Wednesday, December 26, 2012
A look at some of the recent court hearings in the DuPage County court system.
A Downers Grove man has pleaded not guilty to charges he sexually abused a 16-year-old girl in October and November. Brian Turner, 45, was arrested Nov. 24 and indicted Dec. 13 on multiple counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse tied to encounters between Oct. 26 and Nov. 22, records show. Turner remains in DuPage County Jail on $100,000 bail with a hearing scheduled for Dec. 27. The Chicago man accused of robbing a gas station in September wants a judge to throw out evidence in his case because police violated his rights. According to court records, Mario Williams, who has pleaded not guilty to armed and aggravated robbery charges, claims police unlawfully detained him and unlawfully seized evidence by stopping a taxi based on a "hunch…
Monday, December 17, 2012
A look at recent court dispositions in DuPage and Kane counties.
The Dec. 17 hearing for Joseph Spitalli's arraignment in his murder case has been pushed back after a request for cameras in the courtroom was filed. Spitalli is charged in the November murder of a man dating Spitalli's ex-girlfriend. ------------------ A motion has been filed seeking extended media coverage of Spitalli's arraignment. The judge set a Jan. 9 hearing on the media request, while scheduling the arraignment for Jan. 14, records show. Ali Akel recently pleaded guilty to aggravated battery as part of a hate crime attack inside a Woodridge gas station in 2011. Akel was sentenced to two years of probation and 364 days of work release from DuPage County Jail, according to court records. He will also spend time in a West Chicago …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Patch covers happenings in major court cases, including a former Wheaton man's charges of hiring a fellow inmate to kill two public officials and two others and a Naperville man's sexual exploitation trial.
Wheaton: A judge recently ruled that DuPage prosecutors used an improper tactic to bring a murder-for-hire suspect in for questioning. However, Judge George Bakalis decided the information obtained in the interview, and ultimately the charges filed against Gordon Vanderark, would have been no different if the tactic had not been used, records show. Vanderark is charged with trying to hire a fellow prison inmate to kill a DuPage County Judge and assistant state's attorney tied to a previous felony conviction that landed Vanderark in prison. Prosecutors used a confidential source to learn about Vanderark's plan and set up a "ruse" hearing on an unrelated issue to have Vanderark brought back from the Centralia Correctional Center. Once in …
Monday, December 3, 2012
The latest court dispositions for cases in DuPage County.
A second man charged in a July 7-Eleven robbery has pleaded guilty for his part in the incident, records show. Antonio Finley, 21, pleaded guilty to a robbery charge and was sentenced to six years in prison as part of a deal with prosecutors, who dropped several other counts against Finley. He was given credit for four months in DuPage County Jail and received a recommendation of a prison boot camp, which could shorten his prison time. In October, 17-year-old Steven Gayden was sentenced to four years in prison in connection to the robbery. He also was given a boot camp recommendation. Two other men - DeShaun Wilson and Antwan James - have related cases that are pending. A Naperville man will be evaluated once again to determine whether he …
Sunday, December 2, 2012
John C. Campbell, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday to to false personation of a peace officer, court records show.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
John C. Campbell, 30, pleaded guilty Tuesday to to false personation of a peace officer, court records show.
A Downers Grove man is facing up to three years in prison for falsely claiming to be a U.S. Marshal while trying to open a bank account with a $3.5 million check, court records show. John C. Campbell, 30, of the 2500 block of Ogden Avenue, pleaded guilty Tuesday to false personation of a peace officer in November 2011, according to court records. Campbell was arrested by Lisle police after attempting to open an account at U.S. Bank, 1026 Ogden Ave., using a fraudulent $3.5 million check and falsely claiming to be a U.S. Marshal, authorities said. READ: Downers Grove Man Accused of Impersonating U.S. Marshal Following Arrest at Lisle Bank During a consent search of Campbell’s hotel room, officers discovered a variety of items he was using …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Hermila Garcia of Elgin is charged with stealing $3,000 from not-for-profit agency.
A former employee of the DuPage County Employees Credit Union (DCECU) is charged with stealing $3,000 from the not-for profit agency, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin announced Friday. Hermila Garcia, 33 of Elgin, had worked as a teller at the DCECU for approximately seven years. She is charged with two counts of theft over $500, a Class 3 felony, two counts of financial institution fraud, a Class 3 felony, and two counts of misappropriation of financial institution property, a Class 3 felony, according to a press release from the DuPage County State's Attorney. As a DCECU employee, Garcia allegedly completed paperwork indicating she had deposited money from her drawer to the vault, but kept it for herself on at least two …
Friday, September 7, 2012
Check out Bolingbrook Patch for the latest on the trial, including reaction to the verdict, and what's next for Peterson.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Yelton Cales, the sex offender brother of Drew Peterson's missing fourth wife, will likely miss the serial marrier's murder trial.
The sex offender brother of Drew Peterson's missing fourth wife often attended the month-long 2010 hearsay hearing held to set the ground rules for evidence in the disgraced ex-cop's murder trial. But it looks like Stacy's brother Yelton Cales won't be making it to the Will County court trial itself, as he was hauled off to prison last week to serve a three-year sentence. Cales, 32, was locked up in Stateville Correctional Center Thursday. It was his fourth trip to prison. In the past Cales has done time for domestic battery, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. This time Cales was sent away for driving with a revoked or suspended license. The charge stems from a March 2011 incident in the parking lot …
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