Wabash County State’s Attorney Kelli Storckman announced that on August 11, 2025, Clayton Kirkman, a 39-year-old man from Mt. Carmel, Illinois, was sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Circuit Judge William Hudson in Wabash County Circuit Court.
Kirkman was charged on January 27, 2025, with Domestic Battery, a Class 4 Felony, after law enforcement were called by a family member. An investigation found that Kirkman had destroyed property of the family member and then shoved the family member causing injury. Kirkman will be placed on mandatory supervised release for 4 years following his release from the Department of Corrections.
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