯罪登记者：41岁男子被控19项重罪、保释金升至100万美元
肯塔基州总检察长 Russell Coleman 与联邦检察官（Commonwealth's Attorney）Hart Megibben 11月5日宣布，两家办公室联合行动后，伊利诺伊州一名41岁男子被大陪审团起诉，面临与侵害儿童有关的19项重罪指控。
据肯塔基州总检察长办公室通报，Shelby 县大陪审团起诉 Michael Schuette，罪名包括14项以电子手段诱使或促成利用未成年人罪（B级重罪）与5项贩运人口罪（受害者未满18岁，B级重罪），另以一级惯犯身份被起诉。起诉书指，Schuette 在2026年9月至10月间十多次用通讯设备联系其以为是未成年女孩的人，并从伊利诺伊州前往 Shelby 县意图与这名儿童见面；他许诺给对方金钱、一辆车与珠宝，包括一枚承诺戒指。Schuette 本人是伊利诺伊州性犯罪者登记册上的登记者。
11月5日下午，一名法官把 Schuette 的保释金从25万美元提高到100万美元。此案的调查与逮捕由总检察长刑事调查部、Shelby 县警长办公室、Shelbyville 与 Elizabethtown 警方、伊利诺伊州 Springfield 警方以及美国特勤局合作完成。案件将由 Megibben 办公室（辖 Anderson、Shelby 与 Spencer 三县）与助理联邦检察官 Zach Becker 负责起诉。
总检察长办公室提醒，起诉书中的指控仅为指控，被告在依法证明有罪之前推定无罪。
（来源：肯塔基州总检察长办公室）
Kentucky Indicts Illinois Sex Offender on 19 Felony Counts; Bond Raised to $1 Million
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman and Commonwealth's Attorney Hart Megibben announced on November 5 that joint action by their offices resulted in the indictment of a 41-year-old Illinois man on felony charges related to crimes against children.
A Shelby County grand jury indicted Michael Schuette on 14 counts of procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means (Class B felony) and five counts of promoting human trafficking with a victim under 18 (Class B felony); he was also indicted as a first-degree persistent felony offender. According to the indictment, Schuette used a communication device on more than a dozen occasions between September and October 2026 to contact someone he believed was a young girl, and traveled from Illinois to Shelby County intending to meet the child. He promised the child money, a car and jewelry, including a promise ring. Schuette is a registrant on the Illinois sex offender registry.
On Thursday afternoon, a judge increased Schuette's bond from $250,000 to $1,000,000. The investigation and arrest were the result of cooperation among the Attorney General's Department of Criminal Investigations, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, the Shelbyville and Elizabethtown police departments, the Springfield, Illinois Police Department, and the United States Secret Service. Commonwealth's Attorney Megibben, who serves Anderson, Shelby, and Spencer counties, will prosecute the case along with Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Zach Becker.
The Attorney General's Office notes that the charges in an indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
(Source: Kentucky Attorney General's Office)
来源：肯塔基州总检察长办公室
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