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Aurora police officer charged with threatening Kendall County judge; on unpaid leave, says department · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Aurora police officer charged with threatening Kendall County judge on
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  Speaker 1: unpaid leave, says department. Written by Joey Weslow, this article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. An Aurora police officer already facing charges of
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  Speaker 1: aggravated battery to a minor has been charged with threatening
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  Speaker 1: a Kendall County judge. Court records show Dinas Machado, forty nine,
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  Speaker 1: was charged on August sixth with one count of threatening
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  Speaker 1: a public official, a Class three felony. If convicted, he
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  Speaker 1: could face up to five years in prison. When reached
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  Speaker 1: after initially declining comment, the Aurora Police Department Wednesday afternoon
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  Speaker 1: confirmed that he is a current police officer but is
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  Speaker 1: on unpaid administrative leave. The response didn't say when he
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  Speaker 1: had been placed on leave. However, on August third, Machado
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  Speaker 1: appeared in the judge's courtroom for a divorce hearing. Court
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  Speaker 1: records state later that day he allegedly made threats against
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  Speaker 1: the judge while on the phone with his defense attorney,
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  Speaker 1: Sophia Idrisi of Yorkville based law office McAdams and Sartori.
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  Speaker 1: Records show Idrisi told Yorkville Police of the threats and
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  Speaker 1: said she believed them to be credible and was concerned
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  Speaker 1: for the judge's safety. According to an August sixth court filing,
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  Speaker 1: Idresey told authorities that Machado said of the judge, he
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  Speaker 1: won't be tough when I come to his house and
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  Speaker 1: drag him out at three a m. Record state when notified,
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  Speaker 1: the judge said he was concerned for his own safety,
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  Speaker 1: especially with Machado's history in law enforcement. According to the
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  Speaker 1: court filing, Machado was denied release pending trial on the
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  Speaker 1: alleged threat. Record show during a pre trial detention hearing
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  Speaker 1: on August seventh, Machado was ordered to remain in custody
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  Speaker 1: at the Kendall County Jail pending further court proceedings based
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  Speaker 1: upon a history of alleged violent behavior. In a petition
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  Speaker 1: to deny Machada release, prosecutors argued that his history made
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  Speaker 1: him a danger if released, saying it is clear that
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  Speaker 1: the defendant has impulse control issues and is a danger
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  Speaker 1: to multiple individuals, including the judge. Records state Muchado also
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  Speaker 1: has a history of alleged domestic violence. According to court records,
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  Speaker 1: Kendall County court records show that Machado was charged on
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  Speaker 1: September tenth, twenty twenty twenty five, with aggravated battery to
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  Speaker 1: a minor and two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery. That
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  Speaker 1: case remains pending. In a September eleventh, twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 1: order of protection filed filed against him by a family member.
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  Speaker 1: The filing lists his place of employment as the Aurora
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  Speaker 1: Police Department. That same family member, a woman, filed an
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  Speaker 1: order of protection against Machado in twenty nineteen. Also record
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  Speaker 1: show the twenty twenty five order of protection cites a
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  Speaker 1: history of domestic violence and alleges Machado had a pattern
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  Speaker 1: of behavior that made the woman fear for her safety.
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  Speaker 1: According to the filing, he has an anger problem. The
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  Speaker 1: woman wrote of Machado in the order of protection filing
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  Speaker 1: and alleged that he had placed cameras all over the house.
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  Speaker 1: According to the order of protection, there have been at
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  Speaker 1: least two incidents involving Machado and the Illinois Department of
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  Speaker 1: Family Services following Machado's alleged threat against the judge and
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  Speaker 1: at the request of Kendall County Circuit Court Chief Judge
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  Speaker 1: Stephen Krentz. Machado's case will be presided over by an
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  Speaker 1: out of county judge. Record show Lake County Judge Ari
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  Speaker 1: Fish will preside, and a special prosecutor has been assigned
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  Speaker 1: to the case. Machado's next court appearance is August nineteenth.
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  Speaker 1: This is a developing story. Check back for updates.