Dixon man charged Friday with sexual abuse of a child

May 15—DIXON — A 31-year-old Dixon man was arrested Friday and preliminarily charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a child.

Jordan L. Dyson, recently of Polo, was arrested in the 1500 block of Lowell Park Road after an investigation that began that day, when the incident was reported, Dixon police said in a news release.

The child involved is between the ages of 13 and 17, Sgt. Ryan Bivins said Monday. He declined to provide further details on the incident.

Dyson is being held in lieu of bond, pending a hearing, and faces three to seven years on each count.

The charges won't be official until filed in Lee County Court by State's Attorney Charley Boonstra.

According to state statue, criminal sexual assault is an act of penetration with the use or threat of force, or when the accused knew that the victim was unable to understand the nature of the act or was unable to give knowing consent.

The age of consent in Illinois is 17.

The crime becomes aggravated abuse when, among other things, the sexual conduct is with a family member younger than 18; the victim is younger than 13; the victim is between 13 and 17 and the person uses force or threatens to use force; the person uses a weapon; the person injures the victim; or the victim is intellectually disabled.

Dyson also has a pending DUI case in Lee County.

According to court records, he was arrested March 11 in the 400 block of First Avenue and was charged with DUI alcohol, DUI with an alcohol concentration higher than 0.08, and possession of adult use cannabis in a motor vehicle not in an approved container, all misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail, and with the petty offenses of transporting alcohol with an open seal, and a taillight violation.

Dyson, who Whiteside County Court records show also formerly lived in Sterling, was freed on an I-bond and has a pretrial hearing Wednesday.

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