From the State’s Attorney:
Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 25-year-old, Joshua J. Smith of Dolton, IL, was sentenced to fourteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections following a negotiated guilty plea to the charge of Theft of a Motor Vehicle, a Class 1 felony. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Judge Mark R. Gerhardt on October 10, 2024.
In the early morning hours of April 11, 2021, Woodstock Police Department officers were dispatched to Kunes Country Dodge on Eastwood Drive in response to suspicious activity.
A 911 Caller had reported multiple vehicles leaving the scene with their lights off and traveling at a high rate of speed.
The owner reported that five high-end sports vehicles were stolen from his dealership.
Detectives recovered evidence from the scene including discarded cigarette butts.
The vehicles were eventually recovered in Griffin, Indiana.
In September of 2021, lab tests confirmed the presence of Smith’s DNA on a cigarette butt retrieved on-scene from the area near the broken garage door.
Smith was later determined to be part of a group of thieves that had targeted multiple dealerships across several counties.
The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office commends the work of the Woodstock Police Department and Assistant State’s Attorney Ashur Y. Youash for their exceptional work on this case.
