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A Villa Park man who escaped furlough while attending his brothers funeral was sentenced Tuesday to 8 years in prison.

“Mr. Berrier’s decision to remove his GPS monitor and run from the law in an attempt to avoid serving his previous ten-year sentence was a complete defiance of a judge’s order and a blatant show of disrespect for the criminal justice system which ultimately cost him eight more years of his life,” said DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin.

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin is commending the work of officers responsible for taking inmate Bruce Berrier back into custody after he cut off his electronic GPS monitoring device while on furlough to attend his brother’s funeral.

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Over prosecutors’ objections, Bruce Berrier had been released from DuPage County jail to attend his brother’s funeral. He was fitted with an electronic GPS monitoring device that he allegedly removed.

A convicted gunrunner accused of escaping from custody while attending his brother’s funeral has been arrested, authorities said.

Berrier allegedly cut off his electronic GPS monitoring device shortly before he was supposed to return to the DuPage County Jail following his brother's funeral on Jan. 11. Police located Berrier on Saturday at the Jewel Osco in Glendale Heights.

Authorities have been searching for a suburban Chicago inmate who was allowed to leave jail to attend a family member’s funeral but did not return. An arrest...

Police in Illinois have been searching for an inmate who was allowed to leave jail to attend his brother’s funeral but did not return. Bruce T. Berrier’s...

A manhunt was underway Friday for a Chicago-area jail inmate who never returned to the lockup after being permitted to temporarily leave so he could attend his brother’s funeral, officials said.