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  "path": "/crime/2026/04/22/former-schaumburg-village-employee-charged-in-downstate-predator-sting",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T15:14:58.012Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>A village of Schaumburg employee and resident resigned last Thursday after being arrested in an operation conducted by the downstate Woodford County Sheriff’s Office Proactive Unit’s Predator Apprehension Team.</p><p>Brian Rafferty, 41, who had been the Schaumburg’s Fleet Division Manager for the past nine years, is accused of traveling to Germantown Hills — about 8 miles northeast of Peoria — to meet who he believed was a 15-year-old girl, according to the sheriff’s office.</p><p>He was, in fact, communicating with law enforcement officers from Woodford County posing as a teen, authorities allege.</p><p>Following his arrest April 13, Rafferty was charged with indecent solicitation of a child and grooming, officials said. He was granted pretrial release and his next court hearing is scheduled for May 11 in Woodford County.</p><p>For more on this story, please visit <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.dailyherald.com/20260421/crime/schaumburg-village-employee-charged-in-downstate-predator-sting/\" target=\"_blank\" >DailyHerald.com</a>.<br></p>",
  "title": "Former Schaumburg village employee charged in downstate predator sting",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-22T15:14:58.012Z"
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