A Cook County judge sentenced a Chicago man Wednesday to seven years for aggravated criminal sexual abuse that occurred in Evanston, police said.

Dwight Moore, 22, pleaded guilty to the charges Wednesday at the Cook County Circuit Court in Skokie, Evanston police announced Friday.

Police charged Moore in September with aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having sexual relations with a family member who was a minor, authorities said.

Officers discovered in July, while Moore was on probation, that he had made contact with the minor. Police said the relations had been occurring in Evanston over several years.

Moore was already registered as a sex offender and on probation for a previous crime at the time in July when he had connected with the minor, police said.

Evanston detectives had previously charged Moore in November 2013 for aggravated criminal sexual abuse for having relations with another family member who was a minor, authorities said.

Moore was sentenced Wednesday to serve seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

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