New Boston Sex Assault Case Continued To September

A Quad Cities man remains in the Mercer County Jail on $250,000 bond facing three Class X felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. 34 year old Antonio Cortez Williamson appeared in Mercer County Circuit Court Monday morning for a pre-trial conference where the defense was granted a continuance to September 1. The Davenport man was arrested last August 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.