DeKalb Co., Ill. (ECWd) –
Nathan P. Sweeney was sentenced to 14 years in prison in DeKalb County Circuit Court yesterday for a DUI resulting in the death of a DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy.
He should have had his CDL license revoked previous to this incident, but instead there was a concerted effort to permit him to keep driving and to not notify the Secretary of State.
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Nathan P. Sweeney was found guilty in DeKalb County Circuit Court of Count 2, Aggravated DUI in crash involving death.
His sentencing is scheduled for later this month.
Sweeney held a commercial driver’s license (“CDL”) at the time of this DUI which killed a DeKalb County Deputy Sheriff. He has been the subject of investigations into Kane County’s alleged masking of conviction(s) of a CDL holder.
The Illinois Secretary of State said “His CDL would have been disqualified for life” in a scathing letter to the United Stated Department of Transportation asking them in investigate Kane County’s alleged masking of Sweeney’s previous convictions as a CDL holder.
Kane County admitted “mistakes were made” in Sweeney’s previous conviction(s) which allowed him to keep his CDL.
We will provide an update after his sentencing.
