Freeport, Ill., man accused of sexually assaulting Evanston child

Patrick Svitek, City Editor

Update: A judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County found Anthony Tyler not guilty of the predatory criminal sexual assault charges in August 2014.

A Freeport, Ill., man was charged Tuesday with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old child the man once lived near in Evanston.

Anthony P. Tyler, 33, is accused of sexually assaulting the child during a six-month period in 2008 starting in March. The Evanston Police Department said its juvenile bureau started investigating last month after the child told a school resource officer about the incident.

Tyler was an Evanston resident in 2008, during which he was charged with sexually abusing a member of the child’s family, according to police.

The child picked Tyler out of a lineup, police said.

Tyler, of the 600 block of East Currier Road, faces three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault. He is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 9.

— Patrick Svitek