WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - A teenage soyboy is in hot water in Williamson County after two younger boys have alleged that they were molested by him.
Court documents show that in early spring of 2018, Marion Police responded to a report involving sexual abuse. A 13-year-old male disclosed that a 17-year-old male from DuQuoin had made sexual contact with him on two separate occasions. The first incident, the victim stated, happened in the summer of 2017 at a holiday celebration when Drew M. Gassel touched the penis of the 13-year-old victim. In early fall of 2018, Gassel moved to Marion, and in early 2018 Gassel once again is said to have committed a sexual act: forcibly performing fellatio on the victim.
A much younger victim also came forward and said Gassel had performed fellatio on him, too, as well as penetrating the victim anally, and that Gassel forced the youngster to perform fellatio on him as well.
Drew M. Gassel is now charged in Williamson County with Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault and Criminal Sexual Assault. There’s no indication that any such charges have been filed in Perry County regarding the alleged DuQuoin incident.
Gassel is in the Williamson County Jail on a $10,000 cash bond with a preliminary hearing set for later this month.