Staff Report

ROCKFORD — A Rockford man was found guilty of sexually abusing two children after a jury trial in front of Judge John Lowry, Winnebago County State’s Attorney Marilyn Hite Ross announced Thursday, March 21. 

Tadelle A. McDaniel, 32, was found guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal
sexual abuse, offenses that resulted from allegations made in May 2017, when authorities reports that he inappropriately touched a child younger than 13.

During the course of the investigation, another child younger than 13 reported similar conduct with McDaniel. The abuse occurred multiple times between 2015 and 2017. 

Predatory criminal sexual assault is a Class X felony punishable by a sentence of six to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections followed by three years to natural life on parole.

Tadelle faces three to seven years in prison and two years of parole for aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He is scheduled for sentencing on May 13 Courtroom 314 of the Winnebago County Courthouse. R.