Briefs: 18 years for sex assault

A Schaumburg man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting a relative who was younger than 13 at the time. Fermin Munoz, 29, of the 1500 block of Valley Lake Drive, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual assault at the Rolling Meadow courthouse. He had been accused of assaulting the girl in her Hoffman Estates home between 2002 and 2004 and again in 2006, said Andrew Conklin, a Cook County state's attorney's office spokesman. After the encounters were reported, Hoffman Estates police arrested Munoz on Oct 30, Conklin said.

Phone costs meeting today

The Citizens Utility Board is holding free clinics on how to cut phone bill costs, including how to get a $20 long-distance credit, beginning today. The clinics, co-sponsored by state Rep. Sidney Mathias of Buffalo Grove, Rep. Suzie Bassi of Rolling Meadows and Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine, are 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. today at Indian Trails Library, 355 S. Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 10 at Prospect Heights Library, 12 N. Elm St.; and 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. June 24 at Palatine Township Senior Center, 505 Quentin Road, Palatine. CUB reps will analyze phone bills people bring in for ways to save money. For more information, call CUB at (800) 669-5556 or go to CitizensUtilityBoard.org.

Flag Day picnic at The Barn

Hoffman Estates and the Schaumburg Barn invite residents to a Flag Day picnic, to be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 13 at the Schaumburg Municipal Center, 101 Schaumburg Court. Admission is $3. The program includes a speech by Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, a flag-hoisting ceremony with color guard, music, food and bingo. For tickets call (847) 524œ7496. The event is sponsored by the villages of Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg, Schaumburg Township, Schaumburg Township Library District, Schaumburg Park District, Community Nutrition Network, Preferred Meal Systems, Harris Bank and Friendship Village and Rotary Club.