CRAWFORD CO., Ill. - An arrest has been made in a six-month-long investigation into a Palestine, Illinois, sex assault of two young girls.
Press information submitted by the Palestine Police Department said that Roger Osborn, 55, of Lawrenceville, was taken into custody today on a warrant for charges of Class X felony Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault (two counts) and a single count of Class 2 felony Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse.
The two Palestine girls who are the alleged victims are under the age of thirteen. The incidents were said to have occurred in early April of last year.
Osborn has negligible criminal history, experiencing only a 2011 felony Driving While License Revoked.
He was being held at the Lawrence County Jail earlier today, pending transfer to the Crawford County Jail; his cash bond is $25,000.