An Aledo man will be sentenced later this year after being found guilty of three felony counts stemming from an identity theft investigation. Mercer County State’s Attorney Grace Simpson tells WRMJ that 50-year-old Darrin C. Clawson was found guilty during a one-day bench trial in Mercer County Circuit Court. A sentencing date has been set for April 2.
Clawson was arrested on a warrant in September of 2021 when he was charged with two Class 1 felonies of aggravated identity theft and identity theft along with a Class 2 felony of theft. The case centered around one victim over the age of 60 and the allegations involved an amount of stolen money between $10,000 and $100,000 taken between January of 2011 and October of 2020.
