This letter was sent by Kirkland P.O. Anthony Miller #021 to Law Enforcement agencies throughout Northern Illinois.  His message clear and to the point. His request, simple and honorable. His duty as a police officer and to the memory of Mike Mayborne a perfect example of the commitment and loyality of these fine law enforcement officers. The family of Mike Mayborne thanks Officer Miller for his help and support in the battle to defend Detective Mayborne's honor and service.

You can respond to Officer Miller's request by submitting a petition protesting the parole of Officer Mayborne's killer. The petition form is located on the "Petition/Help Page" of this web site.

Thanks for all your support!

From the desk of
Illinois State Representative
Jim Sacia
89th District
March 14, 2008

One of the bills in the Criminal Law Committee certainly merits mention and it took me back to my days as a young FBI agent in Rockford, Illinois in the early 1970’s. House Bill 5908 offered by State Representative Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) requires written notice to family members of victims of major crimes to receive at least 30 days notice of parole hearings. Several recent cases were cited where criminals where released as someone had not been at the hearing to testify as to the facts of the crime, obviously because the victims families had not been notified.

That fateful day in 1974, I responded to a bank robbery in progress and a hostage being taken only to be diverted by radio to a barber shop on 2^nd Street in Loves Park, Illinois where a gun battle was in progress between police and the bank robbers. When I arrived, a bank robber was wounded and paramedics were trying to save the life of Detective Mike Mayborne of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department and I was advised by Sergeant Gene Coots that Mayborne was deceased. I had just met the detective two weeks previous and his funeral has never left my mind – watching his devastated wife, Terry, and her two young children was heart breaking.

                             

Terry offered oral testimony before a Senate committee on a companion bill, Senate Bill 2254. Her written testimony was then shared with lawmakers in the House and it was a classic example of the importance of this bill. It’s seldom a bill has such personal impact, but this particular situation is very close to my heart.