Thursday, May 16, 2013
Jeanette Baum, 32, of Batavia, was sentenced by Circuit Judge John A. Barsanti to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
A Batavia woman has been sentenced to prison for being under the influence of alcohol when she crashed her car after she drove her child to school late last year. Jeanette Baum, 32, of the 0-99 block of North Lincoln Avenue, Batavia, was sentenced Friday by Circuit Judge John A. Barsanti to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. On Jan. 4, 2013, Baum pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated driving under the influence, a Class 2 felony. At about 8:55 a.m. Nov. 27, 2012, Batavia police, responding to a 911 call, found Baum sitting in the driver’s seat of a white 2002 Mitsubishi Galant. The car was stalled after having crashed into a utility box near North Avenue and North Jefferson Street. Officers detected a strong odor of …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Kane County State's Attorney's Office. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Three drunken driving arrests—one in Geneva and two in St. Charles—were one result of Kane County’s St. Patrick’s weekend No-Refusal operation, officials announced Tuesday, April 2. The no-refusal weekend is a collaboration between the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office and five law-enforcement agencies: Batavia, Elburn, Geneva, South Elgin and St. Charles. Authorities obtained three blood-alcohol concentration samples — all breath samples. Of the three samples obtained, two were more than twice Illinois’ threshold of .08, and one was in excess of three times the .08 threshold. The communities and arrests are as follows: BATAVIA GENEVA ELBURN SOUTH ELGIN ST. CHARLES “Our goal with these No-Refusal initiatives is for drivers to be …
Saturday, March 9, 2013
No-Refusal Weekend: Kane County State's Attorney Joe Mahon: “I will not say which municipalities will participate. I only will announce when we will have the No-Refusal operation."
Want to know where police will be doing random stops on St. Patrick's Day weekend? You might get a Breathalyzer test, but don't hold your breath waiting for an answer to that one. Kane County law-enforcement agencies will work with the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office on a No-Refusal operation during the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day weekend. “This office has a responsibility to prosecute DUI offenders, and to educate the public not to drive when they drink,” Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said. “As has been our practice, I will not say which municipalities will participate. I only will announce when we will have the No-Refusal operation. “We believe that in past No-Refusal operations, prior publicity has helped to reduce …
Saturday, January 5, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
An early-morning traffic stop led to multiple charges against a St. Charles woman, including marijuana possession, accoding to Geneva police reports. Geneva police arrested Carmen Lee, 38, of St. Charles on charges of driving under the influence, DUI with a blood-alcohol content of more than. .08, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of cannabis and improper lane usage at around 2:12 a.m. Dec. 19 in the 800 block of North Bennett Street, reports said. According to the complaint in the 16th Circuit Court, Lee possessed a smoking pipe and not more than 2.5 grams of marijuana. She has a court date of Jan. 16 at the Kane County Branch Court, 530 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Patch reports on law enforcement activity in Geneva, using …
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
Geneva police arrested Frank Suda, 29, of St. Charles on charges of driving under the influence, DUI with a blood-alcohol content of more than .08, cannabis possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and illegal transportation of alcohol after a traffic stop around 2:10 a.m. Oct. 19 in the 800 block of West State Street, reports said. According to the complaint in the 16th Circuit Court, Suda had .8 grams of marijuana in his possession as well as a multicolored glass smoking pipe. He also was issued a warning notice for travelling 38 mph in a 30 mph zone Suda has a court date of Nov. 7 at the kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles. Want to keep up on crime and public safety? Sign up to Geneva Patch breaking news …
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, local police to launch effort on the weekend before Halloween and the night before Thanksgiving.
If you’ve been arrested for driving under the influence, you shouldn’t have been driving, period. But if you think it’s a smart move to refuse to take a breath test when you are arrested for DUI, don’t count on it. The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office is planning with local police to conduct three “no-refusal” operations over the next 43 days — on the weekend before Halloween and on the night before Thanksgiving — to discourage drunken driving The first of the two operations will be Oct. 26-27 and Oct. 27-28, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office announced in a release, and the second will be Nov. 21-22. They will begin in the evening and end after midnight. Many police agencies already run enhanced DUI patrols on the weekend …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
St. Charles police reports from Monday, Aug. 6, through Tuesday, Aug. 7.
TUESDAY, AUG. 7, 2012 Quentin L. Smith, 22, of 36W268 McKay Drive, was charged at 1:39 a.m. at 400 W. Main St., with driving under the influence, DUI with a blood-alcohol content greater than .08, illegal transportation of alcohol, possession of drug paraphernalia and improper lane use. He was released after posting $100 bond and his driver’s license. Chelsey B. Vandeveer, 25, of the 100 block of Walnut Drive, was arrested at 9:38 a.m. at South Randall and Bricher roads on a DuPage County warrant for failure to appear in court. She was transported to the Police Department where she was transferred to the custody of the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office. A 76-year-old Joan Court resident reported at 11:43 a.m. that someone scratched the …
Monday, July 16, 2012
St. Charles police reports, July 11-12.
Two drivers were charged with DUI July 9. Kerri L Kolaciniski, 7N070 Gary Court, was cited with a DUI after St. Charles Police officers observed her driving a vehicle at a rate of speed higher than the posted limit. When officers approached the vehicle they noted a “strong odor of alcohol” coming from the vehicle, according to the report. Officers also said that the driver's speech was slurred. Kolaciniski, 29, was subjected to field sobriety tests and failed. She was placed under arrest for DUI. While on routine patrol of downtown St. Charles, officers observed a man stumbling along the road and entering a parking lot. Officers later were unable to locate an individual on foot, but saw a small black car drive out of the lot. The police …
Friday, July 13, 2012
Let's follow the European example and make drinking any amount and driving illegal!
Do me a favor. Go to your local Patch website and type “DUI” in the search field. Astonishing isn’t it? But the irony is, because it’s the most often reported story, we don’t pay much attention until someone with a relatively high profile gets nabbed. Somehow, we’ve gotten to the point were the inevitability of drunken driving has become a given. And I’m just as guilty as everyone else. It took the recent Patch news story on the Batavia girls high school softball coach who resigned as a result of a DUI charge to make me seriously start thinking about this persistent problem. It brought back one my frequent conversations with former Kane County State’s Attorney John Barsanti, who made a very interesting point about our cultural mindset. He …
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Police information provided by St. Charles Police Department.
SATURDAY, JUNE 30 St. Charles police pursued a car with a loud exhaust that traveled along Randall Road at a high rate of speed early Saturday morning. When officers approached the vehicle the driver, identified as Eric Allen O’Boyle, 6N617 McKay Drive, was staring at his lap. Officers reported a strong odor of alcohol coming from the car. O’Boyle, 21, failed field sobriety tests, police said. He was taken to police headquarters and initially refused to submit to a breathalyzer test, telling officers he would “blow over.” He was cited with a DUI, speeding and for having an illegal exhaust. O’Boyle told officers he needed to get that fixed. “It’s really loud,” he said according to the report. SUNDAY, JULY 1
Curt Rice
5:33 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
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