DeKalb man charged in series of burglaries

SYCAMORE – A DeKalb man charged in connection with a string of burglaries was being held in DeKalb County jail on $50,000 bond Friday.

Kyle T. Neumann, 21, of the 100 block of Charter Street, DeKalb, is charged with burglary, theft, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm without a firearm owner's identification card and possession of ammunition without a FOID card after DeKalb police arrested him Thursday at his home.

If convicted of the most serious charge, burglary, Neumann coud face up to 15 years in prison.

According to court records, DeKalb police first responded to a report of a burglary to a vehicle around 6:30 p.m. on Monday in the 1000 block of East Sixth Street, DeKalb, according to court documents. The owner told police that someone had broken into the vehicle between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. and stolen a Walther PPK handgun from the center console.

At 10:52 a.m. on Thursday, DeKalb police responded to a reported burglary to a vehicle in the 700 block of Oakland Drive where the owner reported $900 in cash was taken from his vehicle between 3 and 10 a.m, according to court documents. Later that day, at 5 p.m., DeKalb police responded to a burglary in the 200 block of Greenwood Acres Drive where a woman reported her Trek bicycle was taken from her attached garage, according to court documents.

DeKalb police learned from Sycamore police that Neumann had fled from police earlier in the day and went to his home, where they found Neumann leaving through the back door. Police found him with $1,218 in cash in his pocket, a Trek bicycle outside the home and the handgun was found in Neumann's bedroom closest, police said in court documents.

In court on Friday, First Assistant State's Attorney Stephanie Klein noted that Neumann was already out on bond for other offenses at the time of the burglaries.

Neumann would need $5,000 cash bail to get out of jail. Judge Robbin Stuckert also ordered him placed on electronic home monitoring and pretrial services if he did get out of jail.

He is next due on court Monday.