Pekin Man Indicted for Child Porn
Pekin Daily Times
Peoria A Pekin man already facing charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a young child was indicted this week on child pornography charges. Nicholas A. Lawrence, 26, 200 Matilda St., faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the charge, which was handed down by a Peoria County grand jury Tuesday. Details in the indictment were sparse except to say that in May, Lawrence caused a person younger than 13 to appear in a sexually explicit photo. A $150,000 warrant was issued for his arrest and he is scheduled to appear in court Friday to be arraigned on the charges. He was indicted in September on charges of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sex abuse in Tazewell County. He is scheduled to appear in court on those charges on Friday as well. If convicted of those charges, he faces up to 60 years behind bars. According to Journal Star archives, Lawrence was a youth pastor with the Pekin Church of God for about 20 months before he was dismissed from the position on June 30.
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