DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Bloomingdale Director of Public Safety Frank Giammarese announced today that three Cook County men have each been charged with one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony) for allegedly robbing at gunpoint a Bloomingdale T-Mobile store. Jerron Brewer, 27 (d.o.b. 2/18/1993) of 17904 Rose Street, Lansing, De Leone Fisher, 23 (d.o.b. 12/25/1996) of 7329 South University, Chicago and Felton McKinzie, 25 (d.o.b. 9/11/1995) of 6549 Kenwood Avenue, Chicago, appeared in Bond Court this morning in front of Judge Anne Therieau Hayes who set bond at $500,000 with 10% to apply for Brewer and at $750,000 with 10% to apply for Fisher and McKinzie. Additionally, McKinzie has been charged with one count of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon (Class 4 Felony) and Fisher has been charged with one count of Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony.)

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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 currently on probation charged with possession of a loaded pistol with a thirty-round extended magazine. Kobe Mayers, 20 (d.o.b. 6/28/2000) of Calumet Avenue, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Brian Telander set bond at $200,000 with 10% to apply. Mayers has been charged with one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony) and one count of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon (Class 4 Felony). Additionally, Mayers also faces one count of Misdemeanor Resisting a Police Officer.

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Bob Berlin has been endorsed by the DuPage County Chiefs of Police Association for the 2020 election.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that veteran attorney Lisa Smith, has been named Chief of the Office’s Civil Bureau assuming the position previously held by Greg Vaci, who retired from the office earlier this month.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Woodridge Chief of Police Brian Cunningham announced today that bond has been set for a Cook County man accused of beating a seven-year-old Shih Tzu with a belt sending her to the veterinarian. Lewiel Irmani, 25 (d.o.b. 8/4/1995) of 52 Churn Road, Matteson, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Joshua Dieden set bond at $20,000 with 10% to apply. The State had asked for a bond of $150,000. Irmani has been charged with one count of Aggravated Cruelty to Animals, a Class 4 Felony.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, Chief of the Wheaton Police Department William Murphy and Chief of the Lombard Police Department Roy Newton announced today that charges have been filed against three individuals suspected of breaking into homes in Wheaton and Lombard and shooting a homeowner in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 23. Malik Pitts, 22 (d.o.b. 7/29/1998) of 2400 W Cermak, Broadview, Isaiah Johnson, 21 (d.o.b. 7/26/1999) of 12219 S Vincennes, Blue Island and Keytori Jackson, 22 (d.o.b. 6/3/1998) of 2400 W Cermak, Broadview, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Timothy McJoynt denied bond for Pitts and Johnson and set bond at $500,000 with 10% to apply for Jackson.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Judge Brian Jacobs has granted the State’s motion to transfer a juvenile suspected in a string of armed carjackings in Downers Grove and Warrenville from Juvenile Court to adult Court. The juvenile, who is not being named at this time, has been held in custody in the Juvenile Detention Center since his detention hearing on December 19, 2019.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced today that a Lombard woman is facing Attempt Terrorism and Possession of Incendiary Device charges for allegedly assisting a Lombard man who allegedly approached numerous city-owned squad cars armed with a Molotov cocktail, lighters, butane torches and a bat.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that following a lengthy sentencing hearing a Naperville man has been sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for striking seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Dunlap with his car and killing her in February, 2019.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of Police Michael Ruth announced today that a twenty-two-year-old man has been charged with Attempt First Degree Murder for allegedly shooting an Elmhurst man last May. Charged with one count of Attempt First Degree Murder and one count of Aggravated Battery – Discharge of a Firearm (both Class X Felonies) is Alec Gonzales, 22 (d.o.b. 10/27/1997) with residences at 679 S. Berkley Avenue, Elmhurst and 8534 E Grandview Street, Mesa, Arizona. Gonzales is currently in custody in the Maricopa County, Arizona, Jail. Extradition proceedings are pending and he is expected to return to DuPage County in the near future.

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DuPage County State's Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Judge Brian Telander has sentenced Dominic Sanders, 33 (d.o.b. 2/2/1987) formerly of University Park, to natural life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2017 murder of Andrea Urban of Hinsdale. Additionally, Judge Telander sentenced Sanders to thirty years on Home Invasion Charges and Fifteen years on Residential Burglary Charges. All three sentences will be served consecutively.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Bartlett man has been sentenced to two years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for punching and kicking a Jewel grocery store bagger last summer.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced today that a Lombard man has been charged with one count of Possession of an Incendiary Device and one count of Attempt Terrorism, (both charges are a Class 1 Felony) for allegedly approaching numerous city-owned squad cars armed with a Molotov cocktail, lighters and a bat.

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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.

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DuPage 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).

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DuPage 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.

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DuPage 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.

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DuPage 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.

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