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Ogle County man convicted of setting fire to La Salle KFC gets 12 years in prison · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Ogle County man convicted of setting fire to LaSalle KFC gets twelve
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  years in prison. Written by Tom Collins This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The man accused
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  of setting fire to the Kentucky Fried Chicken in LaSalle is going
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  to prison for twelve years. Raymond E. McHugh
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  34 of Byron, also listed as having an Oregon Illinois address, appeared
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  Thursday in LaSalle County Circuit Court and pleaded guilty to three felony
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  charges, closing a pair of separate cases. First, McHugh pleaded guilty to
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  two counts of aggravated battery and accepted a pair of seven-year sentences.
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  Then McHugh pleaded guilty to arson, a Class II felony carrying an
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  extended three to fourteen years in prison, and took twelve years. All
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  prison terms will run concurrently, and he is eligible for day for
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  day good time. McCugh declined to address LaSalle County Circuit Judge Michelle
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  A. Vascogny before sentencing. He was immediately taken into custody to await
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  transport to the Illinois Department of Corrections. LaSalle County prosecutors charged him
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  with battery after Peru police officers broke up on May 2, 2024.
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  Fight and after, authorities said McHugh assaulted his arresting officers. LaSalle police,
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  however, already had him under investigation for a fire set two years
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  prior. On june twenty eighth, twenty twenty two, firefighters were dispatched to
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  a destructive blaze at the KFC restaurant since raised, at one hundred
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  forty five Third Street. Investigators determined the fire was intentionally set, an
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  accelerant could be smelled in the charred remains, and police found the
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  safe had been opened and the cash removed. McHugh, a former employee,
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  was developed as a suspect. Surveillance showed an individual running from the
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  scene. Police conducted a lengthy analysis that included visual surveillance and using
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  cellular telephone records to disprove McHugh's alibi. McHugh was previously
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  sentenced to 105 years for his participation in a multi-county string of
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  residential burglaries. He also was sentenced to eight and a half years
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  for burglary and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.