DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Oak Brook Chief of Police James Kruger announced today that bond has been set for four of six individuals, all of whom are from Chicago, accused of stealing nearly $15,000 worth of merchandise from an Ulta Beauty store located at 2155 W. 22nd Street, Oak Brook. Peaches P. Johnson, 29 (d.o.b. 8/26/1992), of the 6900 block of S. Campbell, Kamal J. Hoskins, 25 (d.o.b. 9/19/1996) of the 1600 block of E. 67th Street, Roy Crane, 21 (d.o.b. 9/8/2000) of the 1500 block of E 93rd and Darnell Profit, 19 (d.o.b. 1/28/2002) of the 1500 block of E. 93rd, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Robert Miller set bond at $175,000 with 10% to apply for Johnson and $100,000 with 10% to apply for Hoskins, Crane and Profit. The two remaining individuals, both juveniles, will appear at a detention hearing tomorrow morning. All six defendants have been charged with one count of Burglary (Class 2 Felony) and one count of Retail Theft (Class 3 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Bensenville Chief of Police Daniel Schulze announced today that bond has been denied for a Bensenville man accused of shooting a Bensenville police officer eight times. Kiante Tyler, 21 (6/9/2000) of the 100 block of S. York Road, appeared in Bond Court this morning in front of Judge James Orel, who granted the State’s petition to deny bond. Tyler has been charged with one count of Attempt First Degree Murder (Class X Felony), one count of Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer with a Firearm (Class X Felony) and two counts of Aggravated Battery to a Police Officer (Class 2 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Shanon Gillette announced today that bond has been set for the second of two Chicago men accused of attempting to carjack a woman’s car from a Downers Grove gas station and robbing her of her cell phone. Pierre Baugh, 23 (d.o.b. 3/31/1998) of the 7000 block of S. Dante Avenue, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh set bond at $450,000 with 10% to apply. Baugh has been charged with one count of Attempt Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking With a Firearm (Class 1 Felony) and one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony). Baugh’s co-defendant, Demario Butler, 30 (d.o.b. 4/8/1991) of the 4300 block of W. Maypole, Chicago is facing the same charges. On October 25, 2021, Butler appeared in Bond Court where bond was set at $500,000 with 10% to apply.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced that on Friday afternoon, October 15, 2021, an unincorporated Glendale Heights man charged with attacking, beating and sexually assaulting a sixty-five-year-old woman as she arrived to work early in the morning was sentenced to thirty-three years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Kenneth Hatlen, 55 (d.o.b. 9/27/1966) of Virginia Avenue, appeared in court Friday morning where he entered a plea of guilty to one count of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (a Class X Felony) in front of Judge John Kinsella. Hatlen was also sentenced to three additional years to be served consecutively after entering a plea of guilty to one count of Aggravated Battery (Class 2 Felony) for spitting on a DuPage County Deputy Sheriff while in custody.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Willowbrook Chief of Police Robert Schaller announced today that a fifteen-year-old juvenile charged with Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking with a Firearm, a Class X Felony, appeared at a detention hearing this morning where Judge Anthony Coco ordered the juvenile to be detained until at least his next court date which is scheduled for October 21, 2021 for status. The juvenile has also been charged with one count of Obstructing Justice, a Class 4 Felony.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Villa Park Chief of Police Michael Rivas announced today that bond has been denied for two men accused of hijacking a woman’s car at knifepoint from a Villa Park parking lot while her two children were in the back seat. Luis Gomez-Garcia, 28 (d.o.b. 2/15/1993) of the 900 block of W. Irving Park Road, Bensenville, and Christopher Krieg, 32 (d.o.b. 10/28/1988) of the 600 block of E. Gunderson Road, Carol Stream, each appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Jeffrey MacKay denied bond for both men. Both men have been charged with one count of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking (Class X Felony) three counts of Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X Felony) and three counts of Aggravated Unlawful Restraint (Class 3 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that his office has partnered with DuPage Legal Aid in an effort to further aid victims of Domestic Violence and their families. Yesterday afternoon, in a ceremony held at Berlin’s office, Clerk of the Circuit Court Candice Adams swore in Executive Director Cecilia Najera and Ann Russell, both attorneys with DuPage Legal Aid, to serve as Special Assistant State’s Attorneys to assist the Office’s Victim Services and Child Support Units.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that Judge Robert Miller has found Garrett Mercado, 32 (d.o.b. 10/1/1989) of 2346 Cambridge Lane, Woodridge, guilty of three counts of Animal Cruelty, a Class A Misdemeanor and six counts of Violation of Owner’s Duties, a Class B Misdemeanor. Judge Miller issued his ruling following a five-day-long bench trial where Mercado faced more than two dozen charges as the result of a 2019 fire at an unincorporated West Chicago kennel he operated that claimed the lives of twenty-nine dogs. On July 10, 2019, Mercado, who operated the former D and D Kennel located at 2N441 North County Farm Road, was arrested on a $50,000 with 10% to apply arrest warrant. The following day he posted the necessary 10%, or $5,000, and was released from custody.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Hinsdale Chief of Police Brian King announced today that bond has been set for a Chicago man accused of leading Illinois State Troopers and Hinsdale police officers on a high-speed chase while driving a stolen vehicle. Kevonta Robinson, 19 (d.o.b. 6/19/2002) with a last known address on the 5500 block W. Le Moyne Street, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Margaret O’Connell set bond at $1 million with 10% to apply. Robinson has been charged with two counts of Armed Violence with a Handgun (Class X Felony) one Count of Aggravated Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle (Class 1 Felony), one count of Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle (Class 2 Felony), one count of Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding (Class 4 Felony), one count of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon (Class 4 Felony) and one count of Burglary (Class 2 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Villa Park Chief of Police Michael Rivas announced today that bond has been set at $2 million with 10% to apply for two individuals charged with carjacking a thirty-five-year-old woman at gunpoint. Kentrell Strong, 18 (d.o.b. 11/16/2002) of the 7800 block of South Essex Ave., and Rayshawn Marshall, 18 (d.o.b. 5/23/2003), of the 1800 block of South Lawndale Ave, appeared at a bond hearing this morning in front of Judge Margaret O’Connell.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Downers Grove Chief of Police Shanon Gillette and Darien Chief of Police Greg Thomas announced today that bond has been set for two men currently on probation for robbery out of Cook County charged with robbing two DuPage County gas stations at gunpoint.

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On August 5th Bob swore in 55 new Downers Grove Regional Peer Jurors while continuing his support for this highly successful alternative juvenile justice program.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that the first of two adults charged with robbing a Roselle gas station at gunpoint has been sentenced to twenty-one years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. George Johnson, 25 (d.o.b. 2/2/1996) of the 1000 block of 16th Avenue, Maywood, appeared in court this morning where he entered a plea of guilty to one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm, a Class X Felony in front of Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh, who handed down the sentence. A second man allegedly involved, Jerry Thomas Jr., 19 (d.o.b. 9/8/2001) of Chicago is currently in custody in the DuPage County Jail awaiting trial.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Acting Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres announced today that a Chicago man has been arrested and charged with attempting to rob a beverage supply delivery driver with a 9mm semi-automatic rifle on July 27, 2021. Frederick Holmon, 31, (d.o.b. 5/4/1990) of the 100 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue appeared at a hearing this morning where Judge John Kinsella set bond at $750,000 with 10% to apply. Holmon has been charged with one count of Attempt Armed Robbery with a Firearm, (Class 1 Felony), and Unlawful Use of Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Bob Berlin is a proud supporter of the 18th Judicial Circuit’s specialty courts, which seek to address endemic societal problems through innovative and responsive solutions. DuPage County is currently home to several specialty courts, namely “First Offender Call Unified for Success” (F.O.C.U.S. Court) [Drug Court], Veterans Court, and Mental Health Court. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office is an active participant in these specialty courts. The office seeks to insure that qualified defendants are allowed to participate in these programs and receive the treatment and/or services they require to reduce recidivism and return to society equipped for success.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Westmont Chief of Police Jim Gunther announced today that charges have been filed against two employees of a Westmont nursing home for their alleged roles in the death of a ninety-six-year-old female resident in February, 2021. Bert Mongreig, 63 (d.o.b. 4/15/1958) of the 100 block of East Quincy Street, Westmont and Navdeep Dhall, 43 (d.o.b. 12/10/1977) of the 1800 block of Great Plaines Way, Bolingbrook, each appeared at a bond hearing today where bond was set at $50,000 with 10% to apply for both Mongreig and Dhall in accordance with a previously issued arrest warrant issued by Judge Michael Fleming on June 30, 2021. Mongreig has been charged with two counts of Criminal Neglect of a Long-Term Care Resident Resulting in Death, a Class 3 Felony. Dhall has been charged with one count of Criminal Neglect of a Long-Term Care Resident Resulting in Death and one count of Criminal Neglect of a Long-Term Care Resident, a Class 4 Felony. Mongreig was taken into custody from his home yesterday without incident. Dhall was taken into custody from his home earlier today without incident.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced that last Friday afternoon a Bloomingdale man accused of shooting at two Bloomingdale police officers outside his home in 2018 was sentenced to twenty-five years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Raymond Vieyra, 45 (d.o.b. 2/11/1976) of the 300 block of Plymouth Lane, entered a blind plea of guilty to three counts of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm at Peace officer, a Class X Felony, in front of Judge John Kinsella who handed down the sentence. Vieyra was sentenced to twenty-five years on each of the counts, which will run concurrently. He has been held in custody at the DuPage County Jail on a bond of $3 million with 10% to apply since his arrest on October 21, 2018 and will receive credit for that time.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin, Downers Grove Chief of Police Shanon Gillette and Oakbrook Terrace Chief of Police Casey Calvello announced today that bond has been denied for a man currently on parole for an armed robbery out of Cook County accused of robbing several hundred dollars from two DuPage County businesses. Robert Howard, 27 (d.o.b. 7/16/1993) of the 1100 block of N. Oakley Court, Westmont, appeared at a bond hearing this afternoon where Judge Daniel Guerin denied bond. Johnson has been charged with two counts of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony) and two counts of Unlawful Use or Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 2 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that the second of two adults charged with attempting to steal a vehicle from the garage of a Downers Grove residence has been sentenced to sixteen years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). Carlos Hendricks, 22 (d.o.b. 1/7/1999) of Chicago, appeared in court this afternoon where he entered a plea of guilty to one count of Attempt Vehicular Hijacking, a Class 1 Felony. On April 30, 2021, Hendricks’ co-defendant, Lamourice Shepherd, 22, also of Chicago, was sentenced to twelve years in the IDOC following his plea of guilty to the same charge. Last summer, two juveniles also involved each entered a plea of guilty to their roles in the incident and received sentences of an indeterminate period of time not to exceed their twenty-first birthday in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. Hendricks entered his plea in front of Judge Daniel Guerin, who handed down the sentence.

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