Saturday, January 17, 2026

Pedophiles in the education system


Court agrees that suspect Kody Czerwonka poses a 'real and present threat to the community.'

The founder and board president of a new K-12 Montessori school in Illinois has been arrested on charges of grooming and exploiting a young child.

On January 9, Effingham police officers moved quickly to arrest 32-year-old Dakota "Kody" Czerwonka of Montrose after receiving a report that a student at Crossroads Montessori School had received "inappropriate electronic messages." Czerwonka was "immediately identified" as the suspect, Effingham PD said in a statement.

He even unsuccessfully ran for the Illinois House in 2020 on a platform of environmental, economic, social, LGBTQ+, and racial 'justice.'

Details of the case are scarce, but court records show Czerwonka has been charged with grooming and exploiting a child under 13/exposing self, both Class 4 felonies. He is scheduled to appear in court again on January 29.

Prosecutors also filed to deny Czerwonka pretrial release from custody. At his initial court appearance on Monday, the court agreed with the petition, claiming that Czerwonka poses "a real and present threat to the community and ... the minor victim" that "no condition or combination of conditions can mitigate."

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