PEORIA Ill. – Two Iowa men arrested in Peoria, for numerous child pornography and endangerment charges.
Shawn M. Carrell and Ian J. Fifer were arrested Saturday morning, just after 11:30am, at a gas station on Lincoln Street.
The two were allegedly harboring a 15-year-old girl, who was reported missing in Lee County Iowa, last week.
Peoria County Sheriff’s Office was alerted by Iowa law enforcement, the girl’s phone was “pinging” in an area near Peoria, before making the arrests.
Carrell was arrested on preliminary charges of criminal sexual assault, violation of order of protection and harboring a runaway.
While Fifer, on preliminary charges of child pornography and harboring a runway — as well as having pictures of a nude underage female on his phone.
The investigation is ongoing.
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