Probation for Schaumburg driver who struck a teenage skateboarder
The actions of a Schaumburg man, who turned himself in to police after hitting a teenager with his car last August, earned him consideration from a Cook County judge during his sentencing hearing Monday in Rolling Meadows.
Adrian Perea, 29, pleaded guilty to charges that he left the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving an injury, which occurred about 10:15 p.m. Aug. 25, 2011, near Springinsguth Road and Sycamore Lane in Schaumburg. In exchange for his guilty plea to the class 2 felony, Judge Kay Hanlon sentenced Perea to 24 months of probation.
Hanlon noted that the then-17-year-old, who was riding a skateboard in the median at the time Perea’s car struck him, has recovered from injuries that included a broken arm and ankle, a fractured skull and vertebrae and bleeding on the brain, none of which resulted in permanent injury.
Hanlon noted Perea’s remorse and lack of criminal background, the fact that he turned himself into police, as well as the 19 letters she received on his behalf in pronouncing his sentence.
“You’re a very good candidate for probation,” Hanlon said to Perea, a Texas transplant who holds down three jobs, “but make sure you comply with the conditions of your probation, or you will become a candidate for the penitentiary.”
Defense attorney Joseph DiNatale said earlier that Perea turned himself after reading about the accident in the Daily Herald and learning police were looking for a damaged vehicle.