Bloomington man convicted for second time on child abduction charges

Posted on December 10, 2014

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – A retrial of a man convicted of attempted child abduction in 2011 ended with the same guilty verdict.

Mike Williams, of Bloomington, had been convicted by a McLean County jury of attempting to lure a then-14-year-old boy into his car as the boy walked to school in Bloomington in December 2010.  

However, the 4th District Appellate Court overturned the conviction in 2013, saying the judge in the original trial distributed harmful material to the jury.

Williams has served the required term of his five year sentence from the first conviction.  Prosecutors say they will not seek additional prison time when Williams is sentenced in February.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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