Prosecutors: Warrenville teens gave their 5-year-old nephew cannabis

SHARE Prosecutors: Warrenville teens gave their 5-year-old nephew cannabis
gavel2.jpg

Sun-Times file photo

Two west suburban teenagers have been charged with giving cannabis to their 5-year-old nephew.

The brothers, ages 14 and 17, each face one felony count of aggravated battery to a child, according to the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office. The older brother also faces one misdemeanor count of resisting a police officer.

The teens and their nephew were inside a locked bathroom at their Warrenville home Wednesday when they gave him a lit cannabis joint, prosecutors said. The boy’s mother smelled the cannabis, and when she opened the bathroom door, her son was coughing and crying.

She reported the incident to Warrenville police.

“The allegations against these two juvenile defendants are very disturbing,” State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. “Marijuana is an illegal drug and why anyone would supply an illegal drug to a 5-year-old, as alleged in this case, is just inexplicable.”

Judge Joseph Bugos ordered the younger brother to home detention, and the older boy to remain in custody, according to the state’s attorney’s office. The 17-year-old is next scheduled to appear in court July 6, and the younger boy is next due on July 13.

The Latest
The acquisition of Tamarack Farms makes Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge a more impactful destination and creates within Hackmatack a major macrosite for conservation.
The man was found unresponsive in an alley in the 10700 block of South Lowe Avenue, police said.
The man suffered head trauma and was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.
Another federal judge in Chicago who also has dismissed gun cases based on the same Supreme Court ruling says the high court’s decision in what’s known as the Bruen case will “inevitably lead to more gun violence, more dead citizens and more devastated communities.”
Women make up just 10% of those in careers such as green infrastructure and clean and renewable energy, a leader from Openlands writes. Apprenticeships and other training opportunities are some of the ways to get more women into this growing job sector.