Shorewood Man 'Engaged In Evil And Sickening Conduct': Glasgow

JOLIET, IL — On Friday afternoon, Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced that 43-year-old Timothy Gregory was sentenced to 35 years in prison in the 2017 bludgeoning with a hammer and sexual assault of a woman and arson of his brother’s home.

Gregory pleaded guilty to attempted murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated arson. Will County Circuit Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak sentenced Gregory for his crimes and the longtime judge entered a guilty but mentally ill finding, which will not affect his serving his ultimate sentence, state's attorney spokeswoman Carole Cheney noted.

Back in 2017, Patch reported that Timothy Gregory, then 36, was from Shorewood, and lived in the 900 block of South Raven Road.

“Gregory engaged in evil and sickening conduct that will continue to haunt this courageous victim long after today’s sentencing decision,” Glasgow declared in Friday's press release. “Although there is no sentence that can undo the real-life horror this woman experienced, the years Gregory will spend in a cold jail cell will prevent him from committing this sort of savagery on another person as he bears the consequence for his utter lack of humanity.”

According to Cheney:

On March 25, 2017, Gregory went to his brother’s house on Infantry Drive in Joliet and repeatedly bludgeoned a woman on the head with a hammer and then proceeded to sexually assault her in the living room, where she passed out.

When she regained consciousness, she saw Gregory approaching her and ran into the bathroom, locking the door. She again passed out and when she regained consciousness, she saw smoke coming in from under the bathroom door. She opened the door, and saw the house engulfed in flames and the defendant standing outside the bathroom door waiting for her.

Gregory tried pushing her into boxes when she attempted to run to the front door. She ran outside, where she was assisted by a bystander who saw her bleeding and staggering.

The woman was sent to the hospital, where she was put into a medically induced coma for six days and underwent numerous surgeries. The house also suffered extensive damage.

Gregory's sentence will be served at 85 percent. He will receive 2,364 days credit for time served.

In Friday's press release, Glasgow thanked Assistant State’s Attorney Christine Vukmir, as well as Victim Witness Advocates Danette Pasdertz and Katrice Sawyer, Administrative Assistant Kendall Ziech and the Joliet Police Department.