Peoria Standard

Kewan D. Hudson, 27, has been charged with child pornography following allegations that he uploaded child sex abuse material online. The court granted the State’s Petition to Detain at his detention hearing, which means Hudson will remain in custody until his trial.

The Chillicothe Police Department began investigating after receiving a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on July 14, 2025. The tip indicated that a resident of Chillicothe had uploaded child sex abuse material through the social media platform KIK.

Police investigators obtained a search warrant for the IP address linked to the uploads, which was traced to Hudson’s home. Hudson was arrested on August 5 and questioned by police. During questioning, he admitted that the KIK account belonged to him and acknowledged that others would send him videos.

The investigation remains ongoing. Authorities are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact the Chillicothe Police Department at 309-274-2129.

Peoria County is home to 64 schools with an average student-to-teacher ratio of 15-to-1 during the 2022-23 school year, serving a total enrollment of 27,081 students and employing 1,844 full-time faculty members (https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Home.aspx). In addition, Peoria County schools reported a teacher absenteeism rate of 32.3% for the same period—slightly below Illinois’ state average (https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Home.aspx).

Dunlap High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in Peoria County with 873 students; Richwoods High School had the highest number of multiracial students at 182; Lincoln School led in Hispanic student enrollment with 218; and Peoria High School had the most Black students enrolled at 798 during the last academic year (https://www.isbe.net/Pages/Home.aspx).

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