Wilfredo Elias | Carnival worker charged with assaulting kids - Chicago News and Weather | FOX 32 News

A 29-year-old Chicago man who worked with a traveling carnival has been charged with sexually assaulting two toddlers, then filming the attacks on video.

Wilfredo Elias, 29, has been charged with one count each of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and manufacturing child pornography, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's office. He could face life in prison if convicted of the Class X felonies.

An investigation by state's attorney's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force showed that the traveling carny would "video record repeated sexual assaults" of a 2-year-old and 3-year-old girl, according to prosecutors.

In July, a witness found a USB computer memory storage device that belonged to Elias, which contained a file "depicting the defendant sexually assaulting a child," a statement from the state's attorney's office said. The witness told a family member, who contacted police.

Task force members later found multiple video images showing Elias assaulting the girls, who were identified as children who had been left in his care several times over the past year, according to prosecutors.

An arrest warrant was issued and Elias and was taken into custody last week while traveling with a carnival in Missouri. He was extradited and is being held without bond at the Cook County Jail. A preliminary hearing is set for Oct. 5.