ROBINSON, ILLINOIS- DAWSON STALEY, 24, WAS ARRESTED ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, AFTER EXPOSING HIMSELF AND "PLAYING WITH HIS MEMBER" IN FRONT OF A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL. (PHOTO).

 Robinson, Illinois- Dawson Staley, 24, was arrested on Tuesday, December 16th, after exposing himself and "playing with his member" in front of a 16-year-old girl. 

He is being charged with se%ual exploitation of a minor and public indecency. We did speak to his victim and we will include more details later in the story. 

Staley has pleaded not guilty to these charges today in Crawford County court via Zoom. 

Shockingly, Staley was arrested for these most recent charges while he was actively on pretrial release for serious charges. In March of this year, Staley was arrested and charged with three felony counts of distribution of harmful material to a minor. These charges came after Staley allegedly sent explicit images on March 2nd to someone he believed to be just 15 years old. He also pleaded not guilty to these charges. 

Isabella S. is the victim in the exploitation of a child and public indecency charges. Somehow, these are only misdemeanor charges. Isabella is 16-years-old but she wanted to come forward and tell her story so that the public has the full story. She also hopes that this never happens to anyone else, like it did to her. 

Isabella has worked at a Robinson, Illinois, fast food restaurant since she was 14-years-old. She's also very active at school and extracurricular activities.

Isabella stated that Staley ordered fries on December 7th at 1:40 p.m. Isabella noticed that Staley was watching her as she was waiting for the fries to be completed. She didn't think too much about it at the time. She also noticed he was watching her co-worker who is her age.

Isabella shared with us, "When I handed him the bag and he was handing me a $5 bill, I noticed he was stroking himself and he was fully exposed. He made eye contact with me. I was shocked. I felt sick to my stomach and upset. I didn't want to be near him... he was just sitting there, doing that. I went and got my manager immediately. He saw my manager pick up the phone to call the cops. He lifted his hands up in a shrug, (saying with body language), 'I didn't do anything wrong'. But he took off in such a panic that he drove over the curb. He didn't wait for his change or anything like that. He obviously knew he did something wrong. There was also another minor girl who saw what he was doing when I handed him the fries." 

Isabella was very upset while telling me the details of what happened that day but she wants the story out there so the public knows what really happened and she believes he should serve time for what he did, especially considering his former charges. 

Isabella is still working at her job. She saw a similar red truck (like Staley's red truck) recently and had to get away from the window because she was afraid it was him. She found herself shaking involuntarily. 

When this incident happened, Isabella's manager called the police and they did show up. Isabella gave them a description of the man. Shortly afterwards, Isabella and her mother found out from a law enforcement officer that Staley was in a psychiatric hospital in Indiana. The officer said that they could get a warrant to get him out of the hospital and arrest him for what he did to Isabella. 

It is not clear if they had to get the warrant or if they arrested him after he came back to his home in Robinson. Isabella and her mom are just relieved that he is in custody. 

I asked Isabella how she felt after witnessing the incident on the 7th. She stated, "I was shaking so hard and I couldn't quit crying." Isabella did call her mom immediately when this initially happened. Isabella's mom, Erica, shared "she was sobbing. She was very upset."

An important note, the same day Staley exposed himself and did "that" in front of Isabella, he reportedly had done the exact same thing to another fast food worker in Robinson who is also pressing charges. She is reportedly not a minor.

Erica stated, "There is definitely a pattern here. His victims are predominantly 15 to 16 years old. The public should definitely know this is happening. I don't believe he should have been out on a pretrial release. Look at what he did. I just want justice for my daughter." 

Isabella hopes that this doesn't happen to anyone else. I can honestly say while interviewing her, she was still distraught. I think she's very brave for coming forward. 

Due to revoking his pretrial release, Staley is still in custody.