Kelli Storckman, Wabash County State’s Attorney, reports that on July 14, 2025, William Franks, a 32-year-old Illinois man, was sentenced to 5 years in the Department of Corrections by the Honorable Circuit Judge Matthew Hartrich in Wabash County Circuit Court.
State’s Attorney Storckman advises that the Defendant was charged on May 21, 2025, with Sex Offender Failure to Register, a Class 2 Felony, following a Wabash County Sheriff's Department investigation into Mr. Frank's whereabouts. The investigation began after the Department received a report that Franks was residing in a home with minor children in Wabash County, Illinois and not at his registered Edwards County residence. The Sheriff's Department was able to verify Mr. Frank's presence at the Wabash County residence and obtain evidence that he had been residing there for several weeks without having updated his registration as a sex offender.
