43-year-old Ellihue Pegues, Jr., just couldn’t learn the lesson, it would seem.
Prohibited from contacting his former girlfriend or going near her home by a protective order as well as a condition of bond from an earlier offense, last September Pegues decided to go to her home in Aurora anyway, whereupon he held her by the throat until the victim’s daughter pepper-sprayed him in the face.
A few days later, Pegues again went to the victim’s home and pepper-sprayed the victim and her daughter in the face.
In both incidents, Pegues violated the protective order and also caused the victim to fear for her safety, committing the felony offense of aggravated stalking.
Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie L. Mosser announced that Pegues, Jr., agreed to a sentence of five years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections in exchange for a guilty plea to the offense of aggravated stalking, Class 3 felony.
Judge Salvatore LoPiccolo, Jr., accepted the plea.
In accordance with Illinois law, Pegues is eligible for day-for-day sentencing. Pegues receives credit for 383 days served in the Kane County jail, where he had been held since his arrest in lieu of $100,000 bail.
“Protective orders and conditions of bond are not mere pieces of paper,” Mosser said in a statement. “They are court orders to protect victims from further abuse. This defendant chose to batter the victim, which caused her to seek the protection of the court. He then chose to continue to violate the law. Our community is safer because he is in prison. My thoughts go to the victim and her daughter, who will still have to endure the memories of this defendant’s choices.”
