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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General |
| 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to those individuals who have |
| 4 | | given their lives in service to their community; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Gregory Jonas joined the Alorton Police |
| 6 | | Department in 1976, where he worked for eight years; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Jonas joined the Centreville Police |
| 8 | | Department in 1995 and was promoted to lieutenant in 2004; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lt. Jonas was shot and killed on June 2, 2009 |
| 10 | | while patrolling an apartment complex in the 4700 block of |
| 11 | | Tudor Avenue; the suspect was apprehended, charged with |
| 12 | | murder, and sentenced to 53 years in prison without parole; |
| 13 | | and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Lt. Jonas was |
| 15 | | survived by his wife, two sons, four daughters, his mother, |
| 16 | | and 10 grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 18 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
| 19 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Bond Avenue in |
| 20 | | Centreville from South 43rd Street to South 47 Street as the |