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6 days ago · Brett W. Merritt, 55, pleaded guilty to the charges in May and his sentence was handed down by Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr. on Aug. 16. Merritt was eligible for probation and could have been sentenced up to seven years in prison. While Merritt pleaded guilty, acknowledged remorse and attended voluntary sex offender treatment, Judge Ryan ...
Aug 16, 2024 · In an Ottawa courtroom Friday, a Judge gave fifty-five-year-old Brett Merritt three years in prison. The prosecution had asked for six. Merritt pleaded guilty in May to possession of child pornography and two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. As part of his plea deal, a second child porn charge was dismissed.
May 16, 2024 · Brett W. Merritt, 55, appeared in La Salle County Circuit Court and entered a blind plea to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony carrying three to seven years, and possession of images of child sexual abuse, a Class 3 felony. All counts include the possibility of probation.
Jul 11, 2023 · Brett W. Merritt, 54, of 803 14th Ave., was charged with possession of child pornography, a Class 1 felony carrying four to 15 years in prison, Mendota police said in a Tuesday news release.
Aug 14, 2023 · Fifty-four-year-old Brett Merritt was back in court Friday and pleaded not guilty to four child porn possession counts. He's due back in court October 5th. Merritt was arrested by Mendota police on July 11th.
Aug 1, 2023 · A La Salle County Grand Jury on Tuesday indicted 54-year-old Brett Merritt on two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He was also indicted on two previously announced charges of possession of child pornography. Merritt was arrested by Mendota police on July 11th.
Brett W. Merritt, 54, appeared in La Salle County Circuit Court with Mendota defense attorney David Kaleel, who asked for a new judge to preside over the case. He could face two to five years in prison, with the possibility of probation, if convicted of child pornography.
Mendota funeral director’s bond set at $75,000 after charges of child porn. Brett W. Merritt, 54, could face two to five years in prison, with the possibility of probation, if convicted of child pornography, a Class 3 Felony.
A Mendota funeral director will stand trial Oct. 16 on child pornography and sexual abuse charges.Brett W. Merritt, 54, appeared Friday in La Salle County Circuit Court and entered a not-guilty plea to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony carrying three to seven years and two counts of child pornography, a Class 3 ...
Aug 8, 2023 · A Mendota funeral director already charged with child pornography was charged Tuesday with having sexual contact with an underaged female. Brett W. Merritt, 54, was indicted Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, by the La Salle County Grand Jury on four felony charges.
