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- DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that after a one-day bench trial, Judge George Bakalis has found Myles Burton, 21 (d.o.b. 12/10/1990) of 1816 S. Cardinal Court, Libertyville, guilty of a Hate Crime for carving anti-African American sentiments on a window ledge outside an Elmhurst College dormitory room in December, 2011.
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05/15/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Curtis Johnson, 29 (d.o.b. 7/22/1982) of Maywood, has been sentenced to 20 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a 2011 armed robbery of a taxi driver in Addison.
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05/08/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a former teacher at Metea Valley High School, Robert Smith, 28 (d.o.b. 8/1/1983) of 19601 Foxford Lane, Mokena, has been sentenced to six years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for sexually assaulting an underage student in 2010.
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05/01/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that Judge George Bakalis has sentenced Rocio Garza, 23 (d.o.b. 8/23/1988) of 161 W. Van Buren, Elmhurst, to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for his role in a 2010 fatal crash that claimed the life Robert Vincze, 30, of Michigan.
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04/30/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Inam Rahim, 58 (d.o.b. 3/27/1954) of 1708 Conan Doyle Road, Naperville has been charged with stealing more than $210,000 from his former employer, the Islamic Foundation, in Villa Park.
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04/30/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Robert C. Drefs, 54 (d.o.b. 6/16/1957) of 107 E. Wilson, Elmhurst, was sentenced to three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for stealing more than $54,000 from the Messiah Lutheran Church in Elmhurst.
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04/27/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Richard Osty, 71 (d.o.b. 9/29/1940) of 10 N. Sheridan, Waukegan and Ronald Moore, 57 (d.o.b. 4/14/1955) of 913 E. Elm, Wheaton, have each been indicted for their role in a new home construction scheme that allegedly bilked investors out of more than $800,000.
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04/27/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Judge Daniel Guerin has sentenced Jerry L. Hudson, 51 (d.o.b. 1/3/1961) formerly of Bolingbrook, to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the 2010 New Year’s Day murder of his ex-wife, then forty-five year-old Melissa Bridgewater.
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04/17/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced todaythat a former Woodridge police officer has entered a blind plea of guilty to stealing more than $30,000 from a charity to benefit the families of fallen police officers.
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04/12/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that former Warrenville Alderman Christopher Halley, 28 (d.o.b. 5/18/1983), of 2S030 Ascot Lane, Warrenville, has been sentenced to five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for swindling thousands of dollars from acquaintances on several occasions and even while on probation for similar charges.
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04/03/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that after approximately nine hours of deliberations, a jury has found Luis Villavicencio-Serna, 21 (d.o.b. 9/8/1990) of Chicago, guilty of First Degree Murder in the 2009 murder of Armando Huerta, Jr., 18, of Addison.
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03/22/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that his office has awarded thirty-five grants to fund drug prevention programs in DuPage County.
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03/22/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a DuPage County Grand Jury has returned a fourteen-count indictment against Daniel Olaska, 27 (d.o.b. 5/19/1984) of Naperville for the February 4, 2012 murder of Shaun Wild, also of Naperville.
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03/15/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert. B. Berlin announced today that Donald Ratcliff, 60 (d.o.b. 4/6/1951), of 1 N 54 Falcon Trail, Carol Stream, has been charged with two counts of Aggravated Child Pornography (Class 2 Felony) following an undercover operation conducted by the Carol Stream Police Department.
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03/01/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that after approximately two hours of deliberations a jury has found Jerry L. Hudson, 51 (d.o.b. 1/3/1961) of Bolingbrook guilty of First Degree Murder in the 2010 New Year’s day murder of his ex-wife, then forty-five year-old Melissa Bridgewater, also of Bolingbrook.
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02/28/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Rosemont woman accused of starting a fire in the hallway of an apartment building located at 7325 Woodward Avenue, Woodridge.
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02/23/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Naperville woman accused of attempting to steal a nine week-old puppy from a Naperville pet store.
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02/21/2012 - For the second year in a row, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba joined forces in an effort to collect child support payments from delinquent parents. Dubbed “Operation Love 2,” the endeavor has its sights set on forty three parents who have fallen behind in their child support payments.
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02/14/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for Marc Cajigal, 46 (d.o.b. 3/4/1965) of 1635 Windjammer Lane, Hanover Park for allegedly possessing more than 30 grams of Methamphetamine.
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02/08/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin today announced that Christopher Einecker, 23 (d.o.b. 04/28/1988) of 319 Arbor Avenue, West Chicago, has been sentenced to 26 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for injuring two men after he shot at their vehicle following a verbal altercation in the summer of 2010.
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02/08/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a substitute teacher and basketball coach at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a seventeen year old female student.
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02/07/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for a Naperville man accused of fatally stabbing one man and seriously injuring two other men in connection with an incident at a Naperville establishment early Saturday morning.
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02/05/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that John Gilbert, 48 (d.o.b. 9/12/1963) formerly of Chicago has been sentenced to 32 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the 2009 murder of co-worker, then 38 year old Jason Dragos of Highland, Indiana.
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02/03/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bail has been set at $75,000 for a former Illinois State Tollway Authority worker accused of using her position with the Tollway Authority to run a LEADS (Law Enforcement Agencies Data System) inquiry for purposes other than law enforcement purposes.
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02/02/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that his office has promoted four Assistant State’s Attorneys following the departure of two deputy chiefs from the office.
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02/01/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert. B. Berlin announced today that Jesus Hernandez, 36 (d.o.b. 5/15/1975) of 233 East Dewey, Northlake, has been sentenced to eighteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for breaking into a Lombard home in the fall of 2010.
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02/01/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Judge George Bakalis has sentenced Dewaun Tate, 20 (d.o.b. 4/23/1991) of Hanover Park, to 35 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for his role in the murder of Dollar + Store employee, then 56 year-old Vatsala Thakkar of Hanover Park.
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01/27/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today Judge Kathryn Creswell has sentenced Robert Lyons, 39 (d.o.b. 6/9/1972) formerly of Carol Stream, to forty years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the 2008 murder of his mother Linda Bolek, then 61.
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01/23/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that bond has been set for two men who allegedly robbed a Naperville restaurant in the evening hours of Monday, January 16.
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01/18/2012 - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Erica Salgado, 24 (d.o.b. 7/6/1987) of 170 Hamlet Court, Montgomery, was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for embezzling more than $100,000 from her former employer, Naperville-based Rental Homes, Inc. and its owner Sandra Walsh.
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01/12/2012