Park Forest resident Elrice Williams, 29, received a 97 year sentence and Chicago resident Joe C. Pittman Jr., 29, received a 94 year sentence for their connection to the 2019
A judge granted the state s request to join trials for the final two defendants charged in the shooting death of an 18-year-old Portage High School student in 2019 in Griffith.
The defendant was prepared to plead guilty a year ago, but the judge refused to accept his plea agreement after he claimed the shooting was an accident.