Registered sex offender arrested in Sterling

STERLING, Ill. (WIFR) - The Sterling Police Department arrested Daniel L. Williams, 37, Rock Falls, on a Whiteside County arrest warrant for unlawful failure to register as a sex offender.

Williams was taken into custody at 3:28 p.m. on January 17, after a traffic stop that occurred in the 1500 block of Avenue G in Sterling, Ill. Williams was unable to post bond and is being house in the Whiteside County Jail.

On Monday, Sterling police issued a warrant for William’s arrest for being out of compliance with his sex offender registration. Williams was evicted from his last reported address on December 27, 2021.

According to court records, Williams was arrested in 2016 and charged in 2017 with two counts of indecent solicitation of a child.