URBANA, IL (Chambana Today) – On the morning of June 11, officers with the Urbana Police Department arrested a 38-year-old man on preliminary charges related to child exploitation at his residence in the 1900 block of N. Lincoln Avenue.
The man was identified in an Urbana PD press release as Carson Zajdel, and he was taken into custody without incident on multiple preliminary charges related to the exploitation of children.
The arrest followed a joint investigation between the Urbana PD and the Hopkinsville Police Department (Hopkinsville, K.Y.). Zajdel is facing initial charges of Indecent Solicitation of a Child, Sexual Exploitation of a Child, and Possession of Child Pornography. The investigation remains active and ongoing, and additional charges may be considered as evidence is reviewed.
“Due to the sensitive and ongoing nature of the investigation, no additional details are being released at this time,” the press release stated.
Urbana Police asks that anyone with additional information please call 217-384-2320. Arrangements can be made for information to be shared privately. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can also submit tips to Crime Stoppers by phone at 217-373-TIPS (217-373-8477);
online at 373tips.com; or the “P3 Tips” mobile app.
Community members are reminded that information submitted to Crime Stoppers is completely anonymous. Calls are routed a to third party national call center that receives your information, completes a tip information form, and then passes the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Caller ID tracking is not utilized by Crime Stoppers, and conversations are not recorded. Crime Stoppers will pay cash rewards of $5,000 for tips that lead to an arrest in any homicide case, $2,500 for tips leading to an arrest in a felony crime involving a firearm, and up to $1,000 for tips leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for any other crime