A 21-year-old Taylorville man has been arrested on two charges of child pornography and one charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.  Jacob Semerau appeared in Christian County Court on Monday morning in front of Judge Martin Siemer.  Each child pornography case is a Class X felony punishable by 6-30 years in prison possible extended term eligible of 30-60 years with fines of up to $25,000 and 3 years mandatory supervised release with probation not an option.  

The child pornography charges stem from allegations that Semerau enticed a minor to send sexual videos to him. The minor was alleged to be 13 years old. The sexual abuse charges stem from allegations that Semerau coerced the minor to oral sex. Christian County State’s Attorney John McWard pointed to multiple videos and messages that were being sent. 

During arguments, McWard pointed out the patterns that had been ongoing from Semerau to multiple women. Judge Martin Siemer, after listening to the charges determined that the charges were acceptable and ruled on the petition to hold Semerau.  He ruled that he be detained and stay in custody due to the patterns that had been set and concerns that Semerau was a threat to the women of the community. 

Judge Siemer announced that Semerau's first appearance with counsel is set for Friday.