Channahon Charges Man With Grooming Crime

A 24-year-old Joliet man who lives on Webster Avenue was booked into the Will County Jail around 6 a.m. Wednesday in connection with felony charges of unlawful grooming. A criminal complaint was filed last Friday, Feb. 15 charging Nathaniel Crider with the Class 4 felony offense.

The complaint submitted by Channahon Police Detective Andrew McClellan states that Crider "knowingly used a device capable of electronic data storage or transmission …. a cellular phone, to attempt to solicit, seduce, lure or entice a child under the age of 17 … a minor, to commit the offense of aggravated criminal sexual abuse."

The complaint goes on to state that between the time frame of July 14, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2018, Crider "solicited … a minor to engage in an act of sexual conduct."

Last week, veteran Will County Judge Ed Burmila issued a warrant authorizing Crider's arrest and setting the defendant's bail at $100,000.

The arrest warrant states that Crider resided in the 2300 of Joliet's Webster Avenue and that his last known place of employment was at Septran Inc. in Bristol, IL.

Mugshot of Nathaniel Crider via Will County Sheriff's Office