Jury Convicts Man Who Abducted, Robbed and Raped College Student; Faces 135 Years In Prison
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced today that a jury has found Justin Dalcollo, 37 (d.o.b. 8/20/1984) with a last known address in Nicholasville, Kentucky, guilty of the abduction, sexual assault and armed robbery of a female college student in March, 2019. The jury returned their verdict after deliberating for approximately two hours following a five-day-long trial in front of Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh. In all, the jury found Dalcollo guilty of six counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Robbery (Class X Felony), one count of Aggravated Kidnapping (Class X Felony) and two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 2 Felony).
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Defendant Held on $5 Million Bond For Sexual Assault of 92-Year-Old Woman In Her Addison Home.
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Addison Director of Police Bill Hayden announced today that bond has been set for a Glendale Heights man accused of breaking into an elderly woman’s home and sexually assaulting her. Anthony Lane, 53 (d.o.b. 6/6/1968) of the 2200 block of Century Point Lane, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh set bond at $5 million with 10% to apply. Lane has been charged with one count of Home Invasion (Class X Felony) and two counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (Class X Felony).
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Armed Cook County Man Charged With Oak Brook Attempted Home Invasion On Thanksgiving Day; $750,000 Bond Set
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Oak Brook Chief of Police James Kruger announced today that bond has been set for a Cook County man accused of attempting to break into an Oak Brook home on Thanksgiving night. Sean Anderson, 24 (d.o.b. 10/30/1997) of the 1300 block of Mandel Avenue, Westchester, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Susan Alvarado set bond in the amount of $750,000 with 10% to apply. Anderson has been charged with one count of Armed Violence (Class X Felony), one count of Attempt Home Invasion (Class 1 Felony), one count of Attempt Residential Burglary (Class 2 Felony) and one count of Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 2 Felony).
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Willowbrook Armed Carjackers Arrested in Indiana; Will Be Extradited and Prosecuted
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Willowbrook Chief of Police Robert Schaller announced today that two men presently in custody in Indiana on unrelated charges, have been charged with carjacking an elderly couple’s 2021 BMW 840i at gunpoint from a Willowbrook gas station. Kevin Sanders, 22 (d.o.b. 4/9/1999) of the 300 block of Brown Street, West Lafayette and Antonio Davis, 20 (d.o.b. 7/30/2001) of the 8700 block of S. Burley Avenue, Chicago, have both been charged in the incident. Both men are facing charges of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking (Class X Felony), Aggravated Battery (Class 3 Felony) and Theft (Class 3 Felony). Sanders has also been charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony) while Davis is facing additional charges of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony), Aggravated Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon (Class 1 Felony) and two counts of Robbery (Class 1 and Class 2 Felony).
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Chicago Man Charged with Class X Felonies for Shooting at an Children's Amusement Park in Villa Park
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Villa Park Chief of Police Michael Rivas announced today that charges have been filed against a Chicago man accused of shooting another man at an indoor amusement park in Villa Park. Meco Norris, 25 (d.o.b. 12/26/1995) of the 3000 block of N. Spaulding Avenue, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Michael Reidy set bond at $1 million with 10% to apply. Norris has been charged with one count of Attempt Murder (Class X Felony), one count of Aggravated Battery – Discharge of a Firearm (Class X Felony) and one count of Reckless Discharge of a Firearm (Class 4 Felony).
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Felony Burglary and Retail Theft Charges for 4 Individuals Accused of Stealing $15,000 Worth of Merchandise from Ulta Beauty Store in Oak Brook.
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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Bensenville Officer Shot Eight Times; Offender Arrested and Denied Bond
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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Second Downers Grove Armed Robber Charged With Felonies; Held on $450k Bond
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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Bond Denied for a Chicago Man Accused of Shooting at a Lombard Police Officer.
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced today that bond has been denied for a Chicago man accused of shooting at a Lombard police officer. Romaine Turner, 21 (d.o.b. 12/9/1999) of the 700 block of N. Menard Avenue, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Margaret O’Connell granted the state’s request that bond be denied. Turner has been charged with one count of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Habitual Criminal (Class X Felony) and one count of Unlawful Use or Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony). Turner is currently out on bond for Armed Habitual Criminal, a Class X Felony, out of Cook County.
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Rapist Sentenced to 33 Years in Prison; Victim was 65-year-old Woman
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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15-Year-Old Aggravated Hijacker Detained For Daytime Hijacking With Gun
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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Bond Denied - Hijackers Armed with Knife Take Car With Children in Back Seat
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’s Office Partners with DuPage Legal Aid
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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Defendant in West Chicago Kennel Fire Found Guilty
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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High Speed Pursuit of Armed Offender Ends With Arrest in Hinsdale, Multiple Felonies; $1 Million Bond
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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$2 Million Bond Set For Armed Carjackers From Cook County
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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Bond Set at $1 Million for Two Men Charged with Robbing Two DuPage County Gas Stations at Gunpoint
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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Bob Berlin Swears in New Downers Grove Peer Jurors for 2021
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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Cook County Man Sentenced to 21 Years in the IDOC for Armed Robbery
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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Chicago Man Charged With Daytime Attempted Armed Robbery in Naperville
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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