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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.
Read MoreDuPage 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. James T. Kimbrough, 22 (d.o.b. 9/19/1997) of 714 E. 147th Street, Dolton, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Jeffrey MacKay denied bond. The second defendant, Malik Pierre-Louis, 23 (d.o.b. 8/10/1996) of 991 East Lake Street, Addison, is scheduled to appear in Bond Court tomorrow morning. Both men have been charged with one count of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking with a Firearm (Class X Felony) and one count of Armed Robbery (Class X Felony).
Read MoreDuPage 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.
Read MoreDuPage 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.
Read MoreDuPage 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.
Read MoreJerry Thomas Jr., 18 of Chicago, was released on bond after allegedly committing a criminal trespass to a vehicle in Cook County. While free on that bond, Thomas traveled to DuPage County and committed a violent armed robbery of a gas station in Roselle.
Read MorePlease read the attached press release from DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin, featuring DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, regarding law enforcement efforts and State’s Attorney operations during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreOn March 17 the Illinois Chiefs of Police Association named DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin as their “Public Official of the Year” for 2019. Bob was honored at a ceremony in Oak Brook by a group of area Chiefs of Police including DuPage Sheriff James Mendrick.
Read More“For reasons still unclear, Mr. Mirabella violently attacked an innocent man at work,” Berlin said. “Mr. Mirabella’s appalling behavior is magnified when considering the fact that the victim in this case is a special needs individual who, while working as a bagger at Jewel, posed no threat to the defendant.”
Read MoreOn February 27, 2020, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced 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. In addition to the finding of guilty of First-Degree Murder, the jury also found Granados guilty of Criminal Sexual Assault.
Read MoreAs violent criminals seek to harm the public, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin recently announced major criminal prosecutions related to an attempted armed vehicular hijacking and an armed robbery. Also, prison sentences were recently handed out regarding an aggravated vehicular hijacking from 2017, where the offenders were armed with a handgun.
Read MoreTwo men who robbed the Verizon Wireless store in Lisle with a firearm were charged with multiple felonies and denied bond in DuPage County court. “It is alleged that these two men armed themselves, disguised their identity and threatened at gunpoint a store employee just trying to make an honest living,” DuPage County State's Attorney Bob Berlin said.
Read MoreDuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin recently announced that the offender in a vehicular hijacking case from 2018 plead guilty and was sentenced to eight years in prison as a result of the plea.
Read MoreOn January 24, 2020 a DuPage County jury found Dominic Sanders, formerly of University Park, guilty of murder in regards to the killing of Andrea Urban of Hinsdale. The jury deliberated for approximately three hours, bringing the case nearer to closure. Urban was murdered while Sanders was breaking into her home sometime during the morning hours of May 4, 2017.
Read MoreOn Monday, January 13, DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin laid out the evidence that several law enforcement agencies, the County Coroner, and his own office collected to identify the killer of Pamela Maurer, a cold case from 1976.
Read MoreThe year 2019 was a busy one for public safety in DuPage County. We are proud to share the top 10 achievements of the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office under Bob Berlin during the past year.
Read MorePlease read the Official Press Release from DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin regarding the arrest and filing of charges against one of the Downers Grove armed carjackers.
Read MoreBob Berlin recently testified on behalf of DuPage County and the Illinois State’s Attorney’s Association in opposition of the attempted decriminalization of felony murder in the State.
Read MoreBob Berlin supports Fight Crime: Invest in Kids successes in reducing juvenile crime through quality after-school programs.
Read MoreBob Berlin attended the annual Reclaim13 Gala in support of the organization’s mission of reclaiming the lives of the child victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking.
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