Two Kankakee men were sentenced Monday in separate child enticement cases. A U. S. District Judge handed down the rulings in federal court in Urbana. 31-year-old Kyren Williams and 30-year-old Jazzie Simmons will serve prison time and supervised release.

Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm sentenced Simmons to 87 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by eight years of supervised release. Simmons pleaded guilty in August 2021 to one count of attempted enticement of a minor.

Judge Mihm sentenced Williams to 120 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by eight years of supervised release. Williams pleaded guilty in July 2021 to one count of attempted enticement of a minor and one count of attempted sexual exploitation of a child.

Both men faced federal indictment. Both were arrested over Valentine’s Day weekend in Kankakee. The case brought by Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative by the Department of Justice to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.

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