This undated booking photo released by Illinois Department of Corrections shows Floyd E. Brown. (Illinois Department of Corrections via AP)
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man facing federal murder charges in the killing of a sheriff’s deputy now faces state charges, as well.
Winnebago County State’s Attorney Marilyn Hite Ross said Wednesday that a grand jury indicted 39-year-old Floyd E. Brown, of Springfield, on 75 counts, including 60 counts of first-degree murder.
Brown has already pleaded not guilty to the federal first-degree murder and weapons charges in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Jacob Keltner on March 7.
Keltner was a member of a U.S. Marshal’s fugitive task force trying to serve Brown an arrest warrant at a Rockford hotel when authorities say Brown shot and killed him.
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