A Downers Grove man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for burglarizing two homes and a business in late 2019.
Jay Mendoza, 40, was sentenced Wednesday by Judge John Kinsella after pleading guilty to two felony counts of residential burglary and one felony count of burglary, according to the DuPage County state's attorney's office.
Investigators also discovered that two slot machines were stolen, and two more machines were damaged during the break-in, according to prosecutors.police responded to a residential burglary call after residents returned home from work to find their back door had been broken into. Prosecutors said around $930 in items were missing from the home, including a laptop computer, a tablet, jewelry and coins.police located a broken window while responding to a residential burglary call.