WABASH/EDWARDS COs., Ill. - A Lawrenceville man is in custody this morning after an arrest by Wabash County authorities on child porn counts...and they're not the only county.
Wabash County Sheriff Derek Morgan said that on Monday, February 25, Glen E. Howder, 56, was taken into custody in his hometown of Lawrenceville on a Wabash County warrant. Howder was immediately extradited back to Wabash County by the Sheriff's Office.
Howder is being held on a $500,000 or $50,000 cash bond charged with four counts in Wabash: Count 1 of Child Pornography, Count 2 Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, Count 3 Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse and Count 4 Unauthorized Video Recording. The charges stem from an 18 month investigation conducted by the Wabash County Sheriff's Office covering Wabash and Edwards counties, which also led to a warrant being issued out of Edwards County yesterday (Feb. 26, 2019) charging Howder with five counts of Child Pornography.
Howder's bond in the Edwards County case was set at $200,000 or $20,000 cash. Howder remains in the Wabash County Jail on a total bond of $70,000 cash.
The Wabash County Sheriff's Office was assisted in the case by the Wabash County State's Attorney's Office, Edwards County State's Attorney's Office, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Edwards County Sheriff, Illinois State Police Digital Crimes Unit, and the Guardian Center.