Recent News

Bob Berlin and other DuPage County elected officials were sworn in for their new terms on Monday, December 2, 2024.

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today Teodoro Garcia-Lopez, 32 (d.o.b. 4/12/1992), formerly of Addison, has been sentenced to eighty-three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a 2022 home invasion and sexual assault of a ten-year-old girl. On August 30, 2024, a jury found Garcia-Lopez guilty of three counts of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault - Victim Under Thirteen (Class X Felony), two counts of Home Invasion (Class X Felony), two counts of Aggravated Battery (one Class 2 Felony and one Class 3 Felony) and one count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (Class 2 Felony). On February 3, 2022, Garcia-Lopez appeared in Bond Court where Judge Michael Reidy set bond at $1 million with 10% to apply. He has remained in custody at the DuPage County Jail since that time. Judge Joseph Bugos presided over Garcia-Lopez’s trial and handed down today’s sentence.

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert “Bob” Berlin and several Assistant State’s Attorneys joined the 18th Judicial Family Violence Coordinating Council in presenting various topics related to DuPage County’s Comprehensive approach to combating domestic violence.

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and his entire office warmly welcomed its newest team member, Duo Dog “Crew”, to the Office this afternoon. DuPage County Clerk of the Circuit Court Candice Adams administered Crew’s oath of office at his official swearing in ceremony in the State’s Attorney’s Office attended by dozens of Crew’s newest co-workers. Following the ceremony, Crew, a twenty-month-old Labrador Retriever, took some time before getting to work to introduce himself to his fellow employees and even posed for several photographs.