Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Illinois police officer, Carter Meister, has been arrested for sexually abusing a child who he had a supervisory role over.
A judge is expected to decide at a pretrial detention hearing whether Meister will remain jailed until his trial. That hearing is scheduled for Oct. 10 at 3 p.m.
Meister was charged with four counts of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony punishable by four to 15 years in prison. He was transported to the Livingston County Jail and is awaiting a judge to set pretrial conditions, the release said.
Fairbury Police Chief Robert McCormick said in a news release on Friday that a Fairbury police officer under criminal investigation by ISP has been removed from active duty, though the statement did not mention Meister’s name.
The investigation is ongoing. The news release said Meister has been relieved of his police duties and equipment.
“If a conflict of interest arises in a State’s Attorney’s office, and the State’s Attorney wants an independent, detached review and prosecution by an outside person, or if special assistance is needed due to the complexity of a case, the Agency makes the services of the Special Prosecution Unit available.”
The special prosecutor is Kate Kurtz, who’s with the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor’s Office.
The office’s website says, “If a conflict of interest arises in a State’s Attorney’s office, and the State’s Attorney wants an independent, detached review and prosecution by an outside person, or if special assistance is needed due to the complexity of a case, the Agency makes the services of the Special Prosecution Unit available.”
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