'Despicable Human Being' From Joliet Has Sentence Upheld: Glasgow

JOLIET, IL — The Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow issued a press release Wednesday announcing that Judge Vincent Cornelius denied a motion to reconsider his sentence for Jeffery Davis, 33 of Joliet.

On Monday, Davis was sentenced to 40 years in prison for two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, Class X felonies. Davis pleaded guilty last December. The victim was between 7 and 9 years old at the time of the sexual assaults, which took place over a two-year period from 2013 and 2015, prosecutors noted.

“Davis is a despicable human being who preyed upon this young boy for his own sexual gratification.” Glasgow said in Wednesday's press release. “The 40-year sentence will never make this victim whole, but will ensure that Davis is off the streets as a dangerous child predator.”

Davis has been in the Will County Jail since July 1, 2016, and will receive 2,606 days credit for time served. The sentence will be served at 85 percent, and Davis will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, prosecutors pointed out.

Davis comes from the 100 block of South Comstock Street, that's on Joliet's near west side near McDonough Street.