Monday, October 1, 2012
James Bonafide, of Hillside, remains in DuPage County Jail.
A registered sex offender from Hillside pleaded not guilty to charges he improperly approached two Timothy Christian students in August. James Bonafide, who remains held in DuPage County Jail on $99,999 bail, appeared in court Monday for arraignment on single counts of disorderly conduct and unlawful loitering near a school by a sex offender. Elmhurst police arrested 39-year-old Bonafide at his Hillside home on Aug. 31 after a witness saw him approach two young female students at the school. During a bond-reduction hearing last month, prosecutors said Bonafide parked near the school around 10 a.m. that day, went up to the girls, each 8 years old, and made a lewd comment to them. The witness confronted Bonafide about the incident, who …
Monday, September 10, 2012
History of allegations similar to new charges against James Bonafide.
James Bonafide vowed things would be different after he was arrested in 2007. Bonafide had been charged that year with twice fondling himself in front of children outside two Elmhurst schools, Sandburg Middle and Hawthorne Elementary. He pleaded guilty to unlawful loitering by a sex offender and was awaiting sentencing in March 2008, when he wrote a letter from jail to the judge overseeing the case. “It has been the first time I have been incarcerated. It has definitely had an impact on me and I never again want to repeat this experience,” Bonafide wrote. “I can’t change the past, but I’m very serious about my future and I’m truly ready to put an end to this cycle.” Bonafide was given 180 days in prison and 2 1/2 years of probation, which …
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Bonafide, of Hillside, was taken to DuPage County Jail on felony charge of unlawful loitering within 500 feet of a school.
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
Elmhurst police have released the name of the registered sex offender who allegedly was making "inappropriate sexual comments" to female elementary school students at Timothy Christian School, 188 W. Butterfield Road, on Friday, Aug. 31. James Bonafide, 39, of Hillside, has been charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful loitering within 500 feet of a school, according to a press release from the Elmhurst Police Department. At about 10 a.m. Aug. 31, police responded to a call of a suspicious person in the area of the school. A witness saw Bonafide driving a blue van through the parking lot of Messiah Lutheran Church, 130 W. Butterfield, and in the parking lot of Royal York Condominiums, at 100 W. Butterfield, which is adjacent to the …
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Dan
11:34 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
Thanks. Mr. Campana has done an excellent job following this story. more ›