A 25-year-old Sycamore gymnastics coach was sentenced to more than three decades in prison by a DeKalb County judge this week in exchange for a guilty plea for sexual assault and abuse of his former students.
Joseph R. Hannon, of the 1700 block of DeKalb Avenue in Sycamore, pleaded guilty in front of DeKalb County Circuit Court Judge Phillip Montgomery to predatory criminal sexual assault, a Class X felony, and five counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the Class X felony and seven years for the Class 2 felonies.