A Chicago man was convicted on Wednesday of attempted murder for shooting and beating an Illinois State Police trooper during a traffic stop in Springfield in 2023.
A Sangamon County jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning the guilty verdicts against 39-year-old Cristobal Santana.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 17. Santana faces 45 years to life in prison. The trooper, Dakotah Chapman-Green, was in the hospital for two weeks and rehabilitated for eight months before returning to duty
