Posts Tagged ‘sex abuse’
Man gets prison for sex abuse
A Waterloo man was sentenced to prison last week on a felony sex crime conviction. Zachariah P. Vansant, 21, of Waterloo, was ordered to serve three years in the Illinois…
Read MoreState report details Catholic sex abuse
A total of seven Catholic priests who had served in this area were listed in a 700-page report released last week by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office disclosing sex…
Read MoreFormer camp worker charged with sex abuse
A St. Louis man was charged this week in connection with an alleged sex crime last year while he was a staff member of Camp Wartburg in Waterloo. Matthew T.…
Read MoreWaterloo man sentenced for sex crimes
A local man will serve probation and some jail time for sex crimes committed several years ago. Tommy M. Seals, 72, of Waterloo, was sentenced this week in Monroe County…
Read MoreColumbia man guilty of sex abuse
A Columbia man was found guilty Friday of one count of criminal sexual abuse of a young girl following a jury trial in Monroe County. The jury deliberated for seven…
Read MoreWitness harassment postpones jury trial
The jury trial involving a Columbia man charged with sexual abuse was postponed and additional charges were filed following an incident that occurred shortly before his trial was set to…
Read MoreArea man guilty of child porn
Investigative work by the Waterloo Police Department proved instrumental in a case that resulted in an area man pleading guilty Thursday to federal child pornography charges. Michael B. Stephens Jr.,…
Read MoreColumbia man charged with sex crimes
A Columbia man was arrested on felony sex charges following an alleged incident that occurred earlier this week. Matthew D. Brawley, 26, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal…
Read MoreWaterloo man facing sex abuse charge
Waterloo police believe a 42-year-old man charged in May with aggravated criminal sex abuse may have preyed on underage victims by trading tattoos for sexual favors. On May 8, the…
Read MoreWaterloo man facing child porn charges
A rural Waterloo man who was recently arrested in another county for having sex with a minor was charged Thursday in Monroe County Circuit Court on several counts of possessing…
Read MoreJuvenile sex abuse case in Columbia
Due to it being a juvenile matter, not much information has been revealed about alleged incidents that occurred earlier this summer at a Columbia residence that was operating as a…
Read MoreColumbia man facing federal child porn charges
A Columbia man was arraigned last week in federal court on charges he received and possessed images of child pornography. Neil Erin Purdy, 28, of Columbia,was charged Friday in U.S.…
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