Louis
A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that forty
eight year old James R. Henson was sentenced to serve a period of 16
years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for his conviction on
the charges of burglary and possession of burglary tools.
The
evidence showed that on May 31, 2014, Henson gained access to the
Curran Construction lot located at 7502 S. Main St. in Crystal Lake
by cutting through a section of chain link fence securing the
property. Once inside, Henson cut the locks off two MJ Electric
trucks parked on the lot and removed buckets of high voltage brass
electrical fittings.
Henson
was caught with the stolen items near the crime scene when a citizen
walking her dog heard clanking sounds coming from bushes nearby and
called police because she thought an animal may be caught in a trap.
The noises turned out to be defendant James Henson sorting more
valuable brass items from metals of lesser value, so he could carry a
lighter load on his bicycle away from the crime scene.
The
defendant was convicted after a jury trial in March 2015. Evidence at
sentencing showed the defendant’s 30 year history of repeated
burglaries and other felony and misdemeanor offenses. The trial and
sentencing were prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorneys David
Johnston and Robert Zalud.
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