Streator woman pleads guilty to burglary

A Streator woman charged with residential burglary on back-to-back days – and who’d been granted pretrial release after the first charge – pleaded guilty Wednesday and was granted probation with drug treatment.

Torres-Magana, 37, appeared in La Salle County Circuit Court and pleaded guilty to two counts of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony carrying up to 15 years in prison.

However, Torres-Magana had no previous felony history, and attorneys in the case agreed to treatment alternatives to street crime probation with 180 days in the La Salle County Jail, time served.

Torres-Magana declined an opportunity to address Chief Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr. before sentencing.

She first was charged Aug. 28 when she broke into a Streator residence, surprising the homeowner. A judge granted Torres-Magana pretrial release. Within hours of her release Aug. 29, Ottawa police were dispatched to Cherie Lane and found Torres-Magana had entered an attached garage, where she’d taken items.