Illinois State Fire Marshal s Office personnel assisted with the investigation, as well.
As part of the plea agreement, felony charges of aggravated arson while knowing people were present and of arson involving property were dismissed. Public Defender Marvin Hanson represented Hector.
Under state law, Hector was eligible for probation or conditional discharge and was subject to a prison sentence of 2-10 years. He is eligible for day-to-day sentencing and will be subject to a 1-year period of mandatory supervised release after prison. He received credit for 220 days served in the jail. PHOTOS: 2021 JG-TC mugshot gallery
Joshua Fairchild
Joshua A. Fairchild, 26, has been charged in Coles County Circuit Court with first degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death. The charges stem from the stabbing death of Chelta S. Branch.
ARTHUR â Convicted Arthur child sex offender Christopher J. Landess will be close to 80 years old before heâs eligible for release from prison after receiving two consecutive sentences.
A Monday hearing saw Moultrie County Circuit Court Judge Jeremy Richey sentence the 52-year-old man to four years incarceration after he pled guilty to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Richey ordered that sentence to be served after a 30-year sentence Landess had been given April 28 in Champaign County Circuit Court following his conviction there for the predatory criminal sexual assault of a child.
âWith the combined sentences, Landess will be just short of 80 years old before he would be eligible for release from IDOC custody,â said Moultrie County Stateâs Attorney Tracy Weaver.