GOREVILLE – Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has charged a Goreville man for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor, as well as producing and disseminating child sexual abuse material.
The AG’s office charged 37-year-old Anthony Mallet in Johnson County Circuit Court with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor, two counts of production of child pornography and five counts of dissemination of child pornography, which are all Class X felonies punishable by up to 30 years in prison, Sentences are ultimately determined by the court. Mallett is currently detained at the Johnson County Jail. His next court date is scheduled for April 9.
Illinois State Police and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department conducted a search of Mallet’s home in the 300 block of South Royal Street in Goreville on Feb. 25. Mallet was taken into custody after investigators discovered evidence related to the alleged sexual assault of a minor and child sexual abuse material.
The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration with federal law enforcement agencies and local law enforcement officials throughout Illinois, to apprehend offenders who download and trade child sexual abuse material online.
