Donald J. Peters

A former employee of Algonquin-based Community Unit School District 300 was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to an amended charge of possessing images of child sex abuse.

Donald Peters, 36, of Cary also pleaded guilty to attempted possession of child sex abuse images and was sentenced to four years of sex offender probation, to be served following his prison term, judgment orders show.

McHenry County Judge Mark Gerhardt, who accepted the plea, allowed Peters to turn himself into the McHenry County jail June 26 to begin his sentence. The stay was granted so he could address ongoing medical issues, his attorney and a prosecutor said.

Peters is required to serve half his sentence and is to register as a sex offender for life, according to th

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