Princeton man gets 5 years in incident that killed child, 3

A Princeton man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for charges stemming from the Mother’s Day incident in rural DePue case, during which a three-year-old was killed by police gunfire.When offered a chance to speak, 42-year-old Anthony D. Rodriguez stood in a Bureau County courtroom and said he wasn’t in his “right mind” when he held the victims at knifepoint, prompting police to open fire when he refused multiple orders to release the captives.“I’m sorry for everything that happened,” Rodriguez said.But the show of remorse wasn’t enough to persuade a judge to give him any reduction in sentence. Rodriguez faced two to five years in prison for aggravated unlawful restraint – he also was convicted of misdemeanor assault and domestic battery – but Circuit Judge Geno Caffarini rejected calls for a mid-range sentence.“I can’t say the defendant’s conduct will not reoccur,” Caffarini said.As previously reported, Rodriguez refused to release a woman and two children when so instruc