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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and West Chicago Chief of Police Michael
Uplegger announced today that bond has been set for a West Chicago man accused
of hijacking a sixty-two-year-old man’s car at knifepoint.
Posted Date: 04/02/2020
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A prominent state’s attorney and a southern Illinois state
representative have been named Public Officials of the Year by the Illinois
Association of Chiefs of Police. They are:
State Representative Terri Bryant,
R-Mt. Vernon
DuPage County State’s Attorney
Robert Berlin
Posted Date: 03/18/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Hinsdale Chief of
Police Brian King announced today that two Cook County males have been charged with
stealing and/or possessing a stolen motor vehicle in DuPage County in two separate
occasions.
Posted Date: 03/13/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Roselle man accused of
stealing more than $200,000 from the College of DuPage (COD) through an
elaborate scheme involving financial aid fraud has been sentenced to six years in
the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 03/12/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Robert
Marshall announced today that bond has been set for a Naperville man charged
with Aggravated Domestic Battery (Class 2 Felony) in connection with the death
of his wife.
Posted Date: 03/11/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a West Chicago man originally
charged with Aggravated Battery is now facing murder charges after the victim
succumbed to his injuries.
Posted Date: 03/11/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Bartlett man has been
found guilty of Aggravated Battery to a Jewel grocery store employee.
Posted Date: 03/04/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin, ATF Assistant Special Agent in Charge Bennie
Mims, DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell and Addison Chief of Police
Bill Hayden announced that bond has been set for eight of nine members of the
La Raza street gang for alleged illegal drug and weapons offenses. ###
Posted Date: 03/02/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a jury has found Juan M.
Granados, 42 (d.o.b. 01/03/1978) formerly of Glen Ellyn, guilty of killing his
ex-wife, Nancy Bustos in the fall of 2011.
Posted Date: 02/27/2020
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“Every case involving the use of
deadly force by a police officer must be carefully and thoroughly investigated.
Such scrutiny is required to ensure the protection of the civil rights of those
involved and to maintain the public’s confidence in law enforcement.
Posted Date: 02/26/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and
Wheaton Chief of Police Bill Murphy announced today that seven juvenile female
Wheaton North High School students are all facing Mob Action (Class 4 Felony)
charges following a premeditated brawl that erupted at the high school
yesterday morning.
Posted Date: 02/26/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced
today that a Villa Park woman accused of sexually abusing two young boys age
fourteen and sixteen has been sentenced to ninety days in the DuPage County
Jail.
Posted Date: 02/24/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney
Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for three individuals
accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from two DuPage
County retailers.
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Posted Date: 02/18/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Cicero man accused of intentionally running over his girlfriend, Yesenia Rodriguez, in a Yorktown Mall parking lot in the summer of 2018 has been sentenced to twenty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 02/10/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney
Robert B. Berlin and Lisle Acting Chief of Police Ron Wilke announced today
that bond has been denied for two cousins accused of robbing at gunpoint
approximately sixty cell phones and other electronics from a Lisle Verizon
store. ###
Posted Date: 02/03/2020
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Chicago resident charged
with forcibly stealing a woman’s car from a Wheaton shopping center has been sentenced
to eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 01/31/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney
Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Chicago man accused of following a
Wheaton couple on their way home and stealing their car at gunpoint has been
sentenced to twenty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC).###
Posted Date: 01/29/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin, Woodridge Chief of
Police Brian Cunningham and Darien Chief of Police Greg Thomas announced today
that bond has been set for two men charged with hijacking a man’s car at
gunpoint from a Woodridge gas station.
Posted Date: 01/23/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced
today that the 1976 murder of sixteen-year-old Pamela Maurer has been solved. In
his announcement, Berlin named then twenty-three-year-old now deceased Bruce
Lindahl, who resided at 1023 Solfisburg, Aurora at the time, as the man responsible
for Pam’s murder.
Posted Date: 01/13/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced
today that bond has been set for a Hinsdale man accused of sexually abusing a thirteen-year-old
boy he met on an Internet dating application.
Posted Date: 01/10/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced
today that a Naperville man has pled guilty to striking seventeen-year-old
Elizabeth Dunlap with his car and killing her early last year.
Posted Date: 01/09/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Downers Grove Police Chief Shanon Gillette
announced today that bond has been set for a Downers
Grove man accused of setting fire to his house last month.
Posted Date: 01/07/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney
Robert B. Berlin, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick and Lisle Deputy Chief
of Police Ron Wilke announced today that bond has been denied for a Chicago man
accused of robbing several hundred dollars from two DuPage County businesses.
Posted Date: 01/07/2020