Sentencing For Two in Negotiated Plea Cases

    Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that Shannon Schroeder of Marengo was sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections today pursuant to a negotiated plea of guilty for the offense of Aggravated DUI causing great bodily harm, a Class 4 felony with a sentencing range of between 1 to 12 years.
    On September 7, 2008, Schroeder drove a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and crashed into another vehicle while traveling eastbound on Perkins Road in Seneca Township. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene and noted a strong odor of alcohol on the defendant. Blood tests taken after the crash showed Schroder's blood alcohol level to be .159 – nearly twice the legal limit.
    The crash caused serious and life threatening injuries to the driver of the other vehicle, who continues to suffer from the physical effects of the crash. This was the defendant’s third offense for Driving Under the Influence of alcohol.
    The case was investigated by Karen Groves and Alan Sabol of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, and prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorneys Ryan Blackney and David Metnick
 Other Negotiated Guilty Plea Case 
Also, Bianchi, announces that Marc Carder of Island Lake was sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections today pursuant to a negotiated plea of guilty.
    Specifically, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for the offenses of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, and three years in prison for the offense of Harassment of a Witness, with the sentences to run consecutively.
    During the plea, Carder admitted to committing an act of sexual intercourse with a minor female, who at the time, was over 13 but under 17 years of age.
    Carder also admitted to the acts of Witness Harassment, in that after the sex offenses were charged and the case was pending, he created fictional online accounts purporting to be made by the victim planning for a future wedding with him. He tendered these online accounts to law enforcement who subsequently determined through forensic analysis of the computers that the online posting originated from Carder’s own computer.
    These cases were prosecuted for the State by Assistant State’s Attorneys Ryan Blackney and Jeff Bora.