The man found guilty of robbing the Elmwood Bank in April of 2021, among several businesses and individuals during a crime spree around the state, was sentenced this week to 120 months in federal prison. According to the Department of Justice, 55-year-old John W. Beck of Peoria was also sentenced to 24 more months in prison in relation to an attempted escape from the Livingston County Jail. That sentence is to be served consecutively to the 120 months in prison imposed for the robbery offenses. At the sentencing hearing, the government presented evidence that Beck admitted to robbing the following businesses and banks: Dollar General in Buffalo, Illinois, on April 8, 2021; Bank of Pontiac, doing business as Odell Bank, in Odell, Illinois, on April 9, 2021; Fast Stop Store in Odell, Illinois, on April 17, 2021; Village Pantry in Paxton, Illinois, on April 18, 2021; and a Subway in Danville, Illinois, on April 19, 2021 During this robbery spree, Beck stole cars from two different individ
PEORIA, Ill. (WCIA) A man who tried to escape from Livingston County jail has an additional two years added to his 10-year sentence for robbery accord.
PEORIA A Sangamon County man faces decades behind bars for allegedly robbing the Elmwood Community Bank with a pipe last month as well as committing three other robberies.
A federal grand jury sitting in Peoria indicted John W. Beck, 54, of Mechanicsburg in connection with the April 8 robbery of the Dollar General in Buffalo; the Odell Bank robbery in Livingston County, also on April 8, and the April 9 heist at the Fast Stop Store, which is also in Odell.
The hold-up at the Elmwood Community Bank occurred on April 20. Beck, who was allegedly wielding a pipe, made off with an unknown amount of money.