Journal-Courier
While most Illinois College students are focusing on a new semester and catching up with friends after a long holiday break, Janean Corriveau’s daughter is anxious about returning to campus after a violent incident occurred early Dec. 14 in a dormitory.
With only two days left before Christmas break and the end of finals week, the sophomore was with her boyfriend in his room in Mundinger Hall when, according to Corriveau’s account, a man armed with a “dagger and a machete” entered the room. The man said he intended to harm her daughter, her boyfriend and his roommate.
However, as Jacksonville police officers arrived about 4:45 a.m., the man withdrew and was arrested.
Prior to the incident described by Corriveau, a man identified as Devin C. Hall, 26, had entered another room in the dormitory and forcibly stole two cellphones, according to Jacksonville Police Department.
Hall is charged with four Class X felonies and is in the Morgan County jail on a $500,000 bond. At a hearing Jan. 3, Hall pleaded not guilty to the charges and requested a jury trial, which has been set for March 14. A pretrial conference is scheduled for March 8.
Class X is the most severe class of felony in Illinois, short of first-degree murder. A Class X felony is punishable by six to 30 years in prison, with a possible extended sentence of 30 to 60 years. Class X felonies generally are aggravated or armed offenses.
According to charging documents obtained from the Morgan County State’s Attorney’s office, Hall faces two charges of armed robbery and two charges of home invasion.
Hall, of Barrington Hills — a village about 40 miles northwest of Chicago, no longer is a student at Illinois College, the college confirmed. If he were to bond out, he would be required to wear GPS monitoring before leaving jail, not be within 1,000 feet of the Illinois College campus and not have any contact with the victims.
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