Bond reduced for Warrenville teenager charged with burglary
After having his bond reduced by $23,000 Monday, Joshua Holmes is likely to return to the comforts of his Warrenville home.
But that’s one of only a few places he’ll be going any time soon.
Circuit Judge Kathryn Cresswell reduced the $25,000 bond for the 17-year-old who was arrested late last month after police said a Warrenville woman caught him on video burglarizing her son’s car. Holmes is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 31.
If able to post the $200 he now needs to be freed from DuPage County jail (10 percent of the $2,000), Cresswell said Holmes, of the 30W300 block of Heather Court, will be required to wear a GPS device.
Outside of home, he will be allowed only to attend classes at Wheaton Warrenville South High School, attend his court dates or visit his lawyer’s office.
Cresswell denied Holmes’ mothers request that he be allowed to attend Sunday church services. Another condition of his release is that he attends all of his classes.
“If you skip one class, you’ll be back here sitting in jail until your case is over,” Cresswell told him.
The burglary caught on tape by the victim’s mother was the second time in about a week the vehicle was broken into while parked near the basketball courts at Warrenville Park District’s Recreation Center at 3S260 Warren Ave.
Police said the victim’s mother staked out the area and let her video camera roll as Holmes went to her son’s car and took $6. That video, police said, led to Holmes’ confession.
Holmes pleaded guilty to stealing about $25 in merchandise from JCPenney in Lombard in December 2009. Holmes also was ticketed twice this year for possession of marijuana, and once for possession of tobacco by a minor, court records show. In addition, he was charged with another theft in March, but records indicate that case was dismissed days later.
If convicted of the burglary, Cresswell said Holmes could be sentenced to up to four years of probation or between three to seven years in prison. He also could face $25,000 in fines and restitution.