3 Eastern students indicted on sexual assault charges

Update: Condric A. Sanders was found not guilty on all charges.

Three Eastern students have been indicted by a Coles County grand jury on charges of sexual assault.

Louis A. Taylor, Antwan G. Oliver and Condric A. Sanders, have all been indicted in separate cases that State’s Attorney Steve Ferguson said are not related. The charges include engaging in intercourse with a women by force, without consent, or, in one case, both.

According to court records, Taylor, whose home is in Chicago, had yet to post bond, which Ferguson said would result in a court appearance this morning.

Taylor is accused of engaging in sexual intercourse with a women on April 6 without her consent and was arrested June 3.

Taylor, a psychology major, was a member of the wrestling team.

Oliver, 21, was arrested on May 28 and was granted permission to return to his home in Florida until his July 8 court date after posting 10 percent of a $20,000 bond.

Court records indicated Oliver pleaded not guilty, after being accused of forcing sexual intercourse with a women, and has issued a request for a jury trial.

Oliver, a family and consumer sciences major, was a starting defensive back last fall on Eastern’s football squad.

Sanders, 23, of Rockford, is accused of forcing intercourse and engaging in a sexual act when the women did not consent on Feb. 17.

Sanders is free after posting 10 percent of a $20,000 bond and appeared in court on June, 3. His court date was continued to July 8, after his lawyer failed to appear.

Sanders is a sociology major and is a student manager for Eastern’s basketball team.

All three men have been issued a court order to avoid contact with the alleged victims and their families.