A 43-year-old Hazelcrest man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after pleaded guilty in Marion County Court for unlawful restraint.
Francisco Lavigne is accused of grabbing a family member by the arm and preventing her from leaving a residence in Centralia. A charge of aggravated domestic battery in connection with the same incident was dropped.
Lavigne will serve the time concurrently with prison terms handed down in Coles County for aggravated battery and unlawful use of a weapon and in Randolph County for possession of a weapon or tool inside a penal institution.
