A 73-year-old Oswego Township man has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexual abuse of two minors under the age of 13 between 1999 and 2001, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said on Thursday.
According to statements presented in court by Kane County Assistant State’s Attorneys Lori Schmidt and Morgan Wilkinson, Bruce Bennett, 73, committed multiple acts of sexual abuse against two children, both under the age of 13, a news release from the State’s Attorney’s Office said.
The abuse occurred on multiple occasions in his home, and Bennett knew the victims and held a position of trust over them, according to the release.
The case was investigated by the Kane County Child Advocacy Center, the release said, and Bennett has since been convicted by a jury of 12 felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and two felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Bennett also had a prior conviction in 2023 in DuPage County for possession of child pornography, the news release from the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office noted.
Bennett has been sentenced to 75 years in state prison, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office, of which he must serve at least 85% of the sentence, receiving credit for 769 days served in the Kane County jail. He must also register for life as a sexual offender, the release said.
