Man gets 8 years for escaping jail furlough while attending his brother's funeral
A Villa Park man who escaped furlough while attending his brother's funeral was sentenced Tuesday to 8 years in prison.
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A Villa Park man who escaped furlough while attending his brother's 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.