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States Attorney

2007 Press Releases

Press Releases

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December 20, 2007
MOTHER, SON SENTENCED IN ALCOHOL RELATED DEATH OF CAROL STREAM MINOR

December 20, 2007
MAN FOUND GUILTY IN 2000 BEATING DEATH

December 20, 2007
WEST CHICAGO HOME INVADER GETS 20 YEARS

December 17, 2007
Hinsdale Central High School Student Charged With Disorderly Conduct

December 14, 2007
FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FILED AGAINST TWO CHICAGO MEN

December 14, 2007
ACCUSED MURDERER ROBERT REJDA FOUND DEAD IN CELL

December 11, 2007
BIRKETT NAMED NEW PRESIDENT OF ILLINOIS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S ASSOCIATION

November 30, 2007
HOME INVADER SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS

November 30, 2007
JOHN SVENSTRUP GETS 16 YEARS IN MURDER OF WIFE

November 28, 2007
HOFFMAN ESTATES MAN CHARGED IN STRING OF ARMED ROBBERIES THROUGH DU PAGE COUNTY

November 19, 2007
GUILTY PLEAS IN ALCOHOL RELATED DEATH OF CAROL STREAM MINOR

November 09, 2007
PUBLIC SAFETY RALLY PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 13 AT NOON – 421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD

November 08, 2007
STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE TO HOST TWO-DAY TRAINING PROGRAM

October 29, 2007
SCHAUMBURG MAN SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS FOR INDECENT SOLICITATION OF A CHILD

October 29, 2007
ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY HELEN KAPAS-ERDMAN HONORED IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPAIRED DRIVERS

October 24, 2007
WEST CHICAGO MAN GUILTY OF HOME INVASION

October 12, 2007
ADDISON MAN GETS 10 YEARS IN FATAL DUI CRASH

October 11, 2007
FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FILED AGAINST TWO MEN IN ADDISON MURDER

October 10, 2007
TWO TAXICAB DRIVERS CHARGED IN LOMBARD ARMED ROBBERY

October 09, 2007
BOLINGBROOK REGISTERED NURSE SENTENCED IN NEGLECT OF DISABLED SIX YEAR-OLD GIRL

October 04, 2007
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER, ICE CREAM TRUCK DRIVER SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS

September 27, 2007
REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF 13 YEAR-OLD GIRL

September 25, 2007
VICTIMS’ GARDEN TO HONOR MURDER VICTIMS

September 20, 2007
SVENSTRUP PLEADS GUILTY IN MURDER OF WIFE

September 20, 2007
FORMER FENTON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT GUILTY OF INTIMIDATION

September 19, 2007
CHARGES DIMSISSED IN 1987 SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE

September 19, 2007
FORMER DU-COMM EMPLOYEE SENTENCED TO 364 DAYS IN COUNTY JAIL

September 14, 2007
STATE’S ATTORNEY BIRKETT CONTINUES OPERATION C.A.G.E.

September 13, 2007
FORMER SHERIFF’S OFFICE EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH THEFT

September 06, 2007
FORMER PARAMEDIC SENTENCED TO 60 DAYS FOR THEFT OF MORPHINE

September 05, 2007
OAKBROOK TERRACE PSYCHIATRIST FACES FOUR COUNTS OF PRACTICING WITHOUT A LICENSE

August 29, 2007
LOMBARD MAN CHARGED WITH ARMED ROBBERY

August 27, 2007
NAPERVILLE MAN GETS FOUR YEARS IN THEFT FROM FORMER EMPLOYER

August 22, 2007
FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FILED AGAINST ADDISON TEENS

August 10, 2007
WEST CHICAGO MAN FOUND GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OF TWO YOUNG GIRLS

August 06, 2007
Former Glenbard North High School Student Sentenced to 180 Days for bomb Threat

August 02, 2007
WILL COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO 4 ½ YEARS FOR STEALING FROM EMPLOYER

July 26, 2007
Charges Against David Martinez Villareal Upgraded to First Degree Murder

July 24, 2007
Bellwood Woman Gets 10 Years in DUI Crash

July 23, 2007
West Chicago Man Charged With Hate Crimes

July 23, 2007
Minor Sentenced to Five Years Probation in String of Robberies

July 18, 2007
Oswego Man Gets 20 Years in Robbery Spree

July 16, 2007
Chicago Man Sentenced to 101 Years for Sexual Assault

July 16, 2007
REPEAT DUI OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS

July 14, 2007
FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES FILED AGAINST MOTHER IN DEATH OF FIVE YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

July 11, 2007
MICHAEL ALFONSO SENTENCED TO NATURAL LIFE FOR MURDER OF TWO FORMER GIRLFRIENDS

June 29, 2007
NAPERVILLE MAN GETS EIGHT YEARS IN DRUNK DRIVING FATALITY

June 29, 2007
CAROL STREAM MAN GETS 30 MONTHS FOR POSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

June 26, 2007
CAROL STREAM MAN SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS FOR AGGRAVATED CRIMINAL SEXUAL ABUSE

June 14, 2007
FORMER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE GETS CONCURRENT 90- DAY SENTENCES FOR MISDEMEANOR SEX OFFENSE AND THEFT OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

June 12, 2007
Chicago Man Gets 36 Years in Sexual Assaults

June 07, 2007
Inmate Gets 25 Years in Murder for Hire Plot

May 30, 2007
Former Health Care Employee Gets 25 Years For Sexual Assault

May 18, 2007
STATE’S ATTORNEY BIRKETT’S REMARKS REGARDING JANE RADOSTITS’ FATAL ACCIDENT

May 17, 2007
Elmhurst Man Gets 75 Years for Murder of Teen

May 15, 2007
Former Glenbard North High School Student Charged With Disorderly Conduct

May 15, 2007
Fenton High School Student Charged With Solicitation of Murder and Intimidation

May 14, 2007
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS ON THEFT CHARGES

May 12, 2007
STATE’S ATTORNEY JOE BIRKETT’S REMARKS REGARDING THE PASSING OF JANE RADOSTITS

May 11, 2007
TWO MEN CHARGED IN ARMED ROBBERY OF PAYDAY LOAN STORE

May 07, 2007
LOMBARD MAN GETS 70 YEARS FOR CHILD MOLESTATION

May 04, 2007
CIVIL BUREAU DEPUTY CHIEF THOMAS STANFA APPOINTED JUDGE IN KANE COUNTY

May 03, 2007
WOMAN CHARGED WITH STEALING $1 MILLION FROM EMPLOYER

May 01, 2007
CHILD SEX OFFENDER SENTENCED TO 37 YEARS IN IDOC

April 27, 2007
ELMHURST WOMAN SENTENCED FOR SCAMMINMG MORE THAN $43,000 FROM COMMUNITY

April 26, 2007
FORMER DU-COMM EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT

April 24, 2007
Local Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children Hosts Special Memorial Meeting

April 24, 2007
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL JIM RYAN HONORED AT DU PAGE COUNTY CHILDREN’S CENTER BREAKFAST

April 23, 2007
FORMER UPS EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR THEFT IN EXCESS OF $500,000

April 20, 2007
Local Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children to Host Special Memorial Meeting

April 19, 2007
STATE’S ATTORNEY BIRKETT TO HOST BENEFACTOR BREAKFAST FOR DU PAGE COUNTY CHILDREN’S CENTER

April 17, 2007
FRIENDS OF THE DUPAGE COUNTY CHILDREN’S CENTER HOST 2007 SPRING BRUNCH

April 13, 2007
St. Charles Woman Sentenced to 3 ½ Years for Aggravated DUI Fatality

March 30, 2007
Chicago Man Gets 19 Years in Carjacking

March 28, 2007
CHARGES FILED IN I-290 MURDER INVESTIGATION

March 26, 2007
DuPage County Children's Advocacy Center Honored By Dupage County Board

March 23, 2007
AURORA MAN SENTENCED TO 38 YEARS FOR

March 23, 2007
Elmhurst Man Guilty of First Degree Murder

March 23, 2007
Elk Grove Village Man Charged With Obstructing Justice in Rebecca Klein Murder Investigation

March 22, 2007
CHARGES FILED IN CHRISTMAS DAY MURDER INVESTIGATION

March 21, 2007
Charges filed in Villa Park murder investigation

March 16, 2007
BLOOMINGDALE LANDSCAPE BUSINESS ORDERED SHUT DOWN

March 16, 2007
CAROL STREAM MAN GETS FIVE YEARS IN CHURCH BURGLARY

March 14, 2007
West Chicago Woman Sentenced to 7 Years In Traffic Fatality

March 13, 2007
FRIENDS OF THE DUPAGE COUNTY CHILDREN’S CENTER HOST ANNUAL SPRING BRUNCH

March 06, 2007
FORMER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, THEFT OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

March 05, 2007
MACOMB MAN CHARGED WITH IDENTITY THEFT

March 02, 2007
WARRENVILLE MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

March 01, 2007
FORMER BASKETBALL COACH SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS

February 27, 2007
Birkett Announces Findings of Investigation into Judge Fritts

February 22, 2007
Bolingbrook Man Charged in Death of 7 Month-Old Daughter

February 22, 2007
Glendale Heights Man Sentenced to

February 20, 2007
Woodridge Man Gets 35 Years in Murder of Wife

January 23, 2007
Wheeling Man Charged in Traffic Fatality

January 18, 2007
Oswego Man Charged with Eleven Counts of Armed Robbery

January 10, 2007
GLENDALE HEIGHTS MAN CHARGED WITH POSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

January 10, 2007
State’s Attorney Birkett Awards Nearly $10,000 in

January 08, 2007
AURORA WOMAN SENTENCED TO 45 YEARS FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND

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