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WHEATON - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today
that a former DuPage County Probation Officer has been sentenced to thirty
months in the Illinois Department of Corrections for having inappropriate
sexual contact with a female probationer after it was discovered he violated
his probation by falsifying documents related to his one-year sentence of periodic
imprisonment.
Posted Date: 07/08/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced that the Second
District Appellate Court of Illinois has affirmed the conviction of Kevin
Liszka, 36, formerly of Melrose Park. Liszka was found guilty of supplying a
fatal dose of heroin to a twenty-six-year-old Naperville man in 2015.
Posted Date: 07/02/2020
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of Police Michael
Ruth announced today that a twenty-two-year-old man has been charged with Attempt
First Degree Murder for allegedly shooting an Elmhurst man last May. Charged
with one count of Attempt First Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated
Battery – Discharge of a Firearm (both Class X Felonies) is Alec Gonzales, 22
(d.o.b. 10/27/1997) with residences at 679 S. Berkley Avenue, Elmhurst and 8534
E Grandview Street, Mesa, Arizona.
Posted Date: 07/01/2020
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DuPage County State's Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced
today that Judge Brian Telander has sentenced Dominic Sanders, 33 (d.o.b. 2/2/1987)
formerly of University Park, to natural life in prison without the possibility
of parole for the 2017 murder of Andrea Urban of Hinsdale.
Posted Date: 06/30/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced
today that charges have been filed against a Bolingbrook man accused of causing
a head-on crash that resulted in the death of Dulce Olivia Avila-Adame.
Posted Date: 06/25/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick announced
today that charges have been filed against a Willowbrook juvenile for allegedly
shooting a friend in the chest while showing him a gun.
Posted Date: 06/23/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Robert
Marshall announced today that charges have been upgraded to First Degree Murder
against Alan Wang, 56 (d.o.b. 3/20/1964) of 1103 N. Mill Street, Naperville.
Wang is accused of beating his wife to death earlier this year.
Posted Date: 06/19/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Wheaton Deputy Chief of Police P.J. Youker announced today
that a Lombard man has entered a plea of guilty to stealing funds from a
not-for-profit agency intended to aid United States veterans.
Posted Date: 06/17/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced
today that bond has been set for a Bloomingdale man charged with murder in the
death of his forty-three-year-old physically and mentally handicapped nephew, Damian
B. Scott.
Posted Date: 06/14/2020
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that the Second District Appellate
Court of Illinois has affirmed the twenty-year sentence imposed by Judge Liam
Brennan upon Francis Emanuele for supplying a fatal dose of methadone to
a fifteen-year-old foreign exchange student from Spain.
Posted Date: 06/11/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced
today that a Bartlett man has been sentenced to two years in the Illinois
Department of Corrections for punching and kicking a Jewel grocery store bagger
last summer.
Posted Date: 06/10/2020
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This afternoon, DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin reiterated his support for peaceful protests in DuPage
County but warned that law enforcement throughout the County will continue to be
on the lookout for those who would take advantage of the protests to commit
crimes.
Posted Date: 06/04/2020
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Beginning June 8, 2020, courts in the 18th Judicial Circuit (DuPage County) will resume hearing
all court matters either in-person or by remote means.
Posted Date: 06/04/2020
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced
today that bond has been set for a Lombard man accused yelling racial slurs at
several people following a graduation party last night.
Posted Date: 06/03/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced today that a Lombard
man has been charged with one count of Possession of an Incendiary Device and
one count of Attempt Terrorism, (both charges are a Class 1 Felony) for allegedly
approaching numerous city-owned squad cars armed with a Molotov cocktail, lighters
and a bat.
Posted Date: 06/01/2020
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Glen Ellyn Chief of Police Philip
Norton announced today that bond has been set for a Chicago man accused of beating
and strangling his ex-girlfriend who is the mother of his daughter.
Posted Date: 05/28/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin announced today that an Oak Park man accused of shooting to death twenty-seven-year-old
Sanchez Townes-Elliot of Glendale Heights has entered a plea of guilty to one
count of Second Degree Murder, a Class 1 Felony.
Posted Date: 05/27/2020
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that the Second
District Appellate Court of Illinois has affirmed the one-hundred-year sentence imposed by Judge Robert Miller upon Roberto Noyola-Espinal for forcing his way into a Lisle woman’s home and sexually
assaulting her in 1999.
Posted Date: 05/27/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that bond has been
denied for the second of two men accused of hijacking at gunpoint a Chevy
Camaro from a man late Monday night and robbing an Addison gas station at
gunpoint on March 29, 2020.
Posted Date: 05/14/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and Hinsdale Chief of Police Brian King announced today that bond has
been set for a Bellwood man accused of illegally videotaping three girls at a Hinsdale
home where he was hired to do construction work.
Posted Date: 05/13/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney
Robert Berlin and Addison Director of Police Bill Hayden announced today that
bond has been denied for one of two men accused of hijacking at gunpoint a Chevy
Camaro from a man late Monday night and robbing an Addison gas station at
gunpoint on March 29, 2020.
Posted Date: 05/13/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Chicago man accused of leaving
threatening voice messages directed at DuPage County Board Chairman Daniel
Cronin.
Posted Date: 05/06/2020
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Robert Marshall announced
today that bond has been set for two Hoffman Estates residents accused of starving
two dogs to death.
Posted Date: 05/05/2020
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DuPage County Chief Judge Daniel P. Guerin today issued an Administrative Order which extends limited court operations by rescheduling most criminal, juvenile, and all traffic matters through June 5, 2020.
Posted Date: 05/01/2020
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DuPage County Chief Judge Daniel P. Guerin today issued an Administrative Order effective May 1, 2020 requiring all attorneys and other members of the general public able to medically tolerate a face-covering to wear one when located within the indoor public spaces of the DuPage County Courthouse.
Posted Date: 05/01/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin
and Bloomingdale Director of Public Safety Frank Giammarese announced today
that a Bloomingdale man has been charged with murder in the death of his nephew,
Damian B. Scott.
Posted Date: 04/30/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and Glen Ellyn Chief of Police Philip Norton announced today that three
Cook County men have each been charged with one count of Armed Robbery with a
Firearm (Class X Felony) for allegedly robbing at gunpoint THC cartridges from
a man in Glen Ellyn.
Posted Date: 04/27/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Shanon Gillette announced today that a former school security
guard, Gonzalo Cesar Navejar, 39
(d.o.b. 1/16/1981) of 16A Kingery Quarter, Willowbrook has been charged with
having inappropriate sexual-based communications with an underage female
Downers Grove South High School student.
Posted Date: 04/27/2020
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced today that bond has
been set for two Cook County men accused of hijacking at gunpoint a Cadillac
SUV from a man while he was in line at a Lombard McDonald’s drive through.
Posted Date: 04/24/2020
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Roselle Chief of Police Steve Herron
announced today that bond has been set for a Chicago man accused robbing a
Roselle gas Station at gunpoint.
Posted Date: 04/13/2020
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that the Second
District Appellate Court of Illinois has affirmed the first-degree murder
conviction and seventy-year sentence imposed by Judge George Bakalis for
the execution-style murder of thirty-seven-year-old Nathan Fox of Bloomingdale.
Posted Date: 04/09/2020
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DuPage County Chief Judge Daniel P. Guerin today issued an Administrative Order rescheduling
most criminal and civil matters set in the 18th Judicial Circuit Court through May 15, 2020. M
Posted Date: 04/08/2020
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin and Carol Stream Deputy Chief of Police John Jungers
announced today that bond has been set for an Algonquin man accused of
arranging to meet an underage boy for sexual purposes.
Posted Date: 04/04/2020
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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