08-05-2025
East Bluff man sentenced to 6 years for SUV hijacking in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — An East Bluff man was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison for hijacking another person's SUV nearly three years ago.
Cameron Camper, 24, pleaded guilty in Peoria County Circuit Court to one count of vehicular hijacking, a felony that could have sent him to prison for up to 15 years.
In return, prosecutors agreed to drop more serious charges of aggravated vehicular hijacking which carried a possible 30-year term.
He has already spent more than 500 days in custody meaning that after he gets credit for that time already served, he has less than a year left to serve, assuming he earns all of his day for day 'good-time' credit.
Camper was arrested Oct. 18, 2022, by Peoria Heights police officers after they responded to the 1200 block of East War Memorial Drive on a report of someone taking a Nisson Rogue by force.
He was accused of using a BB gun to steal the car.
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