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	Jury Acquits Wauconda Man in 2007 Sex Case News Sun October 31, 2009 http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/1856697,5_1_WA31_NOTGUILTY_S1-091031.article A Lake County jury has found a Wauconda man not guilty of sex charges. Two years ago, Zachary Carlson, 19, of 400 N. Main St., was charged with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, a Class X felony, and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony. "We are very happy with the results," Carlson's attorney, Stephen Simonian, said Friday after the verdict. "We felt there was not enough evidence against Zachary." Carlson was working as a counselor at Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church, 25225 W. Ivanhoe Road, Wauconda, in August 2007 when he was accused of having sex on multiple occasions with an 8-year-old girl and a 7-year-old girl. Carlson was arrested on a warrant in December 2007 at Wauconda High School. Had he been convicted of the Class X felony, Carlson could have been sentenced to up to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Carlson is expected to appear in court Nov. 20 for a status hearing on additional sex charges stemming from the case.
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