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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Clarendon Hills Chief of Police Paul Dalen announced today that bond has been set for a Chicago man accused of causing a head-on crash while driving the wrong way on Route 83 in Clarendon Hills that claimed the lives of two passengers in an oncoming vehicle.
Posted Date: 10/21/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Glendale Heights man accused of shooting a loss prevention officer at the Burlington Coat Factory store at Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale has been sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 10/18/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick announced today that bond has been set for a bartender accused of sexually assaulting a female customer.
Posted Date: 10/18/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Onecimo Vazquez-Velazquez, 31 (d.o.b. 10/31/1987) of Westmont, has been found guilty of Aggravated DUI Causing Death and Reckless Homicide involving a 2018 crash that claimed the life of his passenger, Annajeanne Dewey.
Posted Date: 10/17/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced that Oscar Howell, 28 (d.o.b. 4/20/1991) formerly of Chicago, has been sentenced to twenty-eight years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for sexually assaulting a Bensenville woman he met through the social media app KIK.
Posted Date: 10/10/2019
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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 an Aurora woman charged with the murder of Scott Hardy of Naperville.
Posted Date: 10/04/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Villa Park Chief of Police Michael Lay announced today that bond has been set for a Villa Park man charged with hijacking a woman’s car from a gas station.
Posted Date: 10/03/2019
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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 Waukegan man accused of breaking into a Naperville home and stealing multiple items including a wallet and more than $1,100 in cash.
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Posted Date: 10/02/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that James Aydelotte, 22, (d.o.b. 7/1/1997) formerly of Glen Ellyn, has entered a blind plea of guilty to the 2017 murder of forty-nine-year-old John Murray of Glendale Heights.
Posted Date: 10/01/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Des Plaines man charged with stabbing his former girlfriend to death in 2017 has been sentenced to forty-five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 09/30/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of Police Michael Ruth announced today that a male York High School student has been accused of posting a threatening Snapchat message directed at the school.
Posted Date: 09/18/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been denied for a Burbank man accused of “hog tying” a pharmacist and stealing prescription medications at gunpoint from an Aurora pharmacy.
Posted Date: 09/13/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Woodridge Chief of Police Brian Cunningham announced today that bond has been set for a Woodridge man charged with possession of child pornography.
Posted Date: 09/12/2019
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I applaud Representative Durkin for continuing his efforts to protect the health and welfare of his community. The residents of Willowbrook deserve a say in what type of business they will or will not allow in their community.
Posted Date: 09/09/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a former Army Specialist has been sentenced to seventy-five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for sexually assaulting a young female.
Posted Date: 08/29/2019
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Defendant faces new charges while on parole just five weeks after being released from prison
WHEATON - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of Police Michael Ruth announced today that bond has been set for a Chicago man acused of attempting to burglarize an Elmhurst residence while in possession of a stolen car.
Posted Date: 08/28/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Woodridge Chief of Police Brian Cunningham announced today that a former Des Plaines woman has entered a plea of guilty to contracting a “dark-web” company to murder the wife of a man with whom she had an affair.
Posted Date: 08/27/2019
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Law enforcement officials from throughout DuPage County, including State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Sheriff James Mendrick and nearly two dozen local police chiefs, announced today the formation of a new county-wide task force charged with leading investigations into serious crimes, critical incidents and other law enforcement endeavors.
Posted Date: 08/07/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick announced today the indictment of a DNA profile suspected to be involved in the case of “Baby Hope,” an infant who was found dead in a backpack on a roadside in unincorporated Wheaton.
Posted Date: 08/05/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Bartlett Police Chief Patrick Ullrich announced today that bond has been set for a Bartlett man accused of punching a Jewel grocery store employee in the face.
Posted Date: 07/23/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Henry Morales, 31 (d.o.b. 3/13/1988) formerly of Armitage Avenue, Glendale Heights, has been sentenced to thirty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for sexually assaulting his former girlfriend in the Spring of 2016.
Posted Date: 07/23/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Glendale Heights woman accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars through an elaborate scheme involving identity theft of more than two dozen victims.
Posted Date: 07/18/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Chicago man charged with yelling racial slurs and threatening three African-American men and one Hispanic man with a knife has been sentenced to two years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 07/16/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick announced today that a Woodridge man is facing more than two dozen misdemeanor charges stemming from a fire at a Carol Stream kennel he operated that claimed the lives of twenty-nine dogs.
Posted Date: 07/11/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Abeet Ramos, 21 (d.o.b. 2/1/1998) formerly of South Elgin, has been sentenced to ten years in the Illinois Department of Corrections following a guilty plea to one count of Armed Robbery, a Class X Felony, of a Wheaton College student in the summer of 2016.
Posted Date: 06/27/2019
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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: 06/19/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a West Chicago man has been found guilty of sexually abusing a seventeen-year-old girl whom he coached in a private athletic club.
Posted Date: 06/14/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, Winfield Chief of Police David Schar and Wheaton Chief of Police William Murphy announced today that bond has been set for three men accused of impersonating a police officer.
Posted Date: 06/07/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a former DuPage County Probation Officer has entered a plea of guilty to having inappropriate sexual contact with a female probationer whose case he was monitoring.
Posted Date: 06/06/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a former employee of a Bensenville automobile business accused of stealing more than $175,000 from the now-defunct business.
Posted Date: 06/06/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Bartlett Chief of Police Patrick Ullrich announced today that bond has been set for a Bartlett man accused of killing his mother.
Posted Date: 05/31/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Des Plaines man charged with stabbing his former girlfriend to death in 2017 has entered a blind plea of guilty to one count of First Degree Murder.
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Posted Date: 05/24/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Lombard woman accused of killing her mother in 2018 has been sentenced to twenty-six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 05/17/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Addison Director of Police Bill Hayden announced today that a male Indian Trail Junior High School student has been charged with leaving a threatening voice mail message at his school.
Posted Date: 05/13/2019
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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 conviction of Grant Van Muren, 26, who was convicted of Second Degree Murder in the 2014 death of fifty-five-year-old Charles Clarke of Naperville.
Posted Date: 05/09/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Wheaton Chief of Police William Murphy announced today that bond has been set for a Lombard couple charged with stealing funds from a not-for-profit agency intended to aid United States veterans.
Posted Date: 05/03/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin, DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group (DuMEG) Director Andrew Anselm and Hinsdale Chief of Police Brian King announced today that bond has been set for a Burr Ridge man charged with supplying heroin to an acquaintance resulting in a fatal overdose.
Posted Date: 05/02/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and
Chicago Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brian M.
McKnight announced today that felony drug charges have been filed against two
Addison men accused of possessing approximately one kilogram of heroin.
Posted Date: 05/01/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Hanover Park Chief of Police Michael Menough announced today that bond has been set for a Streamwood man accused of causing a fatal head-on crash after driving into oncoming traffic on County Farm Road in Hanover Park earlier this year.
Posted Date: 05/01/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Judge Brian Telander has found a Chicago man guilty of strangling his former girlfriend to unconsciousness.
Posted Date: 04/25/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Chicago man accused of striking an Elmhurst police officer with his vehicle following a traffic stop has been sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 04/23/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Bartlett man accused of strangling his wife, Nancy, to death has entered a blind plea of guilty to one count of Second Degree Murder.
Posted Date: 04/22/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Plainfield man accused of causing a head-on crash while driving the wrong way on I-355 in Downers Grove that seriously injured a pregnant woman in an oncoming vehicle.
Posted Date: 04/22/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that felony drug charges have been filed against a West Chicago man accused of possessing large quantities of illegal narcotics and marijuana.
Posted Date: 04/19/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced today that bond has been set for a former Glenbard East High School Student accused of sending a threatening message to a current female Glenbard East High School student.
Posted Date: 04/19/2019
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“This morning, after consulting with top members of my staff, I have decided not to proceed with a retrial against Randy Liebich, who was found guilty and sentenced to sixty-five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the February 8, 2002, First-Degree Murder of two-year-old Steven Quinn.
Posted Date: 04/17/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Naperville man accused of opening fire at a group of people in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving Day, 2016, has been sentenced to fifteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 04/15/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Addison Director of Police Bill Hayden announced today that a former Lincoln Academy student has been accused of threatening a teacher at the Addison school.
Posted Date: 04/12/2019
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Following is a summation and my conclusion of an extensive and thorough investigation regarding the shooting of Zachery Kelley by a Naperville police officer.
Posted Date: 04/10/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Wheaton Chief of Police Bill Murphy announced today that bond has been set for a Wheaton man accused of killing his brother in law.
Posted Date: 04/08/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a Lombard woman has pled guilty to strangling her mother to death last year.
Posted Date: 04/03/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today Judge Brian Telander has sentenced Myron D. Ester, 50 (d.o.b. 9/29/1968) to natural life behind bars without the possibility of parole plus an additional five years for the 2013 murder of Wheaton resident thirty-nine-year-old Linda Valez.
Posted Date: 04/02/2019
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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 conviction of Guiseppe Ressa, 38, formerly of West Chicago, who was found guilty of abducting and making physical contact with young children on multiple occasions in 2015.
Posted Date: 04/02/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and West Chicago Chief of Police Michael Uplegger announced today that a West Chicago man is facing new charges this morning after allegedly punching his girlfriend, pulling a gun on her and threatening to kill her just two weeks after posting $750 bond on Felony charges for allegedly resisting a police officer and hitting the same woman in the face and threatening to kill her.
Posted Date: 03/14/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Chief of the Downers Grove Police Department Shanon Gillette, announced today that bond will remain at $750,000 with 10% to apply for a Cook County man charged with supplying heroin to an acquaintance resulting in a fatal overdose.
Posted Date: 03/05/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin announced today that DuPage County has filed a lawsuit against Hot Shots Photography Studio, located at 0N758 Gary Avenue, Wheaton, alleging that the business has been operating as an adult business and not as a photography studio as advertised.
Posted Date: 02/28/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Shanon Gillette announced today that bond has been set for a Naperville man accused of striking seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Dunlap with his car causing her death.
Posted Date: 02/26/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Shanon Gillette announced today that a $5 million arrest warrant has been issued for Joseph Kucharski, 51 (d.o.b. 8/9/1967) with a last known address in Naperville.
Posted Date: 02/22/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced that on February 11, 2019, Damien Dickens, 40 (d.o.b. 12/1/1978) formerly of Aurora, was sentenced to twelve years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for sexually assaulting a woman in 2013.
Posted Date: 02/13/2019
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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 denied for a Rockford man, his girlfriend and his mother all charged with the murder of twenty-year-old Michael Armendariz of Naperville.
Posted Date: 02/09/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Naperville man accused of pointing what appeared to be a real gun at the time, later determined to be a pellet gun, at Naperville police officers on January 23, 2019.
Posted Date: 02/08/2019
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Joint statement from Attorney General Kwame Raoul and DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin regarding Sterigenics.
Posted Date: 02/05/2019
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State’s Attorney Berlin Finds Officer Justified in Glendale Heights Officer-Involved Shooting
Posted Date: 02/05/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Shanon Gillette announced today a male Downers Grove North High School student has been charged with posting a threat on Snapchat directed at his school.
Posted Date: 02/01/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Addison Director of Police Bill Hayden announced today that bond has been set for an Addison woman charged with assaulting three Addison police officers while armed with two knives.
Posted Date: 01/28/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Carol Stream Chief of Police Ed Sailer announced today that bond has been set at $250,000 with 10% to apply for a Carol Stream volleyball coach charged with possession of child pornography.
Posted Date: 01/24/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that an Aurora man charged in a fatal crash that claimed the life of thirty-six-year-old David Dokken also of Aurora, a passenger in his vehicle, has been sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 01/11/2019
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Westmont man accused fondling a pregnant woman yesterday afternoon as she was waking to work.
Posted Date: 01/03/2019