Earlier this year, a jury in Rockford convicted Floyd Brown of second-degree murder, along with other charges.
Becki Keltner holds onto an American flag presented to the family as pallbearers carry out the casket of her husband, Deputy Jacob Keltner, following the funeral service at Woodstock North High School on March 13, 2019.
A judge on Monday sentenced a Springfield man to 55 years in prison for the 2019 murder of McHenry County sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Keltner, who was working with a federal fugitive task force when he was killed.Floyd Brown of second-degree murder of a federal officer, along with other charges. They found him not guilty of first-degree murder, indicating they did not believe the crime was premeditated.
A few months before the shooting, Bloomington police tried to arrest Brown during a burglary. Brown sped away in his Dodge Challenger and crashed before escaping. After that, he and his girlfriend began staying at the Extended Stay hotel in Rockford.On March 7, 2019, members of the U.S. Marshals Regional Fugitive Task Force tracked Brown to the hotel. Deputies testified Brown fired 10 shots through the door at task force members before jumping through a back window into the parking lot.
Brown led police on a chase exceeding 100 mph before officers ran him off the road on I-55 near Bloomington, about 140 miles from Rockford. He kept driving through a farm field before his car struck a concrete ditch and came to a sudden stop. Brown was arrested after a five-hour standoff.in Woodstock, where he was recalled as a brave and tenacious fugitive hunter respected even by those he caught.
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