A 20-year-old Kewanee man was sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for shooting at a car on Florence Street following a disagreement earlier in the day. Jacob Dailey accepted a plea deal for three years in the IDOC for an incident that occurred on May 10, 2023, where he shot a vehicle driving on the road. On December 28, 2023, Jacob Dailey pleaded guilty to Count 5 for Reckless Discharge of a Firearm (Class 4 Felony). He was sentenced to three years in the IDOC, followed by six months of mandatory supervised release, credit for 232 days served in the Henry County Jail, plus fines and assessments. The remaining counts were dismissed for case 2023CF121. Dailey pleaded guilty to failure to report for periodic imprisonment on his 18th birthday in 2022 in case 2022CF286. He was sentenced to three years in the IDOC, followed by six months of mandatory supervised release, credit for 232 days served in the Henry County Jail, plus fines and assessments. The two IDOC sentences are concurrent with each other. Dailey admitted to a probation violation for a misdemeanor case and must report to court services within 180 days of release from the IDOC to make payment arrangements. All other counts and pending cases are dismissed under the plea agreement. Judge Patton approved a full waiver of waivable assessments.
On May 10, 2023, the Kewanee Police Department was called to the 700 block of Florence Street for a disturbance and gunshots. Witnesses identified Jacob Dailey as the individual who fired two shots at a vehicle driving on Florence Street and fled the scene. The vehicle was recovered with what appeared to be bullet holes. An occupant in the vehicle at the time of the shooting told police that the driver of the vehicle and Dailey had a disagreement earlier.
At an address on Ridyard Street, officers located a loaded 9mm Ruger semi-automatic pistol containing rounds consistent with the shell casings recovered in the 700 block of Florence Street. Dailey and the 16-year-old male juvenile were arrested and transported to the Kewanee Police Department. From there, Kewanee investigators were able to obtain and execute a search warrant at the home of Jacob Dailey. There, Police located several more weapons and ammunition, including a loaded Ruger 9mm semi-automatic pistol with the serial number defaced, a break-action 12 gauge shotgun, a Savage Arms 410 shotgun, a Glenfield .22 caliber rifle, and a Marlin .22 caliber rifle. Some of the 9mm rounds found with the Ruger 9mm located during the search warrant were also consistent with the shell casings collected in the 700 block of Florence Street.
