Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a Kankakee County judge found a registered sex offender is a Sexually Violent Person (SVP). The case was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s office.
Kankakee County Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott ordered that Brian Cano, 57, be committed to the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). Cano had been detained in the IDHS Treatment and Detention Facility awaiting his trial.
“I appreciate the judge finding this predator to be a sexually violent person, which prevents him from being able to harm anyone else,” Raoul said. “His criminal history proves he is a danger to the community, and I am committed to protecting Illinois families from those who prey on children.”
According to Raoul, Cano was convicted in 1988 in Cook County of three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault against a 6-year-old boy and an 8-year-old boy, then sentenced to 11 years in prison. He also pleaded guilty in 2013 in Kankakee County of two counts of attempted criminal sexual assault against a 5-year-old boy, as well as failure to report annually as a sex offender and failure to report his change of address. He was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act, Raoul’s office files cases seeking to commit offenders to the custody of IDHS. To be committed under the act, a person must have been convicted of a sexually violent offense and suffer from a mental disorder. The Attorney General’s office must also prove that the offender is likely to commit future acts of sexual violence if released from custody. Once committed to IDHS, offenders are re-evaluated on a regular basis to determine if they continue to meet the criteria for commitment as a sexually violent person.
Bureau Chief Andrea Kirch and Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Zyznar handled the case for Raoul’s Sexually Violent Persons Bureau.
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