People v. J.K.

Respondent, J.K., appeals the order of the circuit court committing him to the Department of Corrections. He contends that the trial court erred when it directed the State to file a petition to revoke his probation and that the trial court abused its discretion when it sentenced him to the Department of Corrections when there were less restrictive alternatives available.

These proceedings commenced when respondent’s parents brought him to the Du Page sheriff’s office to discuss the burglaries he committed; he had bragged about his misdeeds. The State filed a petition to adjudicate him a…