Back in early February, WGIL reported a serial purse-snatcher wanted by police. The male suspect, 26-year-old Mark Bell of Galesburg stole a female customer's purse out of their grocery carts at each Galesburg Hy-Vee location. The incidents happened within 24 hours of each other. At a hearing yesterday, Associate Circuit Court Judge Curtis Lane accepted the guilty plea of Mark Bell to two counts of felony theft. Bell is facing up to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for each charge. Charges of retail theft resulting from other incidents were dismissed pursuant to a plea agreement. Bell will have a sentencing hearing on September 29th. According to State's Attorney Jeremy Karlin, Bell was previously been sentenced in 2016 to five years in prison for weapon and armed robbery charges originating out of Cook County.