Kankakee man charged with producing child sex abuse materials

A 41-year-old Kankakee man is charged with producing child sex abuse materials after an investigation involving the Illinois attorney general’s office, Manteno police and the Kankakee County sheriff’s office.Wesley A. Williams is also charged with possession of child sex abuse materials, according to Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office. Both charges are felonies. He faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of producing child sex abuse materials and a maximum of seven years in prison for possession.Williams was arrested Wednesday after investigators from Raoul’s office along with officers from Manteno and deputies from the sheriff’s office searched Williams’ home on the 100 block of 3530E Road and found evidence of child sex abuse materials.The investigation is part of a nationwide operation also involving federal agencies, Raoul’s office said in a late Friday news release.Williams is being held at the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee awaiting a Monday pretrial de