ILLINOIS
Saukvalley.com
BY CHRIS JOHNSON cjohnson @shawmedia.com
OREGON – A jury trial has been scheduled for a former minister who is charged with sexually molesting an 11-year-old.
Charles Babler, 65, Mount Morris, appeared in court Monday with his attorney, David Tess.
Babler, formerly the campus pastor at Crossroads Community Church in Polo, was arrested last June 21 on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony.
The arrest stemmed from an investigation into a single incident that took place in early 2011.
“We have come to an impasse to negotiations,” Tess said. “We have talked.”
Assistant State’s Attorney Joshua Versluys told Ogle County Judge Robert Hanson that the trial should take 2 days.
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