A judge has convicted a former state child welfare worker of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy by his mother
A judge convicted a former state child welfare worker Friday of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy by his mother, but the judge acquitted the man's supervisor. Lake County Judge George Strickland found Carlos Acosta, 57 of Woodstock, who was a case investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, guilty of the child endangerment charge but acquitted him of a reckless conduct charge, news outlets reported.
The boy’s father, Andrew Freund Sr., was sentenced to 30 years in prison for covering up the murder by burying the boy’s body in a field. Acosta and Polovin were accused of ignoring numerous warning signs of the boy’s abuse. Polovin’s attorney, Matthew McQuaid, said he and his client were “grateful” for the verdict. “I never thought he committed a crime,” McQuaid said. He said Polovin, who was fired by the state, now works in a different field.
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