This is from the Chicago Tribune:
Three men from suburban Chicago and an Iowa woman were among 27 people indicted on charges of using an Internet chat room to traffic in thousands of images of child pornography, including streaming live molestations over the Web, federal authorities announced today.
"The behavior in these chat rooms and the images many of these defendants sent around the world through peer-to-peer file sharing programs and private instant messaging services are the worst imaginable forms of child pornography," U.S. Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales said.
For example, Gonzales said, one defendant who goes by the Internet screen name "Acidburn" "allegedly produced live streaming videos of himself sexually molesting an infant."
"Seven victims of molestation have been identified. The youngest was less than 18 months old," Gonzales said at a news conference in Chicago to announce the charges. Other participants included U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald and immigration and customs enforcement officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
A federal grand jury in Chicago returned two indictments late Tuesday following an international investigation of the "Kiddypics & Kiddyvids" chat room, officials said. A total of 13 defendants in the U.S. and 14 in Canada, Australia and Great Britain have been charged.
Those charged locally are Brian A. Annoreno, 29, of Bartlettthe "Acidburn" referred to by Gonzalesand Gregory J. Sweezer, 48, of Aurora and David B. Holst, 27, of North Aurora.
Lisa A. Winebrenner, 36, of Osceola, Iowa, was also charged.
Sweezer, Holst and Winebrenner go by the Internet screen names of "Acidburn," "Behrplus_925," "Yyydbh5182" and "HumbleDuchess," respectively, authorities said.
In recent days, federal agents have made arrests in Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina and Tennessee. Immigration and customs enforcement led the U.S. investigation. Australian, British and Canadian authorities also were part of the investigation, which began in Canada.
Also assisting were the Illinois Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children task force, the Lake County state's attorney's office, local offices of the FBI and Postal Inspection Service and police departments in Aurora, North Aurora and Bartlett, officials said.
Undercover investigators infiltrated the chat room, in which some defendants allegedly transmitted streaming video worldwide of live molestations through online instant messenger services, officials said.
According to the indictments, between April 2005 and March 10, Annoreno, Sweezer and Winebrenner conspired among themselves and with others to trade images of child pornography.
Last April, Annoreno used an infant to produce child pornography that he transmitted live over the Internet; and used the same infant again in October to generate a pornographic photo that he sent to Holst, authorities said. The four local defendants were arrested over the last three months.
Officials identified the primary host of the chat room as Royal Raymond Weller, also known as "G.O.D.," of Clarksville, Tenn. Weller was arrested March 6 in Tennessee on federal child pornography charges.
Winebrenner, who previously was a chat room administrator and recipient of child pornography, took over as host on March 8 and over the next two days allegedly destroyed evidence of child pornography on her computer and advised others to do likewise, authorities said. She was arrested Tuesday night in Iowa.
Annoreno was arrested on Jan. 8; Holst, on Jan. 11, and Sweezer, on March 9. Annoreno and Winebrenner remain in custody, while Holst and Sweezer have posted bond and been released to await trial.
If found guilty of the child pornography charges, the defendants could face federal prison terms ranging from 5 years for conspiracy as well as 10 years for possessing, 20 years for distributing and receiving and 30 years for manufacturing the illicit images.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Molestation on demand?? I hope they all FRY! 
