Tyris Cheers, 45, of Bloomington pleaded guilty to theft, admitting that on Oct. 22, he possessed two concrete saws and a drill that had been stolen earlier from a van parked at the Hampton Inn, 1200 W. University Ave. URBANA — A Bloomington man who admitted stealing hundreds of dollars worth of tools from a work van in the parking lot of an Urbana hotel last month has been sentenced to two years of probation. read more