Teen gets eight years for his third felony offense

URBANA – A Champaign teen convicted of his third serious felony in less than two years was sentenced Friday in Champaign County Circuit Court to eight years in prison.

Kreg Easton, 19, who listed an address in the 200 block of East Washington Street, told Judge Harry Clem he broke into a Champaign home last summer to get money to fuel his drug habit.

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