## [Prosecutor Misconduct No. 1663714112 - 1658325455](/prosecutor-misconduct-no-1663714112-1658325455) [![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_500_x_500_/public/default_images/download%20%289%29%20%282%29_0.jpg?itok=5WstKkf1)](/individual/desiree-%20sierens)Desiree Sierens **[Boone County State Attorney](/illinois/boone-county-state-attorney)** 601 North Main Street Belvidere, Illinois 61008 [(815) 544-0868](tel:%28815%29544-0868) [https://www.booneco…](https://www.boonecountyil.gov/government/departments/state_s_attorney/index.php) [![Boone County State Attorney](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-08/logo%20%287%29.png?itok=3yT9Kp6w "Boone County State Attorney")](/illinois/boone-county-state-attorney) ## Date of Offense April 4, 2012 ## Offense(s) [Overcharging](/prosecutor-complaint-categories/duty/overcharging) ## Reporting Authority This complaint has been forwarded to the [Illinois State Bar Association](/illinois/illinois-state-bar-association) ## Supporting Document(s) [Screenshot\_20220819-152025\_Chrome.jpg](/system/files/webform/prosecutor_complaint/625/Screenshot_20220819-152025_Chrome.jpg) [drivingrecord (1) (1)(1).pdf](/system/files/webform/prosecutor_complaint/625/drivingrecord%20%281%29%20%281%29%281%29.pdf) ## Statement States attorney alleged to a grand jury that I had 2 past convictions for dui, and subsequently charged me in Boone County as a third offense. I have repeatedly made the court, my public defender, and the state aware of this fact and am still charged as if this is my third offense. I have only 1 dui conviction which resulted in supervision (which I completed and no longer have a criminal conviction) from 2019. I also have a certified court purposes drivers abstract that also bears this information out. This malicious prosecutor is attempting to convict me for a third offense when I havent been tried or convicted of a second offense under the same statute. This prosecutor has already attempted to tender a felony probation plea deal to my public defender when this should only be charged as a class A misdemeanor, not a class 2 felony. This prosecutor is leveraging defendants by overcharging beyond the laws of the State of Illnois.