Anna woman sentenced for armed robbery, kidnapping

Union County State's Attorney Tyler R. Edmonds reported Nov. 7 that Karen S. Nichols, also known as Karen S. Casper, 44, of 150 Hughey Ln., in rural Anna, has been sentenced to a term of 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Nichols was sentenced for the June robbery of a Johnston City woman and the kidnapping of the woman's newborn child.

Nichols was sentenced to a term of 10 years on a charge of armed robbery, a Class X felony, and a concurrent term of seven years on a charge of kidnapping, a Class 1 felony.

Nichols was arrested at her residence by Union County Sheriff's Office deputies shortly after the Johnston City woman reported the kidnapping of her newborn child from a location in rural Union County during the evening hours of June 28.