Prosecutors can t use some statements from DCFS workers in AJ Freund case Former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services supervisor Andrew Polovin, front, leaves court Wednesday after a hearing in Judge Robert Wilbrandt s courtroom in Woodstock. Polovin supervised DCFS caseworker Carlos Acosta, who was assigned to a 20189 DCFS investigation involving AJ Freund s family. Both men face reckless conduct and child endangerment charges in connection with that investigation. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
Updated 1/27/2021 2:03 PM
Certain statements made by two former child welfare workers charged after the 2019 death of Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund cannot be used in the men s criminal prosecutions, according to the Illinois attorney general s office.