Bartlett man faces 24 years to life in Ottawa bank robbery
A Bartlett man could face up to life in prison after a federal jury in Chicago found him guilty of the 2018 holdup of Old Second Bank in Ottawa . J...
A Bartlett man could face up to life in prison after a federal jury in Chicago found him guilty of the 2018 holdup of Old Second Bank in Ottawa . James D. Williams, 46, of Bartlett faces 24 years to life when he is sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, where he was convicted following a short jury trial. Sentencing is pending before U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey. In a Monday press release, prosecutors said Williams was found guilty of three counts of bank robbery, three counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence, conspiracy to commit bank robbery, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and conspiracy to transfer a firearm to a felon.