Woman Charged After Sending Lewd Photos to Teen
Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested a Buffalo Grove woman for sending lewd photos to a juvenile.

Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives became aware Bayleigh Hoyt, 28, of the 100 block of South Buffalo Grove Road, engaged a 17-year-old boy in inappropriate text message conversations and sent the boy lewd photos.

Hoyt met the 17-year-old while he was in custody at the Depke Juvenile Detention Facility in Lake County, and she was employed at the facility as a juvenile counselor. After the juvenile was discharged from the facility, the two began communicating with each other. During the communication, Hoyt began having lewd conversations with the boy, and sent the boy nude photos of herself.

Hoyt encouraged the boy to delete messages and photos, as she did not want to get caught before resigning. Shortly after, Hoyt resigned from the juvenile facility, before law-enforcement became aware of the situation.

Sheriff’s detectives conducted an investigation and after reviewing the facts and circumstances of the incident, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office approved the charges of official misconduct and distributing harmful material. An arrest warrant was drafted on December 10, 2024, and approved by a Lake County Judge.

Sheriff’s detectives arrested Hoyt at her place of employment in Highland Park, without incident.

Hoyt remains held in the Lake County Jail pending a court appearance this morning.

All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.