North Aurora Police Chief Dave Fisher explains at the North Aurora Village Board meeting Monday the Village’s plans to start prosecuting DUI arrests with a local prosecutor, rather than through the state’s attorney’s office. Village officials unanimously approved a contract with attorney Peter Buh, a private attorney from the law firm of Johnson and Buh, in Geneva, to act as the local prosecutor for DUI arrests made within North Aurora. Buh has been in private practice for more than 20 years. Benefits include more control over hearings and officer’s schedules, more revenue for the village from assessed fines, and less overtime paid out for multiple court appearances. All misdemeanor DUI arrests will continue to be tried at the Kane County courthouse in St. Charles. All arrests and tickets issued will be in the same manner as handled now. A difference is that the person prosecuting the case will not be from the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, rather by an attorney hired by the Village who has a background in prosecuting these cases.
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