A final pre-trial conference has been set for later this year for a Davenport man charged in Mercer County with three Class X felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. The Nov. 2 date was scheduled Tuesday in Mercer County Circuit Court for 35-year-old Antonio Cortez Williamson.
His attorney requested the continuance, which was opposed by Mercer County State’s Attorney Grace Simpson.
Williamson was arrested in August of 2019 following an investigation by the New Boston Police Department with assistance from the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department. The case involves one child under the age of 13. Williamson remains in custody at the Mercer County Jail on $250,000 bond. Class X felonies are punishable by 6 to 30 years in prison upon conviction.