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Jimmy Beach / Facebook Residents of the Twin Cities were subjected to a night of fear and anarchy when looting broke out earlier this year, a judge said on Friday, as he agreed to give one of the looters a chance on probation. “This is not an offense that has anything to do with the theft of a television. It is an offense that involved kicking the community when it was at its lowest point,” Judge William Yoder told Deangelo Glass. The mob gathered outside Kohl’s, Walmart, Target and other businesses was responsible for “causing anarchy in an otherwise peaceful community,” said ...

BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man was sentenced to 4½ years in prison for mob action related to the late May and early June looting in Normal and for unrelated 2019 charges. Anthony Crose, 21, was charged in June with four counts of mob action for his involvement in the violence outside Target late May 31 and early June 1. Three of those counts were dismissed by the state, according to online court records. Crose pleaded guilty to the offense as well as charges from May 2019 involving driving under the influence and resisting an officer. According to the probable cause statement, Cro...

BLOOMINGTON — A Bloomington man was sentenced to 4½ years in prison for mob action related to the late May and early June looting in Normal and for unrelated 2019 charges. Anthony Crose, 21, was charged in June with four counts of mob action for his involvement in the violence outside Target late May 31 and early June 1. Three of those counts were dismissed by the state, according to online court records. Crose pleaded guilty to the offense as well as charges from May 2019 involving driving under the influence and resisting an officer. According to the probable cause statement, Cro...

Ryan Denham / WGLT In a sentence contrary to a state recommendation for probation, a judge on Wednesday sentenced a Bloomington man to 4½ years in prison and ordered him to pay restitution to the Town of Normal for damages to police squad cars caused by looters earlier this year. Anthony Crose was the first of more than 40 people to be sentenced by Judge William Yoder on charges related to the summer break-ins and thefts at several businesses, following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The large crowds seen on security video storming Target in Normal also damaged police vehic...

we're now hearing that governor brown will unavailable a revised state budget today after he revoked one from law -- after he vetoed one from lawmakers last week. meantime, lawmakers are not getting paid. cot joins us live with more on what some people are -- claudine wong joins us live with more on what -- on what some people are thinking about this. >> reporter: gearing. everyone agrees balancing a budget in these difficult times is difficult. john chiang made the determination yesterday, his facebook page is exploding with people saying he made the right decision. when asked -- wh...