DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Naperville Chief of Police Jason Arres announced today that the State’s motion to deny bail for a Chicago man accused of illegally possessing a loaded firearm and approximately 17.4 grams of cocaine has been granted. Jerry Hill, 39 (d.o.b. 2/16/1983) of the 2100 block of W. Estes Avenue, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Margaret O’Connell granted the State’s motion to deny bail. In all, Hill has been charged with one count of Armed Habitual Criminal (Class X Felony), one count of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon – Prior Conviction (Class 2 Felony), one count of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (Class 4 Felony) and one count of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor (Class 3 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross announced today that an Aurora man with an active arrest warrant will be held without bond after he was allegedly found in possession of a handgun and approximately thirteen grams of cocaine. Lemont Stewart, 43 (d.o.b. 12/20/1978) of the 400 block of W. Downer Place, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Brian Telander granted the State’s motion and ordered he be held without bond. Stewart has been charged with one count of Armed Habitual Criminal (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Violence (Class X Felony) one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 2 Felony), one count of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (Class 4 Felony) and one count of Misdemeanor Resisting a Police Officer.

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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 natural-life plus forty-five years sentence of Dominic Sanders for the 2017 murder of Andrea Urban. In his petition seeking either a reduced sentence or a new sentencing hearing, Sanders claimed that the trial court did not adequately consider his rehabilitative potential when imposing his sentences.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Roselle Chief of Police Steve Herron announced today that bond has been denied for a Roselle man charged with shooting an innocent woman in the head early yesterday morning at a Roselle restaurant. Jamie Quijano, 22 (d.o.b. 8/10/1999) of the 200 block of Walter Drive, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge Susan Alvarado denied bond. Quijano has been charged with one count of Attempt First Degree Murder (Class X Felony), Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (Class X Felony) and one count of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm (Class 1 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced today that bond has been set for a Cook County man accused of illegally possessing a loaded firearm with an extended magazine and approximately 43 grams of methamphetamine. Brian Miller, 31 (d.o.b. 8/8/1990) of the 1700 block of Madison, Evanston, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh denied bond. In all, Miller has been charged with one count of Armed Habitual Criminal (Class X Felony), one count of Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony), one count of Possession of Methamphetamine (Class 1 Felony) and two counts of Misdemeanor Resisting a Police Officer.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Hinsdale Chief of Police Brian King, announced today that for the fourth time this week, a DuPage County judge has granted the State’s motion to deny bond for a defendant accused of committing a violent gun crime in DuPage County. Stephon Little, a.k.a. Isa Al Ahad, 29 (d.o.b. 10/21/1992) of the 10000 block of S. Forest Avenue, Chicago, who is currently out on bond for an alleged previous Armed Robbery and Burglary at a Wheaton Sprint store, appeared in bond court this morning where Judge Brian Jacobs granted the State’s motion to deny bond. Little has been charged with two counts of Armed Robbery (Class X Felony) and one count of Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle (Class 2 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lombard Chief of Police Roy Newton announced today that bond has been denied for two Chicago men accused of robbing a Lombard 7-Eleven convenience store at gunpoint. Reginald Allen, 53 (d.o.b. 11/27/1968) of the 7300 block of N. Damen Avenue, appeared at a bond hearing yesterday morning where Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh granted the State’s motion to deny bond. Allen’s co-defendant, Lennell Owens, 46 (d.o.b. 6/27/1975) of the 8700 block of S. Emerald Avenue, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Brian Telander again granted the State’s motion to deny bond. Allen has been charged with one count of Armed Robbery (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Habitual Criminal (Class X Felony) and one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 2 Felony). Owens has been charged with one count of Armed Robbery (Class X Felony), one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 2 Felony) and one count of Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding (Class 4 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Lisle Chief of Police Kevin Licko announced today that bond has been denied for a Chicago man accused of hijacking a woman’s car at gunpoint from a Lisle gas station. Daniel Boyd, 31 (d.o.b. 10/10/1990) of the 0-100 block of E. 75th Street, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge David Schwartz denied bond. Boyd has been charged with one count of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking and one count of Armed Habitual Criminal, both offenses are a Class X Felony.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a sixteen-year-old Westmont resident accused in juvenile court of shooting a woman in her leg and hijacking her car at gunpoint has been transferred to adult court. Mitch Crawford, 16 (d.o.b. 3/29/2006) of the 1100 Block of S. Williams Street, made his first appearance in adult court this morning in front of Judge Daniel Guerin. On Friday, May 27, 2022, Juvenile Court Judge Anthony Coco granted the State’s motion to transfer Crawford’s case to adult court. Crawford has been charged with one count of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking (Class X Felony), one count of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm (Class X Felony), one count of Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding (Class 4 Felony) and one count of Unlawful Possession of a Concealable Firearm by a minor (Class 4 Felony). His bond has been set at $250,000 with 10% to apply.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Carol Stream Chief of Police William Holmer announced today that two Chicago juveniles, a sixteen-year-old female and a seventeen-year-old male, have been charged with hijacking a man’s car at gunpoint from a Carol Stream strip mall. The juveniles appeared at a detention hearing this morning where Judge Jeffrey MacKay ordered they both be detained. Both juveniles have been charged with one count of Aggravated Vehicular Hijacking with a Firearm (Class X Felony), one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony), two counts of Aggravated Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle (Class 1 Felony) and one count of Aggravated Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer (Class 4 Felony).

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced today that Justin Dalcollo, 37 (d.o.b. 8/20/1984) with a last known address in Nicholasville, Kentucky has been sentenced to one hundred one years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the abduction, sexual assault and armed robbery of a female college student in March 2019. On December 13, 2021, following a five-day-long trial and approximately two hours of deliberations, a 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). Judge Ann Celine O’Hallaren Walsh handed down today’s sentence.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Lombard man has entered a plea of guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism (Class 1 Felony). Christian Frazee, 27 (d.o.b. 4/6/1995) formerly of the 900 block of S. Lombard Avenue, appeared in Court this morning in front of Judge Michael Reidy, who accepted Frazee’s guilty plea and sentenced him to ten years in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). Additionally, Frazee also entered a guilty plea to one count of Possession of Child Pornography (Class 2 Felony) for which he was sentenced to an additional three years in the IDOC to be served concurrently. On June 1, 2020, Frazee appeared in Bond Court on Attempt Terrorism charges and his bond was at $1 million with 10% to apply. On June 30, 2020, he posted bond and was released. On December 24, 2020, Frazee again appeared in Bond Court on the Child Pornography charges where bond was set at $250,000 with 10% to apply in accordance with a previously issued arrest warrant. He has remained in custody at the DuPage County Jail since that time.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and West Chicago Chief of Police Colin Fleury announced today that a seventeen-year-old male West Chicago Community High School student has been charged with allegedly bringing a gun to school. The juvenile appeared at a detention hearing this morning where Judge Anthony Coco ordered that the juvenile be detained until at least his next court appearance. The juvenile has been charged with one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon – Possess in a School (Class 3 Felony), one count of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon (Class 4 Felony) and one count of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm (Class 4 Felony). His next court appearance is scheduled for April 27, 2022, for status.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross announced today that bond has been set for an Aurora man charged with shooting a neighbor’s dog in the head. John Fazzini, 61 (d.o.b. 8/9/1960) of the 300 block of Aster Court, appeared in Bond Court this morning where Judge John Kinsella set his bond at $100,000 with 10% to apply.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that Launden Luckett, 34 (d.o.b. 11/30/1987), formerly of Chicago, has been sentenced to two terms of natural life in the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) without the possibility of parole for the stabbing death of his girlfriend in 2015. Luckett was also sentenced to an additional consecutive twenty-five years in the IDOC for armed robbery. Luckett appeared at his sentencing hearing this morning in front of Judge Jeffrey MacKay who handed down the sentence. Judge MacKay’s earlier finding that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty exposed Luckett to a sentence of natural life in prison. On November 22, 2021, after approximately two hours of deliberations following a five-day-long trial, a jury found Luckett guilty of First-Degree Murder.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin announced today that a fifteen-year-old juvenile, who previously entered a plea of guilty to one count of Armed Robbery with a Firearm (Class X Felony), has been sentenced to the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice for an indeterminate amount of time not to exceed his twenty-first birthday. The juvenile entered his guilty plea on February 17, 2022, in front of Judge Anthony Coco, who handed down today’s sentence.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Elmhurst Chief of Police Michael Ruth announced today that bond has been set for a Cook County man charged with attempting to flee police in a stolen motor vehicle. Gonzalo Guerrero, 29 (d.o.b. 4/24/1992) of the 14000 block of Lawndale Avenue, Midlothian, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Brian Telander set bond at $1 million with 10% to apply. Guerrero has been charged with one count of Aggravated Possession of a Stolen Motor Vehicle (Class 1 Felony), three counts of Aggravated Fleeing and Eluding a Police Officer (Class 4 Felony), one count of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance (Class 4 Felony) and two traffic offenses.

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A deadly kennel fire that killed 29 dogs in West Chicago has led to a legislative proposal to change and stiffen animal cruelty laws throughout the state of Illinois. Bob Berlin and the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office are leading the charge on this initiative.

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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Carol Stream Chief of Police William Holmer announced today that bond has been set for two Chicago men accused of stealing merchandise by force from a Carol Stream T-Mobile store. Diamante Williams, 24 (d.o.b. 5/1/1997) of the 500 block of E. 38th Place and Jonathan Bullard, 28 (d.o.b. 2/28/1993) of the 6700 block of S. May Street, appeared at a bond hearing this morning where Judge Daniel Guerin set bond at $350,000 with 10% to apply for Bullard and at $300,000 with 10% to apply for Williams. Bullard has been charged with one count of Robbery (Class 2 Felony) and one count of Aggravated Battery (Class 3 Felony). Williams has been charged with one count of Robbery, a Class 2 Felony.

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