Court Call for Monday, Dec. 31, 2012

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On the docket: Pretrial conference. 

ARMED ROBBERY CASE: Donte Myles, 25, of Chicago; charged with armed robbery. Police say Myles robbed a woman of more than $1,000 at knifepoint on April 2.

On the docket: Pretrial conference.

BURGLARY CASE: Ethan Seidel, 23; charged with burglary. Police say he and two other men stole a safe when they broke into Cash for Gold in Dixon on April 19.

On the docket: Pretrial conference.

DOMESTIC BATTERY CASE: Moses D. Spears, 28, of Dixon; charged with aggravated domestic battery, felony and misdemeanor domestic battery, and interfering with the reporting of domestic violence, also a misdemeanor. Police say Spears hit and choked his girlfriend on March 1, and took the phone when she tried to call police.

On the docket: Pretrial conference.

MURDER CASE: Matthew W. Welling, 32, of Amboy; charged with first-degree murder and two counts of home invasion. Police say Welling killed Delmar Leroy Daniels, 79, during a struggle after pushing his way into the victim’s home.

On the docket: Pretrial conference.

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DRUG CASE: Rogelio Amezola, 35, of Sterling, pleaded guilty in October to selling 173 grams of cocaine to a police informant in May 2011.

On the docket: Sentencing.

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