National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: April 22-28, 2012

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week:

“Extending The Vision; Reaching Every Victim. Justice For Victims. Justice For All.”

During Election 2012, one of the top issues for debate involves National Crime Victims’ Rights for homeowners who become Victims of Crimes after they have purchased real estate property in the Village of Lombard, York Township, DuPage County, Illinois. Many Lombard homeowners become victims of theft, robbery, kidnapping, abuse, torture, harassment, damages and losses, smuggling from criminals who target Lombard residents after they have purchased real estate property in DuPage County, Illinois USA. National Crime Victims’ Rights for Compensation and Victims’ Assistance is a real issue for debate during Election 2012 in the USA.

The Crime Victims’ Rights Act was signed into law on October 30, 2004. Under the Constitution, inalienable victims’ rights include the following:
1. The right to attend criminal justice proceedings;
2. The right to apply for compensation;
3. The right to be heard and participate in the criminal justice proceedings;
4. The right to be informed of proceedings and events in the criminal justice process, of legal rights and remedies, and of available services;
5. The right to protection from intimidation and harassment;
6. The right to restitution from the offender;
7. The right to prompt return of personal property seized as evidence;
8. The right to a speedy trial;
9. The right to enforcement of these rights;
10. The right to appeal denial of constitutional victims’ rights.
11. The right to be treated like a human being.
12. The right to be included in civil proceedings.

Since September 2, 1993, Mr. Roberto Hung Juris Doctor and Surviving Family, Daughter Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler, Son-in-law Nathan Scott Wittler Patriquin are Lombard resident homeowners at 502 S. Westmore-Meyers Road and Washington Boulevard who have become Illinois Victims of Heinous Hate Crimes in District 5, near St. Pius X Catholic Church, the Deicke Home for the Retarded, Easter Seals of Lombard in DuPage County, Westmore Elementary School, the Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White Drivers Motor Vehicles Facility at Eastgate Shopping Center and the Islamic Foundation Center on Highridge Road in Villa Park, Illinois USA.

A Lombard Resident Homeowner Victim of Heinous Hate Crimes

The Estate of Roberto Hung & Family was purchased in the name of the late Mr. Roberto Hung, Sr., who became a victim of crime after he purchased Lombard real estate property and became a registered Lombard homeowner for P.I.N. 06-09-315-038-0000, real estate property legally acquired and recorded in Du Page County, during September 2, 1993 through September 2, 1996 and paid in full at the Maple Park State Bank with cash retirement funds, IRA money markets, and 401K monies accrued in employment savings through profit-sharing invested at Felt-Pro, Inc. auto gasket company, also known today as Federal Mogul Corporation Sealing Systems, located at 7450 North McCormick Boulevard, in Skokie, Illinois 60076-8103. Felt-Pro, Inc.–managed and family-owned by Lewis C. Weinberg, the Lehman Brothers, Mr. Kessler, and others, along with son David Weinberg and daughter, Barbara Kessler.

 

In 1996, Mr. Roberto Hung turned 65 years of age and decided to continue working during the day at The Pampered Chef, located at One Swift Road in Addison, Illinois.   Then, Mr. Hung added part-time work hours at night and during the weekends at Dominick’s Food Stores in Oakbrook Terrace to supplement his retirement income.  Mr. Hung became a U.S. citizen in Chicago, of Cuban and Chinese descent.

Mr. Roberto Hung was abused and victimized while he worked for The Pampered Chef in Addison and Dominick’s Food Stores in Oakbrook Terrace in Illinois.  Mr. Hung became a victim of crime after he purchased Lombard Real Estate property at 502 S. Westmore-Meyers Road and Washington Boulevard, one block southeast from St. Pius X Catholic Church and School in the Village of Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois USA.

 

The late Mr. Roberto Hung Sr., was a retired Cuban-Chinese attorney, who worked as Municipal District Attorney in Santiago de Cuba, while he also served as judge for the Municipal District Court of Santiago de Cuba, in Oriente, Cuba. Mr. Roberto Hung was a graduate cum laude from the Law School at the University of La Habana in Cuba. In the State of Illinois, Du Page County, Mr. Roberto Hung became a Lombard resident homeowner, U.S. citizen, and also a paying member of the Illinois Sheriffs Association, who contributed to local, state, and presidential cash fundraisers, to include donations to the Lombard Fire Department and Police Department, and other national charities. On December 22, 1996, he had written a donation checks for the Lombard Fire Department and to his son Robert S. Hung, after paying his household bills, before he became injured at home, 502 S. Westmore Avenue in Lombard, Du Page County, Illinois.

After Mr. Roberto Hung paid for the Lombard real estate property, he was abused as a resident homeowner, taxpayer, and U.S. citizen. On December 22, 1996, Mr. Hung was injured at home in Lombard after 9:00 PM, before Christmas Day. Mr. Roberto Hung survived the traumatic brain injury when his eldest daughter Gardenia C. Hung provided first responder’s emergency assistance and called 911 in the Village of Lombard. After Mr. Hung recovered from a stroke in 1997, he was throttled and murdered by the respiratory therapist Ben Aguilar at Vencor Northlake Hospital, on June 18, 1998, in Northlake, Cook County, Illinois.

Coincidentally, Felt-Pro, Inc., the automotive gasket sealing magnet, known for a wide-range of worker benefits was also sold in 1998, in the amount of $720 million dollars to Federal Mogul Corporation based in Michigan and nation-wide. Ten years later, Mr. Lewis C. Weinberg died, on Thursday, October 30, 2008, at his Chicago home in Illinois, at the age of 93 years old.  Since Felt-Pro, Inc. was sold in 1997, Mr. Roberto Hung became abused, injured, and eventually murdered, while holding Lombard real estate property, residency, and homeownership in the County of Du Page.

For the record, the estimated market value of the subject property was $272, 850.00 in 2008, plus the value of family, personal, professional business assets of the Hung Family in Lombard, Du Page County, Illinois. The Lombard Brick Bungalow, built in 1927, was damaged extensively by public use and unauthorized access entries by the Lombard Police Department, the Fire Department, the Village of Lombard, and other intruders during the course of municipal services and operations which caused detrimental disaster, roofing water damages , plumbing flooding and demolition losses. On Wednesday, November 5, 2008, the Lombard Fire Department, instigated by Keith Steiskal, and others, demolished the Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow at 502 S Westmore-Meyers Road in Du Page. Now the Hung Family is petitioning for cash compensation, restitution, and financial remuneration by the Village of Lombard and others who have publicly used the private property owned by the Hung Family in the Estate of Mr. Roberto Hung Supplemental Care Trust.

FOR THE RECORD, MR. ROBERTO HUNG, NEVER RECEIVED THE SENIOR CITIZENS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, EVEN THOUGH HE PAID IN FULL FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE LOMBARD HISTORIC BRICK BUNGALOW BUILT IN 1927. On September 2nd, 1993, Mr. Roberto Hung purchased the Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow from Debra Y. Sekrecki, with an initial down payment of $2,000, as earnest money paid by personal check, added to the total cash payment of $88,000 at a fixed interest rate not to exceed 8.00% per year, amortized over a period of fifteen (15) years. At the time, Debra Y. Sekrecki had two (2) children, a boy and a girl, lived with Stella, the tenant upstairs, and father Adam Sekrecki. On July 11, 1993, Mr. Roberto Hung signed a Standard Residential Sales Contract from the Du Page Association of Realtors in agreement to purchase the Lombard real estate property at 502 S. Westmore Avenue in Lombard, Illinois 60148-3028, owned by seller Debra Y. Sekrecki. The original closing date was scheduled on September 11, 1993. However, Roberto Hung was called by telephone to appear sooner on September 2nd, 1993, at 3:30 p.m., at the law office of Alan Dakoff, Telephone: 708-966-0488, located at 9291 North Maryland, in Niles, Illinois 60714, U.S.A. Century 21, Action Real Estate provided a Buyer Service Pledge presented by Steve Block, Telephone: 630-627-5500, and Dino, the real estate agent with Roberto Hung, signed in agreement. Afterwards, Roberto Hung received a copy of Rider 412, Buyer’s Inspection which he signed as buyer with Debra Sekrecki, as seller.

In 1993, Century 21, Action Real Estate described in a listing the Highlights of the Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow at the corner of Westmore Avenue and Washington Blvd., owned by Debra Y. Sekrecki with tenant Stella. At the time, the Du Page County Real Estate Taxes were only $2,744 for the brick house. After Roberto Hung purchased the same Lombard Brick House, the Lombard property taxes doubled for more than $4,000, without providing the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption as a tax credit. This Lombard Brick Home is located near Westmore Elementary School and St. Pius X Church School, Jackson Middle School, and Willowbrook High School. George Hornbeck’s Parcel No. 06-09-315038 is a subdivision, spacious 4-bedroom brick home with a second floor in-law or potential income arrangement. There are nine (9) rooms available with hardwood floors. Full finished basement. Front and rear enclosed porches for added living space. Fully fenced yard with a gas grill. There is a 2-car garage. Public transportation is available. This Lombard home is close to school and shopping, near the Eastgate Center and State of Illinois facilities for the Secretary of State Vehicle Licenses Center and the Illinois Employment and Training Center (I.E.T.C.). Action Real Estate for Century 21 was serving Du Page and Cook counties at the Lombard Pines Shopping Center, 1125-J South Main Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, in care of realtor Dino. The real estate closing documents for purchase were prepared by Attorney Dean G. Galanopoulos and Robert G. Galgan, Jr. Atty. No.1948, at 340 West Butterfield Road, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126.

The First State Bank of Maple Park mailed a letter on November 10, 1995 to Mr. Roberto Hung, which notified the Lombard homeowner that the bank was transferring the servicing of the Loan Mortgage to the Dime Savings Bank of New York, FSB, P.O. Box 985, Newark, New Jersey 07101-0985. Customer Service Park, 231 East Avenue, Suite 200, Tel. 1-800-222-0912. Robert Hung was informed that the mortgage rates would increase as a balloon mortgage for the Dime Savings Bank of New York. Since Robert Hung did not want to incur additional mortgage interest rates, He Decided To Pay in Full Cash for the remainder balance of the Lombard Real Estate Property for P.I.N. 06-09-315-038, Lot 2 in George P. Hornbeck’s Resubdivision of Part of the West one-half of the South West one-fourth of Section 9, Township 39 North, Range 11, East of the Third Meridian, According to the Plat thereof recorded on February 19, 1980 as Document No. R80-10413, in Du Page County, Illinois.

On September 2nd, 1996, Mr. Roberto Hung completed full cash payment of the Lombard Brick Home at First State Bank of Maple, located at 1100 County Line Road, Maple Park, Illinois 60151, in care of Joy S. Reynolds, Tel. (815) 827-4000, Fax. (815) 827-3207, Toll Free No. 1-800-449-2700, while Bruce Madden was president of the First State Bank, and witnessed by his daughter, Gardenia C. Hung, and the bank manager. Mr. Roberto Hung and his eldest daughter, married to Nathan S. Wittler, improved the Lombard Brick house by adding oak cabinets, an exterior halogen flood night light, (2) automatic garage door openers, changed all door locks, added gardening landscaping, apple trees orchard, and perennial flowers, and exotic plant species.

On December 22, 1996, Mr. Hung was injured at home in Lombard after 9:00 PM, before Christmas Day. After recovering from a stroke in 1997, Roberto Hung was throttled and murdered by the respiratory therapist Ben Aguilar at Vencor Northlake Hospital, on June 18, 1998.

We are remembering how Mr. Roberto Hung was murdered at Vencor Northlake Hospital by Respiratory Therapist Ben Aguilar in Cook County, Illinois, while he was a critical care patient under the medical care of Dr. Grodzin, M.D. from Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and previous medical care of Dr. Tom Cornwell M.D., and Nurse Nancy Minch, R.N., with CNA Carol and Jennifer… from Home Care Physicians in Winfield, Illinois USA.

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Certified Legal Interpreting and Translation in Illinois, USA

I started language interpreting for Action Translation with the Illinois Industrial Commission in Chicago at the James R. Thompson Illinois Government Center when Joseph Raudonis used to live in Palos Heights, Illinois—I found a job wanted ad in the newspaper and telephoned Action Translation for assignments translating legal documents for Spanish into English.

Then,   I met Carmen Kenny, a legal interpreter at the Arbitration Center in Chicago, who was looking for a freelance interpreter and translator who could share legal interpreting assignments in the Chicagoland area, travel on-site to judicial hearings, arbitrations, depositions, and translate legal documents upon assignment for Carmen Kenny & Associates based in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

A colleague referred me to Arroyave Academy of Languages managed by Guillermo Arroyave himself in Highland Park and Arlington Heights, who was looking for a communications cross-cultural consultant who could teach foreign languages, interpret, and translate from English into Spanish, French, and/or Portuguese, available for travelling around the Chicagoland area—throughout the counties of Cook, Lake, Will, DuPage, Kane, Grundy, LaSalle, etc.

I had been working for Berlitz Schools of Languages in Chicago, Hinsdale, Oak Brook, and Schaumburg as a language cross-cultural consultant. 

By professional referral and networking, I was contacted by Inlingua Schools in Chicago to work as a professional cross-cultural consultant, language interpreter and translator on-site, in the Chicagoland area.

In addition, I was a member of the American Translators Association and Chicago Area Translators and Interpreters Association.In 1990, I found a newspaper job ad from Diplomatic Languages Service, Inc. , based in Virginia, looking for language interpreters and translators in Chicago, Illinois.

During the 1990’s I interpreted and translated for several Translation Agencies:  Burg Translation, Palencia Language Services,  Interlate Systems, Inc., Linguistic Systems, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts, Access Translation managed by Rosa Ridderbusch in Lake Zurich, AIM Translations in Bloomingdale, Illinois. 

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A Perfect Crime Committed by the Lombard Police and Fire Department

The Lombard Police and Fire Department have been responsible for the crimes committed at the Estate of Roberto Hung and Family while the Lombard resident homeowners were at work, travelling, or out-of-town in DuPage County, Illinois, out-of-state or abroad. Consequently, the Village of Lombard has the obligation to compensate and pay the Hung Family for all the damages and losses to the Estate of Roberto Hung and Family in Illinois, USA. The Hung Family members have been Lombard resident homeowners at 502 S. Westmore Avenue and Washington Blvd. in DuPage County. The Hung Family has purchased two (2) Lombard homes during 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 in York Township, Illinois, USA.

For the last nineteen years, the Family of Mr. Roberto Hung, resident Lombard homeowners and U.S. citizens at 502 S. Westmore-Meyers Road and Washington Blvd. have been Victims of Heinous Hate Crime Caused by the Village of Lombard and DuPage County, Illinois, United States of America because they purchased two (2) Lombard Real Estate properties and paid cash for their homes, near St. Pius X Catholic Church and School at 1025 East Madison St. and Westmore-Meyers Road in the Village of Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois, United States of America.

THE VILLAGE OF LOMBARD HAS TO PAY THE HUNG FAMILY FOR DAMAGES AND LOSSES TO THE ESTATE OF ROBERTO HUNG AND FAMILY MEMBERS ABUSED AS VICTIMS OF CRIMES SET UP BY THE LOMBARD POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT IN DUPAGE COUNTY ILLINOIS USA.Consulting Media Arts Communications©2012 Gardenia Hung.

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1993-2008 DAMAGES AND LOSSES AT THE HUNG FAMILY REAL ESTATE AT

502 SOUTH WESTMORE-MEYERS ROAD, LOMBARD, DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS 60148-3028

OVERVIEW REPORT BY GARDENIA C. HUNG, M.A.

DAUGHTER OF THE LATE MR. ROBERTO HUNG, J.D.

I. BRICK BUNGALOW HOUSE WITH 3-LEVELS: 1ST FLOOR, 2ND FLOOR, BASEMENT, GARAGE

A. FIRST FLOOR.- FOYER/LOBBY FRONT.- DAMAGED DOOR LOCK,SHUT

1. CEILING PANELS STAINED, CRACKED

2. GLASS WINDOW PANES, 6TH WINDOW SOUTH, CRACKED GLASS

8TH WINDOW SOUTH, CRACKED GLASS

3. DOOR BELL IS BROKEN

4. DOOR KNOB IS BROKEN, FORCED

5. DOOR PANEL, STAINED BY FORCED ENTRY

6. DOOR LOCK/KNOB IS BROKEN, FORCED

7. FRONT STEPS, CHIPPED CONCRETE

8. BRICK BASE NEEDS TUCKPOINTING

B. LIVING ROOM.- 25-GALLON AQUARIUM, DEAD FISH, POISONED CLOROX

1. FLOOR-DRILLED HOLE BY UNAUTHORIZED CABLE CONTRACTOR

2. SOUTH WALL SEEPAGE, PEELING PAINT, CRACKED WALLS

3. SOUTH WALL DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM

4. CEILING CRACKED PEELING PAINT CAUSED BY WEATHER EXPOSURE, MOISTURE, WINTERSTORMS

C. DINING ROOM

1. CEILING BULGING TILES, FALLING TILES ON THE WEST CORNER

2. WINDOW GLASS BULLET HOLE, UPPER LEFT GLASS PANE, CRACKED

GLASS WINDOW PANE

3. CARPETING.- WALL-TO-WALL DAMAGE

D. MASTER BEDROOM

1. COLLAPSED CEILING OVER TEAK QUEEN-SIZE BEDROOM SET, VANITY

(2) CHEST OF DRAWERS, (2) NIGHT STAND TABLES, (2) LAMPS

2. WALLS DAMAGED BY MOLD, MILDEW, WATER SEEPAGE

3. CARPETING WALL-TO-WALL DAMAGED

E. CORRIDOR

1. FLOOR WARPED WOODEN PLANKS TO BE REPLACED

2. CARPETING WALL-TO-WALL DAMAGED

3. CEILING GYPSUM COLLAPSED, CRACKED

4. ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM DAMAGED BY WATER SEEPAGE

F. BATHROOM

1. CEILING COLLAPSED WHEN PLUMPING PIPES AND FIXTURES BURST

DUE TO EXCESSIVE WATER PRESSURE UNGAUGED BY THE LOMBARD

WATER DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

2. CEILING WOODEN STRUCTURE DAMAGED BY WATER SEEPAGE

3. PLUMBING PIPES AND FIXTURES DAMAGED

G. GUEST BEDROOM (SOUTHWEST FACING BACKYARD) STUDY

1. CLOSET IS DAMAGED BY PLUMBING PIPES BURSTING DUE TO

UNGAUGED WATER PRESSURE

2. WATER SEEPAGE IN CLOSET ACCESS TO PLUMBING PIPES SHARED BY

THE BATHROOM AND THE BASEMENT LEVELS.

G. STOLEN CLOTHING, BOOKS, FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FILES BELONGING TO GARDENIA C. HUNG

H. KITCHEN

1. SINK PLUMBING PIPES ARE TURNED OFF

2. FLOOR TILES ARE CRACKED, WATER-LOGGED, TO BE REPLACED

3. CEILING PAINT CRACKED, PEELING

4. REFRIGERATOR IS DAMAGED

5. DISHWATER IS DAMAGED

6. DISHES ARE BROKEN

I. BASEMENT

1. PLUMBING PIPES BURST DUE TO UNGAUGED WATER PRESSURE

2. COLLAPSED CEILING, CRACKED, EXPOSED PIPES, MOLD, MILDEW

3. WATER SEEPAGE, HUMIDITY, MOLD, MILDEW

4. WALLS CRACKED, PEELING PAINT

5. GLASS VENTS CLOSED/OPEN SCREENS BROKEN, TO BE REPLACED

6. (2) REFRIGERATORS DAMAGED – VERTICAL UPRIGHT/HALF FRIDGE

7. POOL TABLE GREEN MAT IS DAMAGED

8. BAR DAMAGED DUE TO COLLAPSED CEILING, MOLD, MILDEW

9. WASHING MACHINE IS DAMAGED

10. HEATING FURNACE SYSTEM/AIR CONDITIONING IS DAMAGED

11. STORAGE ROOM, BOOK SHELVES, STOLEN BOOKS BY INTRUDERS

12. STORAGE ROOM INSULATION TO BE REPLACED, FINISHED

13. LAUNDRY ROOM, CEILING FIXTURE PANEL CRACKED, BROKEN

14. CEILING PANEL PULLED DOWN

15. WALL PAINT CRACKED, PEELING

J. BACK PORCH.- INTRUDERS USED A HEAT TORCH ON PAINT BEHIND DOOR
CRACKED WOODEN BEAM BY THE WINDOW

1. CEILING LEAKAGE ON RAINY DAYS

2. LIGHT FIXTURE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS WATER DAMAGED

3. DOOR BELL IS BROKEN, FORCED, PULLED OUT BY INTRUDERS

4. DOOR BELL WIRING IS PULLED OUT

5. DOOR SCREEN IS DAMAGED, INSIDE, OUTSIDE, TORN OFF FROM HINGES, DROPPED OFF, TO BE REPLACED

6. PORCH DOOR IS DAMAGED, CRACKED PAINT, PEELING TO BE REPLACED

7. GLASS DOOR KNOBS DAMAGES TO BE REPLACED

II. SECOND FLOOR

1. STAIRS, STEPS.- WOODEN, WATER STAINED, GLASS DOOR KNOB IS

DAMAGED, BROKEN

2. WALLS, CEILING PAINT CRACKED, PEELING

3. STORAGE ROOM INSULATION IS DAMAGED BY INTRUDERS TO BE

REPLACED AND REFINISHED

A. STUDY/HALF BEDROOM

1. PAINT CRACKED, PEELING

2. DAMAGED TO PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER PC EQUIPMENT, STOLEN

CD-ROM DRIVE. STOLEN DOCUMENTS FROM MR. ROBERTO HUNG

B. BEDROOM

1. CLOSED IS DAMAGED BY WATER SEEPAGE, MOLD, MILDEW,

CRACKED WALL

2. CEILING LIGHT FIXTURE CRACKED AND BROKEN GLASS OVER BED

C. KITCHEN

1. CEILING CRACKED AND PAINT PEELING CAUSED BY HEAT TORCH USED BY INTRUDERS, TRESPASSERS AND UNAUTHORIZED ENTRIES

D. PANTRY, TO BE RESTORED, REMODELED, REPAINTED, REFINISHED

1. PANTRY CEILING PAINT CRACKED, PEELING, MOLD, MILDEW

2. PANTRY STORAGE DOOR CRACKED, MOLD, MILDEW, REPLACE

E. BATHROOM, PLUMBING PIPE FIXTURES BURST FROM 2ND TO 1ST FLOOR

PAINT CRACKED, PEELING, TO BE RESTORED, REMODELED, REDONE

F. LIVING ROOM FURNITURE STAINED AND DAMAGED

1. CEILING CRACKING, FISSURE UNDER ROOFING STRESS

2. WALL RETAIN HUMIDITY, MOLD, MILDEW

III. GARAGE

1. GARAGE DOOR OPENER IS BROKEN, DAMAGED, SEARS BRAND

2. REPLACE GARAGE DOOR

3. LAWN MOWER IS DAMAGED, BROKEN POWER STRING

4. ALUMINUM SIDING POST (LEFT) IS CRACKED, BROKEN

5. WOODEN-FRAME STRUCTURE IS DAMAGED BY HUMIDITY

6. CONDUIT FOR ELECTRICAL WIRING WAS PULLED DOWN

7. DAMAGE TO NINE (9) MOTORIZED AUTO VEHICLES, CARS, SUV, MOTORCYCLE, LAWN MOWER, ETC.

8. NEW ROOFING FOR GARAGE TO MATCH THE HOUSE IN AGED REDWOOD SHINGLES

IV. BACKYARD

1. ROOFING DAMAGE TO ROOFING SHINGLES, WOODEN STRUCTURE, WIRING, GUTTERS, DUCTWORK

2. T.V. ANTENNA FOR COMMUNICATIONS KNOCKED DOWN BY CABLE CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE VILLAGE OF LOMBARD AND UNAUTHORIZED BY THE HUNG FAMILY OR G.C. HUNG

3. SIDE ROOFING DAMAGE

4. FENCE DAMAGED BY EVA AND JOHN CARPENTER & SONS, AS WELL AS BY INTRUDERS, TRESPASSERS JUMPING THE FENCING POSTS WHICH ARE DAMAGED AND SPLINTERED BY SBC TELEPHONE COMPANY AND OTHER INTRUDERS AND CRIMINALS

5. FENCE POSTS ARE BROKEN, SPLINTERED, KNOCKET OUT, KICKED IN

6. GRASS LAWN TRAMPLED, FLOWER BED BORDERS DAMAGED

LOMBARD DAMAGES & LOSSES TO HUNG FAMILY REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, ASSETS, AUTOMOBILES, MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT, ETC. FROM 1993-2007

MEMO OVERVIEW FROM GARDENIA C. HUNG, M.A.

TYPED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2006, 10:55:35 AM

Our Health at Risk

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A New Year’s Twelve Resolutions

 “Whatever you can do or dream, you can begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”–von Goethe

     At Midnight, I remembered to observe and follow the old tradition of the Twelve Grapes which are to be eaten one at a time marking the hours leading to 12:00 o’clock sharp, followed by a sparkling grape juice, sipped slowly while recollecting the year’s end, coming to mind all at once, at the prospect of another one.  The New Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twelve (2012) marks Anniversaries and Celebrations with Hopes for Peace, Justice, Equity, and Fairness tempered with Love, Joy, Meditation, Reflection, Foresights and Insights into the new millennium.

     While I visited the public library, I came across a quote from Gloria Steinam scripted on the wall:  “The Future Depends Entirely on What Each of Us Does Everyday.”

      In the New Year 2012, I have set out Twelve Resolutions as a Lombard resident homeowner, Illinois Victim of Heinous Hate Crimes in York Township, DuPage County, U.S.A.:

1. To protect my personal Civil Rights and Human Rights in the State of Illinois as a Lombard resident homeowner in District 5.
2. To stop being a Lombard Victim of Heinous Hate Crimes.
3. To investigate the reasons why I have been singled out as a Lombard resident homeowner for Abuse of Civil Rights and Human Rights in Housing Under The Law in the Village of Lombard.
4. To identify my Mother who has been sequestered by medical staff, friends, and other relatives for the last six (6) years, since January 12, 2006.
5. To contact Nathan Scott Wittler whom has been estranged since 2001.
6. To uphold the Enforceable Illinois Victims’ Rights Act  under the Constitution.
7. To enforce the Constitution of the State of Illinois, Article I, Bill of Rights, Section 8.1 for Crime Victims’ Rights, Section 12 Right To Remedy and Justice with the National Victims’ Constitutional Amendment  for Illinois Enforceable Victims’ Rights Act.
8. To obtain Compensation and Restitution as a Lombard Resident Homeowner who has become an Illinois Victim of Crimes in District 5, York Township, DuPage County, U.S.A.
9. To set out new personal, professional, and financial goals in the New Year 2012 with high hopes for the future.
10. To maintain personal relationships with others, family, relatives, friends, and associates.
11. To keep a healthy diet, balanced nutrition, and daily exercise during the year.
12. To pray for peace, justice, equity, and fairness for myself and all others in 2012.

 

A Winter Solstice Story

On a Winter Solstice evening, during the longest night in December 21, 1996, I had already returned to my Lombard family home from Berlin, Germany after attending an international conference for Language and the Media at the InterContinental Hotel on Alexanderplatz. My Father had arrived home from working at Dominick’s Food Store in Oakbrook Terrace. My Father, Mr. Roberto Hung, wanted to give me his Christmas Gift, a personal check for my Brother and Mother, $100.00 dollars, and also for Nathan S. Wittler and myself four days before Christmas Day in 1996…

The New Year’s Resolution I Have Kept During 2011 is Reflected in My Personal Testimonial Account About My Father, Mr. Roberto Hung, Juris Doctor, Lombard Resident Homeowner, Taxpayer, Father, Husband, Employee at Dominick’s Food Store in Oakbrook Terrace, The Pampered Chef in Addison, Felt-Products Inc. in Skokie, Illinois Victim of Heinous Hate Crimes in the Village of Lombard, District 5, York Township, DuPage County, Illinois 60148-3028, in the State of Illinois, United States of America.

A Winter Solstice Story from Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler on Vimeo.

A Personal Testimonial Account About Mr. Roberto Hung, Juris Doctor, Lombard Resident Homeowner, Taxpayer, Father, Husband, Employee at Dominick’s Food Store in Oakbrook Terrace, The Pampered Chef in Addison, Felt-Products Inc. in Skokie, Illinois Victim of Heinous Hate Crimes in the Village of Lombard, District 5, York Township, DuPage County, Illinois 60148-3028, in the State of Illinois, United States of America.

 Winter Solstice Part 2 from Gardenia C. Hung-Wittler on Vimeo.

On Winter Solstice, December 21-22, 1996, I was teaching, translating and interpreting until 9:30 p.m. when I returned to my Lombard home, to find my Father, Mr. Roberto Hung, who had also returned from working at the Dominick’s Food Store in Oakbrook Terrace in the evening. My Father wanted to talk to me about Christmas Gifts for December 1996 when he gave me personal checks for my Brother and Mother, my husband Nathan and myself, including another check for the Lombard Fire Department in the amount of $25.00 donation for the Holiday Fund. Afterwards, Mr. Roberto Hung went upstairs to make his late dinner…

Needless to say, I spent an entire “blue holiday” Christmas Day during 1996 at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital while the neurosurgeon operated on my Father, Mr. Roberto Hung who suffered from a severe traumatic brain injury with an aneurysm after he was hit with a blunt object on the head  by a Lombard intruder unbeknown to my Father upstairs on the second floor, while he was at home eating salmon during dinnertime upstairs on a winter solstice night.  My Father, Mr. Roberto Hung went into a deep comatose state which lasted close to one and a half to two months at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, DuPage County, Illinois.  December 1996 was the saddest “blue holiday”…and two years thereafter, my Father, Mr. Roberto Hung was attacked again during his sleep at Vencor Northlake Hospital by medical staff who killed him while he was asleep in the morning.

Throughout the year 2011, I have kept the New Year’s Resolution to remember my late Father Mr. Roberto Hung who was abused, throttled and murdered at Vencor Northlake Hospital by Respiratory Therapist Ben Aguilar,  around 7 a.m. on June 18, 1998–before Father’s Day.

A Torture Session For A Victim of Crime in DuPage County, Illinois

On the 25^thAnniversary of the National Center for Victims of Crime, I remember how I was a Victim of Torture and Crime in DuPage County, Illinois, as a Lombard resident homeowner at 502 South Westmore-Meyers Road and Washington Boulevard, near St. Pius X Catholic Church and School.  I was kidnapped from the Master bedroom of a historic Lombard bungalow while I was sleeping after midnight.  The house keys to our family home were passed around to Lombard Police and covert informants, so they could have unauthorized access entry to the Hung-Wittler family home when the Lombard resident homeowners were working during the day, afternoon or nights.  After midnight, I woke up suddenly and noticed a group of men around the bed.  Someone pulled me away from my husband who was sleeping next to me.  I started to scream out his name, while the man pulled me forcefully away from my husband who was still in bed.  The man carried me away in the new pajamas I had bought at Yorktown Center in Lombard.The man was tall and strong while he pulled me away and carried me.  The intruder used a hypodermic needle to induce drugs so I would pass out and stop screaming.

Since I remember that I was taken away from the Village of Lombard to another town where I was tortured.  During the torture session, my fingers and the palms of my hands were passed over hot flames and singed to damages my fingerprints—I passed out from the pain and abuse of torture.  The tips of my fingers were numb and flat.  My hands have become weak and I cannot grasp objects which slip away from my fingers and drop onto the floor.  I have lost the sense of grasping from both hands and fingers.  There is also loss of memory and disability from the damages to my feet since I could not walk.

Timeless For A Vintage Year: 1927, Modern Times

From the 19th Century and 20th Century To The 21st Century.

 

1927 was a vintage year for memorable, auspicious events and dates to remember.The year 1927 coincides with the construction of the Lombard Brick Bungalow at 502 S. Westmore Avenue and Washington Blvd., in time for the Lilac Festival at Lilacia Park in the Village of Lombard, Du Page County, Illinois, USA. During 1927, Lombard lived through a building contracts boom for community development, expansion and growth.

During 1927, “the Grandaddies Sol Kogen and Edgar Miller in Old Town, renewed their friendship from the School of the Art Institute and joined efforts in rehabbing old buildings with recyclable materials, to be used as studios—according to Dennis Rodkin, Chicago Reader, in the Nest Issue, “Chicago architecture was booming in 1927.” The original Carl Street Studios were erected in 1927 and bears Sol Kogen’s name at 155 W. Carl Street, known today as Burton Place in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Eighty-four years ago establishes a milestone for the Modernist style of architecture featuring Art Deco, Nouveau Art, stained glass windows, glass etchings, beveled and leaded glass, in the Italianate style, as well as mosaics, frescoes, and architectural interior designs.

In 1927, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded.

The telegraph and the telephone were used for “speedy communications”.

During March 19, 1927, the Village of Lombard issued new building permits in demand for the great expansion and growth of Babcock’s Grove, since 1833, when Ralph and Morgan Babcock traveled west of Chicago to secure land for the Church Deacon, Winslow Churchill and his family, in Du Page County, Illinois, USA.

In 1869, Babcock’s Grove was incorporated when Josiah P. Lombard, one of the village’s main landowners, lent his name to the new municipality, known today as the Village of Lombard, according to town historian Jean Van Rensselar.

At the turn-of-the-century, the Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow at 502 S. Westmore Avenue and Washington Blvd. was owned by the Ahrens Family as a subdivision of part of the block “A” in Robertson’s Westmore, according to the Plat recorded June 1st, 1922 by the Du Page County Recorder of Deeds Office. Both Mary Ahrens and Emil Ahrens lived at this Lombard Historic Brick home during 1929 and 1930, according to property records.

Warranty Deed in Trust, R75-64744 , Recorded in Du Page County, 1975 Nov 20 PM12:30

This indenture witnesseth, that the Grantor Lucille Hornbeck, a.k.a. Lucille A. Hornbeck, a widow and not since remarried, of the County of Du Page and State of Illinois for and in consideration of the sum of Ten and 0/100 dollars, $10.00, in hand paid, and of other good and valuable considerations, receipt of which, hereby, is duly acknowledged to Convey and Warrant unto La Grange State Bank, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, s Trustee under the provisions of a certain Trust agreement, dated the 8th day of November 1975 and known as Trust Number 2834, the following described real estate in the County of Du Page and State of Illinois, to wit:
Parcel 1: Lot eighty (80) in Robertson’s Westmore, a subdivision of part of the West half of the South West quarter of Section nine (9), Township thirty-nine (30) North, Range eleven (11) East of the Third Principal Meridian, lying South of the right of way line of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad Company, according to the Plat thereof recorded June 1st 1922, as document 15681, in Du Page County, Illinois.
Parcel 2: Lot A in Washington Manor being a Subdivision of part of Block “A” in Robertson’s Westmore, a Subdivision of that part of the West half of the Southwest quarter, lying South of the right of way of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, of Section 9, Township 39 North, Range 11, East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the Plat of said Washington Manor recorded February 17, 1959 as document 912579, and Certificate recorded on April 20, 1959, as Document 919712, in Du Page County, Illinois.
Former Grantors:
Mary Ahrens, 3/27/1929, Books 231/364
Emil Ahrens, 6/16/1930, Books 248-539
Dorothy Elguth, 5/19/1934, Books 293-352
Richard Ahrens, 5/14/1947, Books 371-206
Henry A. Hornbeck, 1947
George P. Hornbeck
Lucille A. Hornbeck, 11/20/1975
Marie C. LiPuma, 10/30/1984
Debra Sekrecki,
Roberto Hung, 9/2/1996
Gardenia C. Hung/Robert S. Hung, 1998-present
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During 1922, when the Ahrens recorded this property deed, a building ordinance was passed in the Village of Lombard, the superintendent of construction was appointed, and the Lombard village board studied zoning ordinance. There were 2,200 acres in Du Page County, subdivided into residential lots—old farms were being subdivided. According to the late Mrs. Steben, my elderly next-door neighbor, “the area was old farm land with horse stables, surrounded by corn fields”.

More petitions for new subdivisions were presented in 1922. At the time, the Lombard trustees forecasted the expansion and uncontrolled growth. There were dirt roads and muddy paths—”some sections were inundated by spring rains”. According to Lillian Budd, Lombard historian, The Lombard News summarized, “…clamoring for water in pipes, while at the same time battling water not in pipes.” Some property owners laid water mains at their own expense, then asked permission to connect with the village water system. The Village of Lombard planned street paving afterwards in 1922.

During March 19, 1927, the Village of Lombard issued new building permits. By June 1927, eight (8) more building permits were issued. At the time, property values in Lombard increased—”one vacant lot more than tripled in value, within one year”.

Colonel William R. Plum, died on April 28, 1927, during Lilac Time. Upon his death, the Estate of Colonel Plum and his wife, Helen M. Plum was bequeathed to the Village of Lombard, for a public park, known today as Lilacia Park, in 2008. The Lombard Park District was established on September 26, 1927 in Du Page County, Illinois, USA .

Eighty-six years later, there are still Lombard resident senior citizens living today to celebrate their anniversaries in Lilac Town. Last Friday, August 29, 2008, the Lombard Spectator reported that there is still a need for water main construction on Meyers Road, between 22nd Street and 16th Street for the installation of a new water transmission main on Meyers Road at the York Center—to be completed in two (2) months, according to the Lombard Public Works Department, engineer Frank Kalisik. The Lombard water transmission main is designed for a water booster station to process about 4,000 feet of water, locally. This is not a water main to the Lombard residents’ homes.

The Lombard Spectator was first published in 1927 by Frank T. Jirsa, Jr. On June 16, 1927, the Lilac Town voice became “Devoted to the interests of Lombard—”a Village of Homes”. This local newspaper brought attention to Lilac Town as the Village of Lombard, founded in 1869.

According to Lombard history , the Ahrens Family can be traced back to the German Lutheran brothers Ehler and Friedrich Ahrens, who helped to build Trinity Lutheran Church School, “schulgemeinde”, on Roosevelt Road and Wisconsin street, York Center. On June 15, 1868, the Ahrens brothers joined Jobst Goltermann, Henry and Friedrich Goltermann, and Heinrich Meyer to provide for the Trinity Lutheran Church School and congregation at the York Center, in Babcock’s Grove, before the Village of Lombard was incorporated, in 1869. The original twelve (12) Lutherans who erected Trinity Lutheran Church at Roosevelt and Meyers Road were: three (3) Goltermann brothers, two (2) Ahrens brothers, Fr. Meyer, H. H. Hogrefe, J. Uhlhorn, W. Woltermann, D. Scharlau, F. Schumaker, and H. Niemann.

One hundred and forty years have passed now in 2008 since that fateful day. Now Trinity Lutheran Church and School celebrate the 140th anniversary of serving the Village of Lombard community and the Lutheran congregation at York Center, in Du Page County, Illinois, United States of America.

The Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow is Timeless for a Vintage Year: 1927, Modern Times, from the 19th Century and 20th Century To The 21st Century. This Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow has remained at the corner of Westmore Avenue and Washington Blvd. since the Ahrens Family built the Lombard property in 1927.

Two centuries later, on September 2nd, 1993, Mr. Roberto Hung purchased the Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow from Debra Y. Sekrecki, with an initial down payment of $2,000, as earnest money paid by personal check, added to the total cash payment of $88,000 at a fixed interest rate not to exceed 8.00% per year, amortized over a period of fifteen (15) years. At the time, Debra Y. Sekrecki had two (2) children, a boy and a girl, lived with Stella, the tenant upstairs, and father Adam Sekrecki.

Three years before, on July 11, 1993, Mr. Roberto Hung signed a Standard Residential Sales Contract from the Du Page Association of Realtors in agreement to purchase the Lombard real estate property at 502 S. Westmore Avenue in Lombard, Illinois 60148-3028, owned by seller Debra Y. Sekrecki. The original closing date was scheduled on September 11, 1993. However, Roberto Hung was called by telephone to appear sooner on September 2nd, 1993, at 3:30 p.m., at the law office of Alan Dakoff, Telephone: 708-966-0488, located at 9291 North Maryland, in Niles, Illinois 60714, U.S.A.

Century 21, Action Real Estate provided a Buyer Service Pledge presented by Steve Block, Telephone: 630-627-5500, and Dino, the real estate agent with Roberto Hung, signed in agreement. Afterwards, Roberto Hung received a copy of Rider 412, Buyer’s Inspection which he signed as buyer with Debra Sekrecki, as seller.

In 1993, Century 21, Action Real Estate described in a listing the Highlights of the Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow at the corner of Westmore Avenue and Washington Blvd., owned by Debra Y. Sekrecki with tenant Stella. At the time, the Du Page County Real Estate Taxes were only $2,744 for the brick house. After Roberto Hung purchased the same Lombard Brick House, the Lombard property taxes doubled for more than $4,000, without providing the senior citizens Homestead Exemption.

This Lombard Brick Home is located near Westmore Elementary School and St. Pius X Church School, Jackson Middle School, and Willowbrook High School.

George Hornbeck’s Parcel No. 06-09-315038 is a subdivision, spacious 4-bedroom brick home with a second floor in-law or potential income arrangement. There are nine (9) rooms available with hardwood floors. Full finished basement. Front and rear enclosed porches for added living space. Fully fenced yard with a gas grill. There is a 2-car garage. Public transportation is available. This Lombard home is close to school and shopping, near the Eastgate Center and State of Illinois facilities for the Secretary of State Vehicle Licenses Center and the Illinois Employment and Training Center (I.E.T.C.).

Action Real Estate for Century 21 was serving Du Page and Cook counties at the Lombard Pines Shopping Center, 1125-J South Main Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148, in care of realtor Dino.

On September 2nd, 1996, Mr. Roberto Hung completed full cash payment of the Lombard Brick Home at Maple Park State Bank, witnessed by his daughter, Gardenia C. Hung, and the bank manager. Mr. Roberto Hung and his eldest daughter, married to Nathan S. Wittler, improved this Lombard Brick house by adding oak cabinets, an exterior halogen flood night light, (2) automatic garage door openers, changed all door locks, added gardening landscaping, apple trees orchard, and perennial flowers, and exotic plant species.
Specifications for the Lombard Historic Brick Bungalow:
Living Room: 25.4 X 11.10 sq. ft.
Dining Room: 13.1 X 13.2 sq. ft.
Kitchen: 11.6 X 10.8 sq. ft.
Master Bdrm: 11.10 X 10.6 sq. ft.
Bedroom: 11.5 X 10.6 sq. ft.
Bedroom: 11.3 X 10.0 sq. ft.
Bedroom: 15.8 X 10.0 sq. ft.
Living Room: 13.10 X 12.2 sq. ft.
Kitchen: 15 X 14 sq. ft.
Pantry: 6 X 4 sq. ft.

Utilities in the Basement. Basement Full Finished. Storage Rooms: 2. Closets: 10

Sources:
Chicago Reader, Thursday, March 27, 2008, Volume 37, Number 27. The Nest Issue. “The Granddaddies Sol Kogen and Edgar Miller in Old Town”, page 28, The Reader© 2008, CL Chicago, Inc.
Footsteps on the Tall Grass Prairie. A History of Lombard, Illinois by Lillian Budd, page 97. Published for the Lombard Historical Society, as a 1976 American Revolution Bicentennial Project. First Edition. Copyright 1977 by the Lombard Historical Society.
1996 Lombard Community Directory. “Lombard: The Lilac Village” by Jean Van Rensselar, page 2.
Du Page County Recorder of Deeds, Fred Bucholz, Assisted by Jan, and Supervisor Leslie on Tuesday, June 19th, 2007, 11AM at the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration Building, 421 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois 60187-0936 USA. 2007 Real Estate Title Deed Research by Gardenia C. Hung, M.A., for Lombard Real Estate, 502 S. Westmore-Meyers Road and Washington Blvd., Lombard, Illinois, 60148-3028 USA. P.I.N. 06-09-315-038 on June 21st, 2007, 12PM.
Lombard Spectator. “Lombard: Meyers to be tied up with water main work”, page 10. Press Publications, Friday, August 29, 2008 LVP.