People v. Knippenberg

After a jury trial, the defendant, John Knippenberg, was convicted of six counts of theft (720 ILCS 5/16 — 1(a)(2)(A) (West 1998)), dispersing charitable trust funds without authority and for his personal benefit (225 ILCS 460/19 (West 1998)), and failure to register as a professional fund-raiser (225 ILCS 460/6(a) (West 1998)). He was sentenced to a six-year term of imprisonment for one count of theft and six years for failing to register as a professional fund-raiser. Those two sentences were to be served consecutively to each other and concurrent to a 12-year term of imprisonment for his…