Crime & Safety

10 Years For 12-Year-Old Murder: Court Supervision

A Mokena man pleading guilty and getting 10 years for a 2001 murder was just one of the things going on in court last week.

By Joseph Hosey

A Mokena man convicted of murder will spend less time in prison than he did on the street following the 2001 killing.

Marcus Jones, 32, took a 10-year prison sentence for killing 20-year-old Terrance Chandler in May 2001. Chandler was found dead outside the Joliet city limits on Patterson Road.

Jones was arrested and charged with Chandler's murder in March 2012.

Here's what else was going on in court last week:

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