Banks Sentenced To 7 Years After Violating Probation

Kelli Storckman, Wabash County State's Attorney, reports that Charles Banks, a 38-year-old Mt. Carmel, IL man, was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections by the Honorable Circuit Judge William C. Hudson in Wabash County Circuit Court.

The defendant was charged with a probation violation on March 3, 2020 for a Class 2 Aggravated Battery conviction and subsequently charged March 17, 2022 with Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine, a Class 1 Felony.  On August 23, 2022, Banks was sentenced to 7 years in the Department of Corrections, to be followed by 1 year of mandatory supervised release (parole).