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Galesburg Man Arrested for Child Sexual Assault
A Galesburg man is in trouble with the law, after a nine-year old girl told investigators she had been assaulted by him several days prior at a local campground. Galesburg police say officers went to a Cedar Street home Friday afternoon and arrested 33-year old William Mazurek on a Class-X felony charge of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child.

Police reports indicate that the girl's father went to police Thursday, saying he believes Mazurek assaulted his daughter sometime between 1am and 6am Tuesday at Allison Lake Storey Campground. The girl told investigators she, her father, and family and friends were camping there and she was asleep when Mazurek, allegedly intoxicated, picked her up and took her to a shower area in the women's restroom at the campground. It was there, she claims, Mazurek forcer her to perform a sexual act on him, and he fondled and performed a sex act on her.

The girl also claims that she had been assaulted by Mazurek on occasions previous at a home on Cedar Street. Bond information for Mazurek isn't available, but officials say a Department of Corrections of Warrant was issued after his arrest because he was out on parole.
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