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URBANA, Ill. – A Hoopeston, Illinois, woman, Brenda Knuth, 61, was sentenced on June 26, 2026, to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $2,500 fine for voting twice in a federal election.

PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria, Illinois, man, Felipe L. Hernandez, 32, was sentenced on June 26, 2026, to 120 months of federal imprisonment, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for two counts of distribution of methamphetamine. 

PEORIA, Ill. – A Pekin, Illinois, man, Mark Steven Peterson, 42, was sentenced on June 18, 2026, to 120 months in federal prison, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release, for attempted enticement of a minor.

PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria, Illinois, man, Matthew T. Cosey, 32, was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison on June 18, 2026, for trafficking in methamphetamine.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Two Galesburg, Illinois, men, Juan Pablo Garcia, aka “Chewy” (age 30), and Edgar Calderon, aka “Lil Man” (age 34), were sentenced on June 15, 2026, following their convictions for trafficking in methamphetamine and cocaine.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Springfield, Illinois, man, Peyton C. Dagenais, 29, was sentenced on June 11, 2026, to 204 months in prison, to be followed by a 15-year term of supervised release, for distribution and possession of child pornography.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – An Athens, Illinois, man, Christopher Wagy, 28, was sentenced on June 9, 2026, to 28 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography.

Sean Rondeau, a 56-year-old chiropractor in Jacksonville, Illinois, was sentenced today to a year and a day in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding health insurance companies of more than a quarter million dollars. His convictions include healthcare fraud, three counts of mail fraud, and five counts of wire fraud. 

URBANA, Ill. – A Roberts, Illinois, man, Paul Theesfield, 41, of the 200 block of Maple Avenue, was sentenced June 8, 2026, to 21 months of imprisonment for mailing a threatening communication.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Gregory M. Gilmore was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois by United States Magistrate Judge Douglas J. Quivey on June 1, 2026, at the federal courthouse in Springfield, Illinois. 

URBANA, Ill. – A federal grand jury indicted an Urbana woman, Titianna Ammons, of the 1100 block of North Busey Avenue, on three counts of wire fraud for allegedly defrauding the U.S. Department of Labor and Illinois Department of Employment Security from October of 2020 to October of 2021.

Kentro Taylor, age 52, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was sentenced to 180 months in federal prison following his conviction of felon in possession of a firearm.