According to information from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s office, 24 year old Michael Rohn, of Cary, will have the opportunity to visit the inside of the Illinois Department of Corrections for the next three years. He was sentenced to this residency as the result of a dispute with another Cary resident, 21-year old Jeremy Sojka.
A dispute arose between the two in the early morning hours of October 16, 2010 when Rohn, driving his vehicle behind one in which Sojka was a passenger. Rohn reportedly believed that he had been the recipient of a hand gesture executed by Sojka.
Words were exchanged between the two and a physical altercation ensued between them through Rohn’s driver’s side window. Rohn put his vehicle in reverse, backed up, and then drove forward striking Sojka. Rohn executed this maneuver a second time as Sojka was staggering away. Rohn drove his vehicle forward aimed at Sojka and drove over him. Rather than exiting the parking lot through the exit, Rohn drove through a nearby park before re-entering a roadway.
Sojka required extensive medical treatment for his injures, which included a broken pelvis and a lacerated liver.
This case was investigated by Det. Susan Ellis of the Cary Police Department and was prosecuted by Sharyl Eisenstein and Ryan Blackney of the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office.
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