Addict could get ‘boot camp’ for Naperville burglary

WHEATON — A 19-year-old Naperville man who turned to crime to support his heroin addiction has been sentenced to four years in prison for burglarizing a house earlier this year.

Jeffrey R. Dillavou could escape that fate if he successfully completes the Illinois Department of Corrections' "impact incarceration program," a form of boot camp sometimes offered to first-time or nonviolent offenders. Dillavou was recommended for enrollment in the program during a recent appearance in DuPage County Circuit Court.

Dillavou pleaded guilty Oct. 21 to a felony charge of residential burglary, according to court records. Judge Peter J. Dockery that day accepted the plea and approved the impact incarceration program recommendation.

Naperville police arrested Dillavou after he stole a $100 digital camera June 18 from a home on the 600 block of Gettysburg Court in the Hobson West neighborhood.

Dillavou was part of a crew that had been hired to paint the interior of the house. Police found heroin in Dillavou's pockets on June 25, when he was taken into custody for stealing the camera.

During his detention at the police station, Dillavou removed a screw from a lighting fixture and used it to etch his initials and the legend "6/9" into the door of his cell. That led to his being charged with criminal damage to property.

He has also served jail time stemming from a November 2007 attempted home burglary in Naperville, court records showed. He has also been arrested by Naperville and Lisle police and convicted of misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana.

Dillavou has been held in DuPage County Jail since being arrested for the burglary. Dockery gave him 118 days of credit toward his prison term for time he has already served in jail.