THE FOLLOWING RELEASE IS FROM THE VERMILION COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
Kirk Marvel (DOB 7/6/1962), formerly of Catlin, Illinois was sentenced on February 7, 2024, by the Honorable Charles C. Hall. Marvel was sentenced to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for Methamphetamine Delivery, a class X felony and 4 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for Possession of Explosive or Incendiary Devices, a class 1 felony.
These sentences were ordered to be served concurrently and will be followed by 18 months of mandatory supervised release.
The State provided evidence that while investigating a case of explosives being detonated in and around Catlin, Illinois in 2020, the Vermilion County Sheriff’s Department discovered that Kirk Marvel had provided Jason Boyd with explosives. When Marvel’s home was searched, a total of 74 grams of methamphetamines were located in Marvel’s bedroom which Marvel admitted belonged to him. During the search fuses were also located, but no other explosive materials were found.
Marvel admitted to police that he had been in possession of other bomb making materials, but when Jason Boyd was arrested, Marvel destroyed the materials that were in his possession with the exception of the fuses. Marvel further admitted to making and providing the explosives used by Jason Boyd on March 9, 2020.
On July 30, 2021, Jason Boyd plead guilty to Unlawful Use of a Weapon for 30 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections plus 1 year mandatory supervised release.
State’s Attorney Jacqueline Lacy stated, “These incidents of explosions around the Catlin area caused great concern for public safety. I appreciate the attentiveness of the Vermilion County Sheriff’s Department throughout this lengthy investigation.”
