WILLIAMSON CO., Ill. - A Williamson County judge has sentenced Alan L. Shields, 34, of Chicago, to a total of fourteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, this happening earlier today, Tuesday, August 21.
Williamson County State's Attorney Brandon Zanotti said earlier today that on June 6, 2018, Shields was found guilty by a Williamson County jury of one count of aggravated battery to a police officer, one count of threatening a public official, and one count of aggravated battery to a correctional officer, stemming from a February 2018 arrest in Marion.
In February 2018, Marion police officers responded to a disturbance involving Shields. Shields was placed under arrest for an active warrant out of Jackson County, and a struggle ensued, where Shields spit on one of the arresting officers. Direct threats were also made to officers during his transport to jail, where Shields bit one of the correctional officers, causing an injury that required stitches.
The judge sentenced Shields to five years for threatening a public official, a class 3 felony, and seven years for aggravated battery to a police officer, a class 2 felony, to run concurrently; and another seven years for aggravated battery to a correctional officer, a class 2 felony, to run consecutively to the other sentence.
Shields has a criminal history, including a 2004 conviction for aggravated vehicle hijacking with a weapon out of Cook County.
“We are pleased with the judge’s sentencing today," Zanotti said. "This is a clear signal of what happens when someone harms and threatens police and correctional officers in our county.”