Published 08/11/2023 4:35:55 p.m.

Mendota porn, sexual abuse trial set for Oct. 16

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Brett W. Merritt, 54, entered a not-guilty plea to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. A grand jury returned the abuse counts alleging sexual contact with a teen in 2017 and 2018. He was charged last month after investigators reported seizing sexually explicit images of a female teenager.

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Mendota porn, sexual abuse trial set for Oct. 16

A Mendota funeral director will stand trial Oct. 16 on child pornography and sexual abuse charges.Brett W. Merritt, 54, appeared Friday in La Salle County Circuit Court and entered a not-guilty plea to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony carrying three to seven years and two counts of child pornography, a Class 3 felony carrying two to five years.Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr. ordered Merritt, who is free on bond, to …

08/11/2023 4:35:55 p.m.

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