Joel Box

Box given 270-day jail sentence, 36 months probation for theft in youth basketball program

July 19, 2021 | By David Adam, MRN Editor

QUINCY — A former Quincy University and John Wood Community College basketball star received probation and jail time Monday during a sentencing hearing in Adams County Circuit Court. Joel A. Box, 37, previously had pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge. Judge Robert Adrian sentenced Box to 270 days in jail and 36 months probation.…

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Former JWCC, QU hoops star to be sentenced July 19

June 22, 2021 | By J. Robert Gough, Publisher

Joel Box, who played basketball for both John Wood Community College and Quincy University and used that fame to start basketball camps and train players, faces sentencing on theft charges next month. Box was arrested in the summer of 2019 in Rockford and then pleaded guilty in March of this year to one count of…

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