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Pekin Man Gets 10 Years After Trying to Trick a Minor
June 26, 2026
A man from Pekin, Mark Steven Peterson, 42, was handed a decade in federal prison after he attempted to lure a child to Peoria for sexual activities. Peterson believed the girl was 10 and had talked online with someone he thought was her stepfather. The conversations, shown at a June 18 hearing,
