Jamal Oxford's mug shot from Williamson County
WILLIAMSON CO., Ill.---A man well-known across Williamson and Saline counties for his illegal activities has been sentenced to an Illinois Department of Corrections term out of Williamson.
Jamal Oxford, 37, formerly of Johnston City, was sentenced to 7 years in DOC yesterday (Tuesday, April 7) for stealing over $16,000 from his employer, Barnett's Electric in Marion.
This isn't the first time Oxford has been behind bars for the very same thing: He was sent after a 2008 Forgery conviction, this only a three-year sentence, from which he didn't learn a thing.
That was evidenced on this go-round, where Oxford, who had spent several months on the run from law enforcement but was recently found residing in Buncombe, presented to the court medical documents showing the reason why he didn't appear for sentencing in early March and needed to continue it. The problem with these, however, is that they were forged. Oxford had done up his OWN documents.
This may have been why, at Oxford's sentencing, Judge John Speroni called Oxford a "career criminal" and a "con artist."
Whatever the case, it's a pretty sure bet another three and a half years behind bars isn't going to rehabilitate someone who has a compulsion like this...so expect to see more of Mr. Oxford in the pages here in the future after he gets out.