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Regional Police Report: Man Who Killed Family in DUI Crash Gets Another DUI and More

The following is a selection of police items that have appeared on area Patches. When an arrest is referenced it does not indicate a conviction.

 

Crystal Lake

Man Who Killed Family in DUI Crash Gets Another DUI

A 61-year-old Mount Prospect man convicted of driving drunk and killing four Crystal Lake family members in 1999 now faces upgraded charges for allegations that he drove drunk this past Sunday, McHenry County prosecutors told the Daily Herald.

Depner wandered into a  Lakemoor resident's home on Sunday, Feb. 24 after driving his car into a ditch.

Depner is out on parole after serving 12 years of a 14-year sentence for the DUI-related crash that took the lives of a Crystal Lake woman and her three children in 1999, according to the Northwest Herald.

The Burleson family, of Crystal Lake, was on their way home from a day at Great America when Depner crashed into their mini-van and killed Eva, 34, Daniel, 13, Tiffany, 11 and Dallis, 7. Thomas Burleson, the husband and father, was the sole survivor of the crash, the Herald reports.

McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren said officers were dispatched at 6:17 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, for a well-being check on a person who reportedly drove off the road near 905 W. Rand Road in unincorporated Lakemoor.

Walter J. Depner, who was originally charged with misdemeanors for the Sunday incident, now faces felony charges of aggravated driving under the influence and driving while license revoked, according to the Daily Herald.

Woodstock

Craigslist Prostitution Ad Led to Murder of "John"

A McHenry County jury found Tim Smith, 28, guilty of first-degree murder of a man who responded to a Craig’s List ad offering Smith’s wife for prostitution, the McHenry County State’s Attorney said Thursday.

Smith, of Woodstock, faces a minimum sentence of 45 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections when he is sentenced on April 25. He was convicted of killing Kurt Milliman, in May 2011.

Milliman answered a Craig’s List ad and arrived at Smith’s home where he met Kimberly Smith, the defendant’s wife, according to McHenry County Sheriff’s police.

The two started to have sexual relations, but Kimberly Smith abruptly stopped and an argument ensued, according to a release from the state’s attorney’s office. Tim Smith then came out of a room where he had been hiding and shot Milliman in the back.

Inverness

Fire Causes $500,000 in Damage to Home

An Inverness home has a half a million dollars in damage after a basement fire occurred late afternoon Thursday.

The Palatine Rural Fire Protection District responded to the call from residents who live on Windsor Lane in Inverness, which came in at 4:51 p.m., according to a press release from the Palatine Rural Fire Protection District.

The residents of the two-story single family home came back to find the house filling with smoke from the basement. When emergency crews arrived there was no visible evidence of fire from the outside.

Deerfield

Charges Mount in Burglary Case

The case of two Deerfield teenagers accused of invading a Highland Park home in August and appeared on the verge of settling earlier this month became more complex today in Lake County Criminal Court in Waukegan.

Assistant Lake County State’s Attorney Steve Sheller told Judge Daniel Shanes he was adding a claim of unlawful possession of marijuana, a Class 4 Felony, to the existing 10 counts of the indictment against Joshua Norris and Joseph Mahoney, both 18, of Deerfield.

Earlier: Judge Suggests Probation Possible in Teen Burglary Case

Skokie

Cops: Bad Drug Deal Results in Armed Robbery

Police responded to an aggravated robbery in the 9500 block of Lavergne Avenue on Feb. 24 at 10:45 p.m.

According to police, two individuals were meeting up with someone known to them to purchase marijuana. When they arrived at the dealer's residence, however, the offender held the duo up at gunpoint, stealing one of victim's wallet, which contained cash and several credit cards. 

The suspect was described as a black male, about 6-feet-tall, 170-pounds, 19 to 24-years-of-age, wearing jeans, a black hooded sweatshirt, black jacket and a scarf that covered his face, police said.

Related Topics: Regional Police Report and Walter Depner

b garrett

6:51 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

The drunk driver should have been quickly executed...after the first incident. 14 years for killing an entire family? No question some bleeding heart liberal judge...

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Charles

8:42 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

I agree 100%. Anyone convicted of a DUI related death needs to be taken out and hanged.

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JuleS

10:01 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

I wholeheartedly agree -- why are we spending money to keep people like this fed, clothed, sheltered and even entertained? Maybe the real question is, who's paying these judges to hand out slaps on the wrist? It's a shame that drunks will never know the pain of someone like Tom Burleson, who will never get over losing his wife and three children. alcoholism may be a disease, but it's one that can be cured -- but rarely is given the opportunity because it's easier to just keep on drinking and harming others.

Hummingbird_Lover

7:00 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

After killing an entire family due to this being drunk and now found driving drunk afterwards, Depner deserves to be kept in prison for the rest of his natural life.

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Paul

8:27 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

WTF...things like this want me to see chain gangs back and bread & water rations .... for LIFE.

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Wally

8:32 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Just another sad result of liberalism...disgusting

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Paul

8:38 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

things like this want me to see chain gangs back and bread & water rations .... for LIFE.

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Standards

8:50 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Wally and Ty Garret are TROLLS. IGNORE THEM.
Any intelligernt person knows the there are sentencing guidelines that judges follow and they are based on what the charges were by the district attorney. He got 14 years probably for DUI /wreckless homicide, not first degree murder.
Open a book and educate yourself. You both are pathetic.
Being liberal has zero to do with it. You all need to get lives.

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The Q

9:51 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

but we should ban 30 round magazines........you can buy booze on any corner and drink til you cant walk at any bar.

20x as many people dies from alcohol compared to guns, and those folks arnt innocent gang-bangers either.

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Robert Orenstein

10:36 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Export our 20+ year and lifetime sentence convicts to Turkey, a hellish life awaits them in one of their prisons. It'll cost us next to nothing.

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John L

9:56 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Hey,,, I like that idea.. Why not. We are outsourcing everything else.

b garrett

11:26 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Soon enough. Society will get so very corrupt from the liberal political social agenda //. Unending unemployment benefits. Ever increasing social security "disability" 50 million on food stamps wic/ link support for women who elect to have fatherless households full of children section 8 illegal immigrants being moved into your neighborhood. Etc etc etc. that a situation much like in Greece. Where the " golden dawn" takes over to provide " security" will come to pass....the liberal politicians unending appetite for " great society " programs. And the taxes on those few who actually work... Has reached a tipping point...Illinois is bankrupt. The us govt living on piles of printed " Borrowed " money".....drunks allowed to kill and set free to kill again...not to hard to see where this all ends.

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Charles

11:41 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

We're there now. It's just a matter of time before it all implodes on itself. Liberals just are not capable of learning from their mistakes. They just wet their beds and continue to sleep in it.

marie

2:06 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Mr Smith was charged with a sentence of 45yrs in jail for 1 murder.
Mr. Depner murdered "4" people and only got 12yrs. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!
This judge should have never been elected for this job. I hope if I ever get arrested I will have this judge that way I will know that I'm home free.

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Jim

3:03 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Some people are ignorant and some are stupid. Liberals are both.

wbpprint

2:44 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013

We try to ban guns instead of dealing with the real culprits, illegals, blacks, mentally deranged, all the above are the most common cause of death by shootings. We refuse to keep our streets safe from drunks, except on holidays and use "safety checks" to weed out the drunk driver. It is time to ban cell phone usage in a moving car, ban drunk drivers if they kill, take their lives because they knew the danger before the 1st sip. Lets also start weeding out the liberal dumbass judges that give light sentences to these offenders.

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Brian

10:05 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Wow...really? Did David Duke write that for you?

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Sandra Sims

4:40 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

Gee, Patch, good to see you again supporting blatant racism on your message boards again. Ooops, sorry, forgot I'm not allowed to call anyone a racist. My bad.

b garrett

7:25 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Wbpprint. You have my vote!

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MMM

10:42 am on Sunday, March 3, 2013

This piece of crap who lived in jail for the past 12years for free.(free housing,free food and everything else) yet goes right back in to live another 12 years or more for free. Thanks to all of us harworking taxpayers! A .45 bullet cost less than 50 cents and would only take less than a second. You do the math!

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Katie Osmon

2:50 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

I don't think it really matters what your political view is, wrong was done, justice wasn't served properly. Unfortunately, that judge was voted for and he gave that sentence. I'm all for capital and corporal punishment. Bring it back, see how fast crime goes down. Once it became inhumane, crime spiked. I'm all for people having a birdcage on their head with a razor in their mouth for gossiping. I'm all about women having a pear shaped device shoved up in their vagina and it tearing out their uterus if they commit adultery. I'm also for figuring out something similar for men who commit adultery. I'm all about bringing back the hanging block and everything else like that. See how fast people change their behavior. I had a niece that was killed by a drunk driver when she was 14. If she was still alive, she would be 22. My stepmom still mourns her, 8 years later. The guy that killed her was sentenced to 10 years. He was out in 2! Two years for killing someone! This was his third dui! And our government wants to take our guns away? Eff that! They can do another prohibition. Take cell phones away. I have a sticker and so does my boyfriend, on the back of our trucks that even read "keep me alive! Don't text and drive!" My phone doesn't exist when I'm driving. How about seeing motorcyclists too? Call a cab, put your phone down. Its not worth killing yourself or someone else.

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Sandra Sims

4:37 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

You want to cut people's tongues out for gossiping and to tear a woman's uterus out for adultery? I think you should move to Afghanistan. The Taliban thinks just like you. The idea that people like you exist in America in 2013 is terrifying.

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Brian

2:21 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

Because obviously the death penalty is a good deterrent. There are no heinous crimes in states where they execute, right?

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Nightcrawler

3:22 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

Well Katie, that's Sharia law in a nutshell. Pun intended.

Tom Lunde

3:49 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

Irregardless of what your political views are, I think it is safe to assume that Mr. Depner will be having his rectum dialated in prison for another 12 years.

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Brian Hickey

3:49 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

Glad they got him...Just in the nick o' time.

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Katie Osmon

5:08 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

Sandra, crime would go down. I studied it in college along with 60 other students. Maybe parents should start teaching their children not to drink and drive and set an example for them. Remember when your cell phone rings when you're driving and you answer it, you're setting an example for your child that its ok to use your phone and drive. My phone is put in drive mode when I'm in my truck even if I don't have my son. Also, when you go out anywhere, to dinner, a friends, family gathering, etc. and you have even one alcoholic beverage, you're saying to your child(ren) that its ok to drink and drive. Keep that in mind. I don't drink in front of my son. Bring back prohibition and ban cell phones. ;)

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Sandra Sims

6:50 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013

I wasn't talking about drinking and driving or talking on a phone while driving, I was commenting on your other truly insane ideas. And we already tried Prohibition, maybe you forgot what you learned in "college" about that? And good luck on that cell phone ban. Devoutly glad I am not your kid, find it very scary that you are actually raising and influencing a child.

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Stevie Janowski

7:36 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

Katie, Ive had my run ins with Sandra before, she is an idiot and not worth your time

Katie Osmon

1:38 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

My kid is a happy and healthy 8 year old. ;) I didn't forget anything I learned in college. :) everyone is entitled to their opinions, you don't have to like mine. I love my fist amendment right. Oh, and I don't torture or raise my hand to my child. His dirt bike gets taken away.

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b garrett

5:08 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

public whippings with a cane/ as they do in Singapore/ would be hugely effective./and basically' free' compared to keeping people in jail/...for a lot of the behavior tolerated due to liberal political ' politically correct' bleeding hearts!..

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Katie Osmon

5:42 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

Drunk drivers should be handcuffed to the casket(s) of the people/person they killed, just so they can see how many people they hurt. My niece had almost 1,000 people at her funeral.

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Stevie Janowski

7:35 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013

Really he got 14 years? what a soft judge. Freakin joke

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