A 48-year-old Chicago man has been sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for conspiring to abduct several victims at gunpoint in the Chicago suburbs.
Sedgwick Williams participated in kidnappings in Naperville and Westchester in the fall of 2019. Williams and a co-conspirator also attempted a third kidnapping in South Holland, Ill., but they were unsuccessful and were arrested fleeing from the intended victim’s residence.
A federal jury last year convicted Williams and co-defendant Tai Hon La, 35, of Beach Park, Ill., of participating in the kidnapping conspiracy and other related charges. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jorge L. Alonso sentenced Williams to 50 years in federal prison. La is scheduled to be sentenced on June 3…