Man who robbed pizza driver while wanted in murder case will be out of prison by fall

A man who robbed a pizza delivery driver in Rogers Park while being sought in a downstate murder investigation has been sentenced to six years in prison — but he’s expected to walk free in September.

Kyle Escoe, 21, received prison terms for three separate felonies this week: six years for armed robbery, four years for possessing a stolen motor vehicle in one case, and another four years for possessing a stolen vehicle in a second case. The stolen vehicle cases were pending when the robbery occurred. Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to a felony gun possession charge in the Macon County murder case and received six years for that, too.

Authorities in Decatur, Illinois — a city of about 70,000 east of Springfield — had been looking for Escoe since a man was shot and killed during a street gathering in their town on August 14, 2022. They believed Escoe had fled to Chicago, and by late August 2022, authorities confirmed he was likely here…

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