A Kane County grand jury has returned a 76-count indictment against a Batavia chiropractor who has been accused of secretly recording videos of child and adult patients while they were undressed or unclothed, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said on Friday.
The grand jury has charged David Hanson, 43, of Batavia, with 19 felony counts of creating child sexual abuse material, 24 counts of disseminating child sexual abuse material, one count of reproducing child sexual abuse material, 22 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material and 10 counts of unauthorized video recording, a news release from the State’s Attorney’s Office said.
The alleged offenses occurred between Jan. 1, 2016, and Nov. 5, 2025, according to the release.
He was arrested in November, at which point an investigation indicated that Hanson, owner of Hanson Family Chiropractic, secretly recorded more than 180 patients while they were undressed or unclothed, officials said. The alleged victims’ ages ranged from young children to adults, and were mostly female, according to officials.
Many of the recordings appeared to have been taken from a red light room used for red light and near-infrared light therapy, officials have said. The initial investigation indicated that Hanson made the recordings using hidden cameras placed throughout the chiropractic office, according to officials.
He was ultimately charged with secretly videotaping patients as they undressed inside his chiropractic office as well as possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse material, Friday’s news release said. Officials said that a subsequent investigation indicated that Hanson had disseminated videos of his own patients online, and 16 of the indicted counts charge him with disseminating child sexual abuse material of victims from his chiropractic office, according to the release.
Authorities believe Hanson acted alone, the State’s Attorney’s Office said.
The case is being investigated by the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Child Exploitation Unit, the news release on Friday noted, and investigators are still actively identifying and reaching out to potential victims. Individuals can continue to contact the phone and email hotlines at 630-444-3322 and SAOVictimHotline@KaneCountyIL.gov. The office has also created a website for the case which individuals can check for new information: https://sao.kanecountyil.gov/Pages/Hanson.aspx.
Hanson is next due in court on March 12, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said. He is currently detained in the Kendall County jail while his case is pending.
