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Wednesday, June 1

If Only All Criminals Were This Stupid...

From today's Peoria Journal Star.

Peorian pleads guilty to stealing vehicle

PEORIA - When police returned a stolen Pontiac Grand Prix to a local car dealership, it didn't take them long to figure out who took the vehicle.

That's because Charles T. Fehil, 34, had left documents from his probation officer and the Illinois Department of Corrections inside.

Fehil, whose court record lists addresses in Peoria and Pekin, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

According to Peoria County Circuit Court records, police were contacted by the OnStar satellite navigation system that the 2004 car was missing. Police found it outside a house in the 1500 block of South Western Avenue and returned it to Neil Norton Cadillac-Pontiac, 3815 N. War Memorial Drive. There a service technician found the court papers identifying Fehil.

Police found the car in front of the house Fehil was living in at the time. When questioned by police, he confessed to taking the car, court records indicate.

With credit for 18 months already served in Peoria County Jail and "good-time" credit Fehil could get out of prison in about two years.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is an old archived post, but its amazing what you find when you Google someone's name.
I dated this dope, (yeah yeah, major lapse in judgement, I agree) and he's always been about as sharp as a marble...

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