Tenth Circuit Court Judge John P. Vespa on Monday ordered Dmitri G. Rogatchev to serve a sentence of 60 years in a state correctional facility for the 2019 slaying of Sandra Jackson, authorities announced.
A Peoria County jury last month found Rogatchev guilty on one count of first-degree murder in the elderly woman’s death.
“Rogatchev became frustrated with Sandra because she had the television on too loud,” prosecutors said.
“While arguing over the noise, Rogatchev became enraged and hit and kicked Sandra, ultimately causing a fatal brain injury.”
According to a news release from the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office, officers with the Peoria Police Department at about 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2019, responded to a 911 call coming from an apartment complex in the 500 block of NE Monroe about an unconscious elderly woman, later identified as Jackson.
Upon arriving at the scene, first responders located Jackson inside the apartment, describing her as “not alert.”
Emergency medical personnel transported Jackson to OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center for evaluation and treatment.
Police spoke to Rogatchev, Jackson’s live-in caregiver, who told them that at about 11 p.m. that evening, Jackson had drank wine with her prescription medication — which included hydrocodone and muscle relaxers — and then fell asleep.
