By Dani Maxwell
WREX
May 15, 2008
http://www.wrex.com/News/index.php?ID=28870
MACHESNEY PARK - A Machesney Park minister faces additional counts of sexual assault charges.
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Jonathon Christopher Powell, 40, was arrested last week after accusations he sexually abused an underage girl. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department said there could be a second victim. Now, Powell's been charged in that case too.
He now faces two more counts of Criminal Sexual Abuse, for a total of four counts in the two cases. Powell is still in jail, with no bond.
Detectives tell us Powell was a minister at New Hope Baptist Church in Machesney Park. 13 News has tried contacting the church and has not heard back.
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