02 Nov
Barry Caudle, Youth Minister/Child Predator
Barry Caudle of Marengo, Illinois was the youth minister at the Marengo First Assembly of God at 22817 W. Grant Highway when he was arrested for attempting to solicit for sex a person he thought was a child. The 39-year-old man was arrested during the execution of a search warrant at the church. A Rock Island police officer posing as an 11-year-old girl online was propositioned for sex by Caudle. Caudle was charged with with three felony counts of indecent solicitation of a child and one count each of grooming and unlawful luring of a minor. Bail was set at $150,000.
