Former Illinois football player sentenced in computer theft
Posted May 12, 2008 11:00 pm
URBANA -- A former University of Illinois football player will spend four months in jail after admitting he stole a laptop computer.
Joseph "Jody" Ellis pleaded guilty to felony theft Tuesday in Urbana.
He was sentenced to 30 months probation and 120 days behind bars. In exchange, four counts of residential burglary and two felony-theft charges were dropped.
The 21-year-old is a native of Evanston who now lives in Baltimore. He was kicked off the team with fellow wide receiver Derrick McPhearson just after their arrests in March 2007.
McPhearson, who is 22 and lives in Hampton, Virginia, pleaded guilty to a felony-theft charge in February. He was sentenced to 30 months probation and 180 days in jail.
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