In Vermilion County ... A Hoopeston man was convicted of attacking three people in a violent home invasion that eft three people injured. 65-year-old Donald Langston faces between 6-30 years in prison when sentenced May 4.  Vermilion County State’s Attorney Jacqueline Lacy said Langston was convicted by a jury Wednesday of 6-counts of home invasion and 2-counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

The charges stemmed from an incident two years ago.  It was Februrary 7, 2020 when Langston went to the home of his estranged wife armed with a baseball bat and a BB gun and attacked her and two other people who were present.  The jury heard that Langston hit his wife in the head with a bat, chased her from the home and attacked her again. He fled as police arrived.  Lacy described the victims’ injuries as serious but said all have recovered.

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