A former Taylorville resident plead guilty to three felony counts on Monday morning. 

34 year old Zachary C. Crowley of Tinley Park, formerly of Taylorville, plead guilty at the Christian County Courthouse on Monday to three felony counts. The first two counts are for Unlawful Grooming in which Crowley sent text messages that were sexual in nature to two minors. This is a Class 4 felony offense. The third count was a Class 4 felony offense of Distribution of Harmful Material to a Minor in which Crowley communicated with minors over a video chat on social media and provided sexually explicit video. 

The charges come after an investigation conducted by the Taylorville Police Department and the Christian County Sheriff’s Office in December of 2020.

A sentencing hearing is set for September 9, 2022 at 1pm at the Christian County Courthouse. The hearing will take place in person, but zoom access will be available as well. The defendant plead “open” in this case, which means there is no agreement as to what the sentence will be.