Kelli Storckman, Wabash County State’s Attorney, reports that Willie F. Burks III, a 42-year old Mt. Carmel, Illinois man, was sentenced to the Illinois Department of Corrections by the Honorable Circuit Judge William C. Hudson in Wabash County Circuit Court. State’s Attorney Storckman advises that the Defendant was charged October 6, 2022 with two counts of Aggravated Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer, both Class 4 Felonies. On March 20, 2023, Mr. Burks was sentenced to 6 years in the Department of Corrections, to be followed by one year discretionary Parole.
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF OFFENSE:
COUNT 1: AGGRAVATED FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE A POLICE OFFICER
That on the 18th day of September, 2022, in Wabash County, Illinois, the Defendant, WILLIE F. BURKS, committed the offense of AGGRAVATED FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE A POLICE OFFICER, in that said Defendant attempted to elude police officers, after being given an audible signal by police officers in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of Section 11-204 of this Code and such attempt to elude was at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour over the legal speed limit, in violation of 625 ILCS 5/11-204.1(a)(1). A CLASS 4 FELONY
COUNT 2: AGGRAVATED FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE A POLICE OFFICER
That on the 4th day of October, 2022, in Wabash County, Illinois, the Defendant, WILLIE F. BURKS, committed the offense of AGGRAVATED FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE A POLICE OFFICER, in that said Defendant attempted to elude police officers, after being given an audible signal by police officers in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of Section 11-204 of this Code and such attempt to elude was at a rate of speed at least 21 miles per hour over the legal speed limit, in violation of 625 ILCS 5/11-204.1(a)(1). A CLASS 4 FELONY
