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Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Yahoo
McLean County man sentenced to 65 years for 2023 homicide
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to murder in connection with a 2023 deadly shooting in Funks Grove. Derek Siebring pleaded in McLean County Circuit Court as part of a deal that also saw him entering a guilty plea to aggravated battery in another case. That three-year sentence will be served after the murder term. Also, other counts of aggravated battery were dropped, according to McLean County State's Attorney Ericka Reynolds. Siebring must serve 100% of his murder term. The aggravated battery sentence is eligible for day-for-day 'good-time' credit. On Nov. 25, 2023, a man was found dead in a ditch near Funks Grove. Siebring was quickly named a suspect, was arrested and eventually confessed to beating the victim, Jamere Bew, 31, and then shooting him. Then while in custody, Reynolds said, Siebring threw an object that hit a jailer at the McLean County Jail. Two others are in custody and have cases pending regarding the Bew homicide. Both Justin Kletz and Gabrielle Stine are awaiting trial in their separate cases. Stine, 23, faces counts of first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in connection with Bew's death. Kletz faces charges of murder, kidnapping and aggravated battery with a firearm. Both face decades behind bars if convicted. An autopsy indicated that Bew had been shot more than once. According to court records and the archives, Bew's body was found in a ditch off U.S. Route 136 near County Road 1025 East. That's near Heyworth in the southcentral portion of the county. McLean County Sheriff's deputies were originally called to the area of 1375 East County Road and 700 North County Road on a report of a woman looking for a man who was allegedly the victim of violence. This is about 9 miles from where Bew was found. As the deputies worked alongside the Bloomington Police Department to begin the investigation, it led to an apartment in the 1600 block of Springfield Road in Funks Grove Township. A search warrant was served by the deputies which resulted in two people being detained. They were Kletz and Siebring. UPDATE: 2 arrested for McLean County shooting incident It's alleged that Stine's vehicle was the one used to drive Bew's body to the rural area where it was found. Later, officers found a strong smell of bleach at the apartment on Springfield Road as well as a couch from the unit near a trash bin. Stine has said Bew had sexually assaulted her. It's also been alleged that Kletz helped lock him into a room in the apartment. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
South China Morning Post
27-02-2025
- South China Morning Post
Public sex by tourists in Thailand's Pattaya sparks call for misconduct clampdown
Locals in Thailand's Pattaya are seeing red over public sex acts by tourists, prompting calls for awareness of proper conduct from visitors in the holiday hotspot. Advertisement The latest incident involved a foreign couple who were allegedly having sex in the open on Kratinglay beach, according to local media over the weekend. A witness, an 18-year-old man known only by the pseudonym Bew, told reporters he had noticed the duo when he was relaxing on the beach with friends. He added there were other visitors on the sand but the couple seemed unfazed even after he urged them to stop. 'I did not expect that anyone would dare to have sex on the beach with so many people around. It was shocking to me. They should go to a hotel for that,' he was quoted by Thaiger, a bilingual news outlet, as saying. Advertisement Penalties for public sex in Thailand vary from 500 baht (US$15) to prison sentences, according to Pattaya Mail. Foreigners caught may also face repatriation.
