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Statement From State’s Attorney Berlin Regarding Naperville Officer-Involved Shooting on June 3, 2022
Posted Date: 08/15/2022
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres announced
today that the State’s motion to deny bail for a convicted felon accused of
illegally possessing a loaded firearm and illegal drugs has been granted.
Posted Date: 08/12/2022
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Jason
Arres announced that on Sunday morning, the State’s motion to deny bail for a Chicago
man accused of breaking into a Naperville home was granted.
Posted Date: 08/08/2022
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres
announced today that the State’s motion to deny bail for a Chicago man accused
of illegally possessing a loaded firearm and approximately 17.4 grams of cocaine
has been granted.
Posted Date: 08/04/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that John Coakley, 59 (d.o.b.
5/8/1963) of the 2S600 block of Westbury Court, Warrenville, has been charged
with one count of Misdemeanor Public Indecency-Lew Exposure.
Posted Date: 07/28/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and St. Charles
Chief of Police James Keegan announced
today that two male juveniles have been charged with starting a three-alarm
fire at the former Pheasant Run resort on North Avenue. Two additional male
juveniles have each been charged with trespassing at the resort as well.
Posted Date: 07/27/2022
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross announced today that an Aurora man
with an active arrest warrant will be held without bond after he was allegedly
found in possession of a handgun and approximately thirteen grams of cocaine.
Posted Date: 07/25/2022
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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 natural-life plus
forty-five years sentence of Dominic Sanders for the 2017 murder of Andrea
Urban.
Posted Date: 07/19/2022
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Wheaton man has been sentenced to
sixteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for sexually assaulting
two different women on separate occasions while the women were intoxicated and unable
to give knowing consent.
Posted Date: 07/18/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Roselle Chief
of Police Steve Herron announced today
that bond has been denied for a Roselle man charged with shooting an innocent
woman in the head early yesterday morning at a Roselle restaurant.
Posted Date: 07/17/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of
Police Roy Newton announced that bond has been set for a Lombard man accused of
threatening a woman and hijacking her car from her apartment complex parking
lot.
Posted Date: 07/16/2022
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin announced that bond was set yesterday afternoon for a Hanover
Park woman accused of illegally obtaining more than $80,000 in loans from the
SBA Payment Protection Program (PPP).
Posted Date: 07/15/2022
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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 Cook
County man accused of illegally possessing a loaded firearm with an extended
magazine and approximately 43 grams of methamphetamine.
Posted Date: 07/13/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin
and Elmhurst Interim Chief of Police Michael McLean announced today that an
Elmhurst man has been charged with spray-painting swastikas on the homes and
vehicles of several Elmhurst residences.
Posted Date: 07/13/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin
and Elmhurst Interim Chief of Police Michael McLean announced today that bond
has been set for a former Bensenville man who fled after being charged in 2000
with Concealment of a Homicidal Death, a Class 3 Felony.
Posted Date: 07/07/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Chicago teen charged with
hijacking a woman’s car at gunpoint from an Addison Popeye’s restaurant parking
lot has been sentenced to eight years in the Illinois Department of
Corrections.
Posted Date: 06/28/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Lisle man accused of supplying
a fatal dose of heroin/fentanyl to Andrew Sasnau, 19, of Darien, has been
sentenced to nine years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 06/21/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin announced today that a jury has found Donald Pelka, 63 (d.o.b.
4/23/1959) of Bartlett guilty of First-Degree Murder in the 2018 shooting death
of twenty-nine-year-old Kyle Goidas of Glendale Heights.
Posted Date: 06/16/2022
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced
today that bond has been denied for two Chicago men accused of robbing a Lombard
7-Eleven convenience store at gunpoint.
Posted Date: 06/14/2022
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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 an Elgin man accused of causing a fiery crash
that claimed the life of his seventeen-year-old passenger, Byron Montgomery.
Posted Date: 06/02/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today
that a sixteen-year-old Westmont resident accused in juvenile court of shooting
a woman in her leg and hijacking her car at gunpoint has been transferred to
adult court.
Posted Date: 06/01/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin
and Carol Stream Chief of Police William Holmer announced today that a fifteen-year-old
male Glenbard North High School student has been charged with one count of
Disorderly Conduct (Class 4 Felony) for allegedly drawing threatening images on
a school test.
Posted Date: 05/27/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross announced
today that a sixteen-year-old male Metea Valley High School sophomore has been
charged with Aggravated Battery in a Public Place (Class 3 Felony) following an
alleged fight in a school bathroom.
Posted Date: 05/26/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin
and Wheaton Chief of Police William Murphy announced today that a twelve-year-old
male Edison Middle School student has been charged with making threatening
statements directed at the school.
Posted Date: 05/26/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a
former legal secretary for a DuPage County law firm has been sentenced to five
years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for stealing nearly $100,000
from the firm.
Posted Date: 05/24/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin
and Addison Director of Police Timothy Hayden announced today that an eighteen-year-old
male Addison Trail High School student has been charged with posting a threatening
message on Instagram directed at school personnel.
Posted Date: 05/20/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today a tow-truck driver has been
found guilty of First-Degree Murder for fatally shooting the driver of a
semitrailer truck following an apparent road rage altercation in 2017.
Posted Date: 05/18/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Naperville
Chief of Police Jason Arres announced today that bond has been set for two
Naperville men accused of entering a man’s home and beating him in front of his
minor daughter.
Posted Date: 05/11/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and West Chicago Chief of Police Colin Fleury announced today that a West
Chicago High School student has been accused of displaying a weapon and
threatening another student while at school.
Posted Date: 05/10/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Wheaton Chief
of Police William Murphy announced today that bond has been set for a Carol
Stream man accused of firing a handgun at a vehicle occupied by his
ex-girlfriend and another individual.
Posted Date: 05/06/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced today that Justin Dalcollo has been sentenced to one hundred one years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the abduction, sexual assault and armed robbery of a female college student in March 2019.
Posted Date: 05/03/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Chicago man accused of killing
a bicyclist with his car and then fleeing the scene of the crash has been
sentenced to sixteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC).
Posted Date: 05/02/2022
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Lombard man has entered a plea of
guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism.
Posted Date: 04/27/2022
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced
today that a sixteen-year-old male Glenbard East High School student has been
charged with allegedly placing a drawing addressed to a teacher in the teacher’s
file cabinet depicting an act of violence targeting the school.
Posted Date: 04/21/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Chicago man charged with
the 2019 shooting death of twenty-two-year-old Jerry McCray of Roselle has been
sentenced to twenty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, the
maximum penalty allowed by law.
Posted Date: 04/18/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney
Robert Berlin announced today the second of two individuals accused of starving
two dogs to death has been sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department
of Corrections (IDOC), the maximum available penalty.
Posted Date: 04/14/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of Police Michael Ruth announced
today that bond has been set for an Addison man accused
of setting fire to a vehicle in the parking lot of an Elmhurst Car Dealership.
Posted Date: 04/14/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Aurora Chief
of Police Keith Cross announced today that bond has been set for an Aurora man charged
with shooting a neighbor’s dog in the head.
Posted Date: 04/13/2022
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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 a Naperville man accused of supplying a fatal dose of a fentanyl/fluorofentanyl mixture to an Addison
woman.
Posted Date: 03/15/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a fifteen-year-old juvenile, who previously entered a plea of guilty to one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony), has been sentenced to the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice for an indeterminate amount of time not to exceed his twenty-first birthday.
Posted Date: 03/14/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly announced today that a Chicago
man has been charged with posting threatening Facebook messages directed at Illinois
State Representative Deb Conroy.
Posted Date: 03/12/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin
and Burr Ridge Chief of Police John Madden announced today that bond has been
set for a Woodridge man charged with leaving the scene after he struck and
killed sixteen-year-old Alex Hunt with his vehicle.
Posted Date: 03/10/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin
and Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross announced today that bond has been set
for a Geneva man charged with crashing into a vehicle on the side of the
roadway killing one man and seriously injuring another.
Posted Date: 03/10/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of
Police Michael Ruth announced today that bond has been set for a Cook County man
charged with attempting to flee police in a stolen motor vehicle.
Posted Date: 03/03/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Itasca Director of Police Robert
O’Connor announced today that charges have been filed against an Itasca woman charged
in a thirty-six-count indictment alleging she attempted to defraud at least
nine different financial institutions as well as the U.S. Small Business
Association.
Posted Date: 02/28/2022
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In recognition of
the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s annual National Justice for Animals Week,
DuPage County Assistant State’s Attorney Alyssa Rabulinski was presented the
Organization’s Top Animal Defenders Award at this morning’s DuPage County Board
Meeting.
Posted Date: 02/22/2022
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Illinois State Police Director
Brendan Kelly announced today that bond has been set for a Berwyn man currently
on parole and on bond for gun related charges out of Cook County accused of
opening fire on another automobile last November.
Posted Date: 02/22/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Carol
Stream Chief of Police William Holmer announced today that bond has been set
for two Chicago men accused of stealing merchandise by force from a Carol Stream
T-Mobile store.
Posted Date: 02/17/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Warrenville Chief of Police Raymond
Turano announced today that bond has been set for a Warrenville woman charged
with the murder of her daughter’s father, thirty-one-year-old Joseph Strock.
Posted Date: 02/16/2022
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced that bond was set late
yesterday afternoon for a Woodridge man accused of possessing more than 55
grams of illegal narcotics and illegally possessing a loaded handgun found in baby's crib.
Posted Date: 02/09/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Oak Brook Interim
Chief of Police John Krull announced that bond was set yesterday for a Chicago woman
accused of stealing more than $17,000 worth of merchandise from the Neiman
Marcus store in Oak Brook.
Posted Date: 02/07/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of
Police Jason Arres announced today that
bond has been set for a Naperville man charged with the shooting death of
forty-one-year-old Jeffery Churchill.
Posted Date: 02/05/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Willowbrook
Chief of Police Robert Schaller announced
today that bond has been set for a Chicago man charged with shooting a woman
who is eight-months pregnant while she was traveling on Route 83 in
Willowbrook.
Posted Date: 02/04/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and
Carol Stream Chief of Police William Holmer announced today that bond has been
set for a Chicago couple accused of stealing more than $2 million worth of
merchandise from a retail distribution company.
Posted Date: 02/04/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and Addison Director of Police Bill Hayden announced today that bond has
been set for an Addison man accused of entering an Addison residence last month
and sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl.
Posted Date: 02/03/2022
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a then seventeen-year-old Glendale
Heights man has been sentenced to twenty years in the Illinois Department of
Corrections for the shooting death of twenty-year-old Miguel Reynoso.
Posted Date: 02/01/2022
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DuPage
County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced that bond was denied yesterday for
a recently convicted gunrunner accused of fleeing after cutting off his
electronic GPS monitor following his brother’s funeral.
Posted Date: 01/24/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced
today that Stephan Filipiak, 58 (d.o.b. 8/23/1963), formerly of Addison, has
been sentenced to natural life without the possibility of parole in the
Illinois Department of Corrections for sexually assaulting an acquaintance’s two
minor daughters.
Posted Date: 01/19/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of
Police Roy Newton announced that a Chicago man has been charged with threatening
a Lombard Police Officer.
Posted Date: 01/14/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Chicago man accused of
causing a head-on crash that killed two passengers in an oncoming vehicle has
been sentenced to twenty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Posted Date: 01/12/2022
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DuPage County
State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Westmont Chief of Police Jim Gunther
announced today that Judge Anthony Coco has ordered that an armed Cook County
juvenile accused of Burglary and assaulting a police officer at a Westmont BMW
dealership be detained until at least his next court appearance which is
scheduled for January 27, 2022.
Posted Date: 01/11/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert
Berlin and Westmont Chief of Police Jim Gunther announced today that a fifteen-year-old
Westmont juvenile has been accused of shooting a fifty-four-year-old woman in
her leg and hijacking her car at gunpoint late Tuesday evening.
Posted Date: 01/06/2022
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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and West Chicago Chief of
Police Colin Fleury announced that
bond was set yesterday for two Chicago men charged with carjacking at gunpoint
a resident’s vehicle from his garage.
Posted Date: 01/02/2022
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DuPage County State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin and Westmont Chief of Police Jim Gunther announced today
that bond has been set for three of four individuals accused of Burglary at a
Westmont BMW dealership.
Posted Date: 01/01/2022