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BCPA Director Pleads Guilty To Battery

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Bloomington performing arts manager James Mack pleaded guilty Friday to battery in connection with an incident in December.

Under a plea agreement with the state, Mack, 52, was sentenced to 18 months' court supervision and ordered to pay a $75 fine. Required anger management training has been completed, according to the plea agreement.

In initial charges accusing the city employee of domestic battery, the state alleged Mack pushed a minor during a Dec. 11 argument. The minor was pushed off a chair at the kitchen table, said charges.

The city’s website indicates Mack is still employed as performing arts director.

Mack began his tenure with the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts in January 2018 after he left his position as managing and facility director for the Mesquite Arts Council in Mesquite, Texas.

Edith began her career as a reporter with The DeWitt County Observer, a weekly newspaper in Clinton. From 2007 to June 2019, Edith covered crime and legal issues for The Pantagraph, a daily newspaper in Bloomington, Illinois. She previously worked as a correspondent for The Pantagraph covering courts and local government issues in central Illinois.
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