FAIRFIELD MAN SENT TO PRISON

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A Wayne County man has been sentenced to prison on a child sex charge. 74 year old Ron Rush of Fairfield was given five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for Unlawful Solicitation of a Child. He plead guilty to the Class 3 Illinois felony after two counts of Predatory Sexual Assault of a Victim Under 13 both Class X felonies were dropped as part of a negotiated plea agreement. The presiding judge did reject Rush’s defense motion that his sentence be stayed. He was taken to the Wayne County Jail in Fairfield and remains there pending his transfer to the DOC. He also will be required to register as a sex offender with the state of Illinois after his release.