Saturday, May 18, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Don't be driving under the influence at any time—and if you are DUI, you can get arrested if you drive through downtown Geneva in the wee hours of the morning. Here are two examples from the Geneva Police Department blotter: DUI—Geneva police arrested Joseph Vernagallo, 34, of Geneva on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding and no valid driver’s license after a traffic stop around 12:49 a.m. May 11 in the 300 block of West State Street, reports said. Vernagallo has a court date of June 12 at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles. DUI—Geneva police arrested Ashley Kuntz, 27, of Batavia on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, DUI with a blood-alcohol content of .08 or more and …
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.
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Thursday, May 16
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 …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Geneva and Batavia police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Four driving-under-the-influence reports were filed by Batavia and Geneva police departments in blotter reports collected this week. DUI—Geneva police arrested Juan Toniz, 41, of Geneva on charges of unlawful or fictitious identification card and driving under the influence of alcohol around 11:30 a.m. May 1 in the 700 block of North Street, reports said. His vehicle was towed to Duke and Lee’s Service Corp., 609 Batavia Ave. DUI, Possession of Cannabis—Geneva police arrested Sean Hamman, 23, of Wheaton on charges of driving under the influence of drugs, possession of cannabis less than 2.5 grams and driving on the sidewalk after a traffic stop around 5:12 a.m. May 3, reports said. Hamman has a court date of May 28 at the Kane County …
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Geneva and Batavia police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Aggravated DUI—Batavia police arrested Beligca Marrero, 27, of Aurora on charges of aggravated driving under the influence, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, improper lane usage, no valid driver’s license, and state citations of DUI and DUI with a blood-alcohol content of more than .08, Batavia police reports said. The arrest took place around 12:21 a.m. April 4 in the 1100 block fo South Batavia Avenue. Marrero was transported to the Kane County Jail. DUI Alcohol—Batavia police arrested Michael J. Joyce, 24, of Batavia for driving under the influence, DUI with a blood-alcohol content of more than .08, disobeying a stop or yield sign, improper lane usage and disobeying a traffic control signal after a traffic stop around 12:52 a.m…
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 …
Friday, March 29, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 52-year-old woman facing an April court decision on a July 31 drunken-driving charge now faces felony DUI charges after a police officer spotted her car swerving over the yellow line. Geneva police arrested Ricki Thomas, 52, of Geneva on charges of driving under the influence while license revoked for a prior DUI charge and driving with a suspended or revoked license after a traffic stop around 11:53 p.m. March 15 in the 600 block of East State Street, reports said. The DUI ticket was upgraded to a felony charge, according to the report. Court records indicate Thomas has been charged with 18 driving offenses going back to 1999, including a July 31, 2012, arrest for DUI in Geneva for which she was released after posting $300 of the $3,000…
Sunday, March 10, 2013
The following information was supplied by the area police departments. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Here's a roundup of driving-under-the-influence arrests from the Geneva and St. Charles police departments. DUI—Geneva police arrested Thomasz Krynski, 43, of Geneva on charges of driving under the influence and driving without lights when required around 10:27 p.m. Feb. 15 after a traffic stop in the 200 block of Fulton Street, reports said. DUI—Geneva police arrested Richard Doty, 39, of South Elgin on charges of driving under the influence and speeding after a traffic stop around 1:45 a.m. Feb. 24 in the 300 block of North Randall Road, reports said. He has a court date of March 20 at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles. DUI, Improper Lane Use—Joseph M. Albers, 26, of the 100 block of Prairie Street, Batavia, …
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 …
Monday, December 31, 2012
If you insist on driving after a few drinks, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system — and your criminal record.
Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure blood alcohol content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Illinois' legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of alcohol leaves your system. The limit for people under 21 is 0.02. But any alcohol consumption will get you charged if you're underage. The charts on this page show — in general — how many drinks it takes to become too impaired to drive. They're not exact, and…
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Police reports: A DUI and a liquor act violation were among the items in the Geneva police blotter.
Two alcohol-related incidents were among the Geneva police reports collected last week. DUI—Geneva police arrested Gerald Foster, 66, of Geneva on charges of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended or revoked license and transportation of open liquor after a traffic stop around 10:16 a.m. April 26 in the 300 block of Cambridge Drive, reports said. Foster has a court date of May 16 at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles. Liquor Act Violation—Two youths were cited for possession of alcohol by a minor around 3:53 a.m. April 29 in the 1100 block of Greenfield Circle, Geneva police reports said. Christine Czajka, 19, of Batavia and Shaquille Smith, 19, of Batavia each were fined $250 if paid before due …
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Curt Rice
5:33 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
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