Probation for Ex-monastery Student in Child-solicitation Case
By Jim Newton
A former Libertyville Serbian Monastery monk trainee, who was charged in 2014 with indecent solicitation of a minor, accepted a negotiated plea deal Monday and will serve a year of probation in Ohio. Dario Spasic, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of indecent solicitation of a child, a Class 3 felony, in exchange for the probationary sentence. If convicted at trial, he could have potentially faced a sentence of two to five years in prison. The sentence, approved by Judge Patricia Fix, specifies that Spasic will serve his year of probation in Ohio, where he now lives, under the supervision of a sex-offender probation program in that state. He must also register as a sex offender for the next 10 years, have no unsupervised contact with children and pay $2,000 in court costs. Spasic, who has already completed some sex-offender evaluations, was found to be amenable to treatment, officials said. His probation also includes that he must participate in and complete any treatment programs assigned by his probation program. Spasic was arrested and charged in September 2014, after allegedly agreeing online to meet in person with someone he believed to be a 14-year-old boy. Officials said he actually had been chatting with a member of the Lake County Sheriff's Office Cyber Crimes Unit on a dating application. He was arrested when he arrived at an area he had planned to meet up with the person he believed to be a minor male, Assistant State's Attorney George Pappas said. At the time of his arrest, he was in his fourth and final year of monk training at the Serbian Monastery near Libertyville. He has been free from custody after posting 10 percent of a $100,000 bail, and reportedly has been driving from Ohio to Lake County for his court hearings. Contact: jrnewton@tribpub.com
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