Sentenced to life for sexually abusing five boys.
Under Illinois law, any person convicted of more than one count of predatory criminal sexual assault faces a mandatory life sentence.
June 4, 2008 - Alonso Bracey, 38, a Barton Elementary School basketball coach and custodian convicted earlier this year of sexually abusing five boys, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison.
The judge expressed a tinge of regret at having to inflict the heavy sentence on Alonso Bracey, 38, saying that in his nearly 20 years as a judge he had never sentenced someone to life in prison for a sex crime.At the time, all the children were between the ages of 11 and 13 and were members of the basketball team he coached.
A jury convicted Bracey in February of sexually assaulting three boys and sexually abusing two others. Under Illinois law, any person convicted of more than one count of predatory criminal sexual assault faces a mandatory life sentence.
