ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — For nearly a year, Shane Bouma had drifted through the criminal justice system, cycling between jail, court appearances and a rehabilitation program intended to help him rebuild his life.
Instead, he just walked away from the program.
By the end of January 2021, Bouma was back in the community after absconding from the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center in Rockford, a drug-rehabilitation program he had been allowed to attend while on furlough from the Winnebago County Jail…