ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — A Pecatonica man has been sentenced to six years in prison after harassing a woman, damaging her house, and then trying to hire a jail inmate to attack her and her family.
Winnebago County State’s Attorney J. Hanley said Kurt Beasley, 44, was arrested in January 2025 for sending several threatening text messages and videos to a female victim and breaking into her home and causing thousands of dollars in damage.
Beasley was arrested in March 2025, Hanley said. While he was in custody at the Winnebago County Jail, an inmate reported to authorities that Beasley had attempted to hire him to go to the victim’s residence, damage it, and hurt the people inside…