Pekin man sentenced to 47 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor

PEORIA, Ill. — A Pekin man has been sentenced to 47 years in prison after entering a guilty plea for sexual exploitation of a minor.

Harold L. Williams, 40, was on federal supervised release when he enticed an out-of-state minor to engage in child pornography in 2019, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.

Williams committed the crime between January to April 2019.

He will serve 45 years for enticing an out-of-state minor victim to engage in sexually explicit conduct to produce child pornography and two years for violating the terms of his previously imposed lifetime supervised release.

In 2010, Williams was convicted and sentenced to concurrent prison sentences for state and federal crimes.

Williams was sentenced to six years in state prison for aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Peoria County, and to 10 years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography in the Central District of Illinois before being released in January 2019.

Judge James Shadid ordered Williams to again remain on lifetime supervised release upon completion of his prison term.