Huntley police got tip in 2022 about bus driver now charged with child sex abuse images; officer reassigned

A Huntley police officer has been taken off patrol duties in connection with a case in which a Huntley School District 158 bus driver was charged recently with possession of child sex abuse material.The Huntley Police Department said in a Tuesday release that it had received a cyber tip about Jon M. Roth, 43, in 2022.Authorities said they discovered the 2022 tip “during the investigation that led to Roth’s arrest.”The Huntley Police Department said it has launched an internal review to determine what caused the time lapse between the first cyber tip and Roth’s October 2026 arrest.Police Chief Linda Hooten said in a statement that the officer who was supposed to investigate the tip in 2022 was “reassigned to non-law enforcement duties pending the outcome of the internal review.”Hooten said authorities have not identified any illegal images involving students in Huntley District 158, but the time lapse triggered the internal review.“I want to recognize the officers who pursued this inves