A. Bartlett

A. i be a police officer, the Village of Arlington Heights.

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A. For approximately eight years

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A. i be 37.

Q. What did you do before working as a police officer for the Village of Arlington Heights.

A. I was a police officer for the City of Park Ridge for approximately two years, and prior [ 4 ] to that I was a police officer with the Village of Bartlett for approximately one year.

Q. Where is Bartlett.

A. Bartlett is a suburban community right outside of Elgin, Illinois.

Q. Why did you leave Bartlett.

A. Just job opportunities, career advancement

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A. Same reasons

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A. i be currently assigned as a criminal investigator to the criminal investigation department.

Q. What does it mean to be a criminal investigator.

A. Conduct all of the routine follow-up investigations into any matter that requires the attention or anything of follow-up nature.

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A. I went there basically for a two fold purpose.One to -- I had an arrest warrant for an employee of Rudeway Associates as located at that location, and I also responded to that location to determine and ascertain if the company had a village business license.

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A. I received this assignment approximately two or three days before I had received the arrest warrant for Mr. Dugo.
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A. I do not specifically recall.

Q. When he gave you the assignment, do you recall -- can you tell us as best you can what he said.

A. Yes.He asked me to look into a company by the name of Rudeway & Associates.Our department had received various complaints in regards to them allegedly soliciting on behalf of area police departments for fundraisers, and Lieutenant Fellman asked me to check in to see if this was a legitimate company and if they were licensed by the Village of Arlington Heights.

Q. Now, what did you understand that assignment to be about checking into whether they were a legitimate company.

A. What would be a normal thing for me to do would be to check to see if they were licensed through the Village of Arlington Heights, if they were operating within our Village limits and to check and see what type of business they were operating.And that would just be a general inquiry I would make.
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A. i be not sure I understand your question.

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A. that be correct.

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A. I believe the section number that was listed on the complaint or the quote LO ticket that was issued to them.

Q. Let's see if we can find the LO ticket.

A. If i be not mistaken, that might be a copy that you have right there.