Rockford man sentenced to five years for domestic battery

Online Staff Report

Loran Henderson, 54, pled guilty to domestic battery and was sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections by Judge Gary Pumilia Oct. 25.

April 3, Rockford police responded to Rockford Memorial Hospital to meet with a battery victim. Officers met with the victim and observed she had a laceration to the back of her head and other injuries associated with the domestic battery.

The victim told officers she had been arguing with her boyfriend, Henderson, and that he’d kicked her about her body and struck her on the back of the head. Henderson was previously convicted of the offense of domestic battery Dec. 1, 2000.

Domestic battery has a sentencing range of one to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections or probation. Because of the defendant’s criminal history, the sentencing range is eligible for an extended term from one to six years in the Department of Corrections.