Hobart man charged with traveling to Joliet to meet minor for sex

By David Struett

A man has been charged with traveling to the southwest suburbs to meet a minor for sex.

David Michael Adams, 36, of Hobart, began chatting online with an undercover officer posing as a 38-year-old woman who was going to allow him to have sex with his two minor daughters, Illinois State Police said in a statement.

They arranged to meet at a hotel in Joliet on Sunday morning, police said.

David Michael Adams, 36, of Hobart | Illinois State Police

Adams showed up at 7:45 a.m. to the Comfort Inn at 1520 Commerce Ln. and ran from officers, police said. He was arrested nearby and taken to Will County Jail.

He was charged with a felony count of traveling to meet a minor for sex and a count of resisting arrest, police said. Court information was not immediately available.

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