Man charged with trespassing at Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's home in Chicago on July 4: documents

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has been charged with trespassing at Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's home in Chicago, court documents show.

The incident happened around on July 4 on the city's North Side.



A suspect was arrested by police around 10:06 p.m. after he was allegedly seen on camera jumping over a fence and trespassing in the backyard of Pritzker's house in the Gold Coast neighborhood.

Dwayne Cortez Milton has been charged with trespassing, Cook County court documents showed.



The suspect was ordered to be released from custody in this case pending his trial, but he was been ordered to not return to the property.

However, Milton pleased guilty in a separate theft case on July 7, and he is currently in custody for that case, documents show.

Milton is scheduled to appear in court again July 27 for the trespassing case.

No further information about the trespassing incident was immediately available.

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