Illinois AG charges Galesburg sex offender with child porn
GALESBURG, Ill. (KWQC) - The Illinois Attorney General’s Office is charging a registered sex offender in Galesburg with solicitation and child pornography.
Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Monday that his office charged William A. Peck, 35, in Knox County Circuit Court. He faces two counts of child pornography, Class X felonies, each punishable by up to 60 years in prison; two counts of possession of child pornography, Class 1 felonies, each punishable by up to 15 years in prison; and two counts of violating the Sex Offender Registry Act, each Class 3 felonies punishable by up to five years in prison.
Peck will appear in court Dec. 6.
Raoul’s investigators, with the assistance of the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and the Galesburg Police Department, conducted a search of Peck’s residence on Nov. 8 in the 400 block of North Kellogg Street and arrested him after discovering evidence of child pornography, he said in a media release.
Peck was previously convicted of indecent solicitation of a minor and possession of child pornography and served six years in prison.
”Initiatives like these are crucial to maintaining the high quality of life that our children deserve here in Knox County,” Sheriff Jack Harlan said in the release. “We will continue to work with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office to aggressively pursue and investigate these crimes until these predators are taken into custody and our children are safe.”
Raoul’s office will co-prosecute this case with Knox County State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin’s office.
”I appreciate the Attorney General’s hard work in this area,” Karlin said in the release. “We will co-prosecute this matter with his office and ensure that the defendant is held accountable.”
Raoul’s office, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, runs the Illinois Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force that investigates child exploitation crimes and trains law enforcement agencies.
In 2022, reports to the ICAC increased by 26% over 2021.
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