21 year old William Catt has been sentenced to 6 years and 7 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections on a Class 2 felony charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. William Catt had pled guilty to the 2017 crime that involved a family member who was 13 and 14 years old at the time.
During the three-and-a-half-hour sentencing hearing yesterday afternoon in Wabash County Circuit Court, Judge Michael Valentine said that Catt posed a threat to his victim and the 6 year, 7 month sentence would guarantee the teen girl would be at least 18 at the time of Catt’s release from prison.
While Catt was free on bond in this case, he was arrested this past March in a separate incident with the same girl. In that case, Catt is charged with a Class 1 felony of aggravated criminal sexual assault. A pre-trial conference in that case is set for January 14th.
Catt will continue to be held in the Wabash County Jail until the second case is adjudicated at which time he’ll be sent to the DOC.
