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A RESOLUTION DISPOSING OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAKEN FOR SAFE-KEEPING BY THE DUPAGE COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
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WHEREAS, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office is in possession of (a) one Lucero LC100 Guitar, having a value of less than one hundred dollars ($100), and (b) US Currency in the amount of two thousand five hundred ninety-eight dollars and eighteen cents ($2,598.18), belonging to Defendant Salvador Cruz Escamilla; and
WHEREAS, Cruz Escamilla was a Defendant in 2020CF2174, and was convicted of vehicular invasion with a sentence to six (6) years in the Illinois Department of Corrections; and
WHEREAS, upon Cruz Escamilla’s release for mandatory supervised release, he fled the State of Illinois and returned to Mexico in violation of the terms and conditions of his release; and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office made a number of attempts over more than 6 months to contact Cruz Escamilla, but the exact location of Cruz Escamilla remains unknown, beyond statements by Cruz Escamilla’s relatives that he has returned to Mexico and does not intend to return to Illinois; and
WHEREAS, the Guitar and US Currency are now considered abandoned property appropriate for disposal pursuant to the Law Enforcement Disposition of Property Act (765 ILCS 1030/3), as the court having jurisdiction over the criminal case has provided for disposal by forfeiture; and
WHEREAS, the Act provides that where property is worth less than one hundred dollars ($100), the County Board may determine that the interests of the public are best served by donation of the property to a charitable organization, rather than sale of the property by public auction; and
WHEREAS, Courts have found that US Currency disposed of under the Act funds are properly sent to the forfeiture accounts of the law enforcement agency having custody of the funds; and
WHEREAS, the Court has authorized the disposal of the funds to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office’s forfeiture accounts and the guitar at the direction of the County Board.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the DuPage County Board approves the transfer of US Currency in the amount of two thousand five hundred ninety-eight dollars and eighteen cents ($2,598.18) into the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s forfeiture accounts; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the DuPage County Board approves the donation of one Lucero LC100 Guitar, having a value of less than one hundred dollars ($100), to JUST of DUPAGE, an Illinois Charitable Organization.
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Enacted and approved this 12th day of August, 2025 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK