{"id":14002,"date":"2025-07-14T11:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=14002"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T16:01:44","slug":"st-elmo-man-gets-32-year-federal-prison-sentence-for-shooting-at-law-enforcement-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/14002-st-elmo-man-gets-32-year-federal-prison-sentence-for-shooting-at-law-enforcement-agents\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Elmo Man Gets 32-Year Federal Prison Sentence for Shooting at Law Enforcement Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>A St. Elmo man has been sentenced to 32 years in federal prison after he shot at law enforcement agents serving an arrest warrant at his residence.<\/p>\n<p>47-year-old Dax Baldrige pleaded guilty in January to seven counts of assault of a federal officer, two counts of using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. Once out of prison, Baldrige will serve five years of supervised release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Oct. 17, 2022, task force members with the U.S. Marshals Service attempted to serve an arrest warrant for Baldrige at his residence in Fayette County. When they arrived, the officers knocked and gave Baldrige an opportunity to present himself for arrest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As they began to make entry to the residence, Baldrige used a stolen short barrel rifle equipped with 60 rounds of ammunition to shoot through the wall of his residence, nearly striking multiple officers. All agents were able to retreat from the residence safely and without injury.<\/p>\n<p>After firing at officers, Baldrige barricaded himself in his residence and engaged in a standoff with law enforcement that lasted over 10 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Following his arrest, investigating agents conducted a search of Baldrige\u2019s residence and recovered nine firearms including six rifles, a revolver, two pistols and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Marshal Service Great Lakes Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, the Illinois State Police, the FBI Springfield TOC West Task Force and the Fayette County Sheriff\u2019s Office contributed to the investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A St. Elmo man has been sentenced to 32 years in federal prison after he shot at law enforcement agents serving an arrest warrant at his residence. 47-year-old Dax Baldrige [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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