A repeat felon who escaped electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for multiple sexual assaults has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for trying to kill the Cook County sheriff’s office investigator who attempted to take him back into custody.
Wilbourn was charged in January 2019 with multiple sex crimes, including allegations involving victims under the age of 18 and sexually assaulting victims while threatening their lives, according to court records. Despite the seriousness of the allegations, Judge Carol Howard released him on $30,000 bail with electronic monitoring.
While on the ankle monitor, prosecutors said, Wilbourn was supposed to remain inside a home he shared with his then-girlfriend and her father. But in January 2022, family members became concerned after Wilbourn obtained a 30-round ammunition magazine, which they believed he might use to shoot the police if they came to the house, officials said.
According to prosecutors, the girlfriend’s father took his dog, left the home, and contacted the sheriff’s office to revoke consent for Wilbourn to stay there. While the father spoke with Chicago police officers outside the home, Wilbourn left through the back door, prosecutors alleged…