Prosecutors: Man Stole Coin Collection, Cremains Of Deceased Infant, From Elmhurst Home
HARVEY, Ill. (CBS) -- Bond has been set at $750,000 for a man accused of burglarizing an Elmhurst home – taking items that included the cremains of the victims' child.
Glenn Addison, 66, appeared in DuPage County court in Wheaton Saturday. The bond was set by Judge Jeff MacKay.
Addison, who was already on parole for a 2014 burglary, now stands charged with a new count of residential burglary.
On Monday, Dec. 9, Elmhurst police received a call about a residential burglary on Melrose Street in Elmhurst. The victims told police a coin collection and an urn containing the ashes of their deceased infant son, according to the DuPage County State's Attorney's office.
Elmhurst police connected the crime to Addison, who was arrested at his home in Harvey on Wednesday.
The allegation that Mr. Addison broke into his victims' home and stole valuables, including a coin collection, is unacceptable and will be met with the full force of the law," DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a news release. "To make matters worse however, it is alleged that Mr. Addison stole the couple's only connection to their deceased son, an urn containing their son's ashes, which if lost could never be replaced."
Fortunately, Berlin said in the release, the urn containing the infant's ashes was recovered and has been returned to its owners.
The burglary charge against Addison is a Class 1 felony, but he may be sentenced under Class X felony guidelines if he is convicted – due to his criminal history.
Addison's Illinois Department of Corrections record indicates that he was also sentenced to 60 years in prison for murder in 1974.
He was also served several years in prison for burglary and theft in 1985, 1994, and 2005, and forgery in 2003. All of those cases originated in Cook County, except the forgery, which happened in Kankakee County.
Addison was most recently sentenced for 10 years in prison for a burglary in Lake County in 2014. That was the case for which he was on parole.
Addison is due back in court on Monday, Jan. 6.