A former Chicago Public Schools music teacher is headed to state prison after a judge on Wednesday sentenced him to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for exposing himself to young girls in the West Ridge neighborhood. The court also ordered Elliott Nott to register as a sex offender for 10 years and credited him with 638 days already served, while prosecutors moved to dismiss several related counts at the hearing.
According to court documents reviewed by ABC7, Nott was charged in October 2024 after police said he exposed himself to a 10-year-old on the 6500 block of North Richmond Street, and to a 7-year-old and a 9-year-old on the 6200 block of North Maplewood Avenue. Those incidents triggered his arrest last fall and a criminal case that wound through Cook County courts. CWB Chicago reported that prosecutors also filed separate counts of sexual exploitation of a child in other matters before some of those charges were dropped at sentencing.
Nott was already on the radar of law enforcement and CPS administrators years earlier. In 2016, he was charged with unauthorized videotaping and a child-pornography offense after a motion-activated camera was discovered in a staff bathroom at Ogden International School, where he worked as a music teacher, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. School officials said he was removed from his position at that time, and the incident spurred district reviews of hiring and screening procedures.
Sentence Details And Legal Fallout
The judge imposed a five-year prison term and a decade of sex-offender registration, in line with court records cited by ABC7. Nott will receive credit for the 638 days he has already been in custody. Prosecutors also told the court they would drop several pending sexual-exploitation counts as part of the resolution. Defense attorneys did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Community And District Response
Residents and parents in West Ridge were notified during the investigation, and the case has again stirred concerns about how schools screen and report potential misconduct, according to advocates and officials. After the 2016 bathroom-camera case, Ogden and district leaders launched reviews of hiring and background-check rules, coverage from the Chicago Sun-Times showed. CWB Chicago also reported that when Nott was arrested in 2024, prosecutors pointed to additional allegations and said family members helped investigators identify him.
Case records are held in Cook County court files, and the Illinois Department of Corrections will oversee Nott’s imprisonment. Authorities say anyone with information about suspected child exploitation should contact the Chicago Police Department or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
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