On Wednesday, July 8, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced that a former DuPage County Probation Officer had been sentenced to 30 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections for having inappropriate sexual contact with a female probationer after it was discovered he violated his probation by falsifying documents related to his one-year sentence of periodic imprisonment.
Christian Nunez, 34, formerly of Oswego, appeared in court last week, where Judge John Kinsella handed down the sentence, which Nunez will begin serving immediately.
On Nov. 1, 2019, Nunez was sentenced to one year of periodic imprisonment after entering a blind plea of guilty on June 6, 2019 to one count of Official Misconduct and one count of Custodial Sexual Misconduct, each a Class 3 Felony.
Nunez served as the victim’s probation officer since her release from the County Jail in May 2017. During her probation, Nunez began contacting the victim from his personal cellular telephone. Additionally, on several occasions, Nunez sent naked photographs of himself to the woman and requested that she send naked photos and videos of herself.
On March 11, 2018, Nunez went to the woman’s home and instructed her to perform oral sex on him, which she did. Following the encounter, the woman alerted the Lombard Police Department who opened an investigation into the matter. Nunez’s sentence allowed for him to leave the County Jail as part of a work-release program. While participating in the work-release program, Nunez lost his job but never alerted authorities and continued to leave the jail by falsifying documents that verified his employment. The falsified documents claimed Nunez was working from Jan. 22 through Feb. 11 of 2020.
“Once again, without a care at all for what is right or wrong, Mr. Nunez did whatever he wanted to do,” Berlin said. “Two years ago, he took advantage of his position of authority to satisfy his sexual desires because that’s what he wanted to do. After losing his job, which allowed him out of jail for several hours a day, he forged documents that would allow him to continue that practice – because that’s what he wanted to do. Thanks to the outstanding work of [County officials], Mr. Nunez’s scheme has come to an end and he will spend the next 30 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections where he will not be able to do whatever he wants to do.”
As part of his original sentencing, upon his release, Nunez will be required to register as a sex offender for ten years.
